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Briggs Marine expands into Japanese offshore wind sector with Mitsui and Hokutaku tie-up
UK marine services company Briggs Marine has teamed up with Horizon Ocean Management (HOM), a joint venture between Japanese trading…
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South Korean shipbuilders hit by welder crisis as over 1,000 Vietnamese workers denied entry
More than 1,000 Vietnamese workers have been denied entry to South Korea over forged documents, leaving shipbuilders short of labor…
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India’s foreign minister touches down in Moscow for key trade talks
India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar touched down in Moscow this morning for talks with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov as trading…
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Delicate operation to remove grounded VLCC off Batam could take up to a month
Indonesia reckons it will take up to a month to free a grounded laden VLCC in the Singapore Strait. The…
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Seafarer handed 20-year sentence over fatal stabbing
A Filipino seafarer who stabbed to death a colleague on the containership bound for Los Angeles was sentenced yesterday to…
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Centus Marine taps Strategic Marine for pair of fast crew suppliers
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has won a newbuild contract for two fast crew suppliers from Malaysian offshore vessel owner Centus…
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Ports of Singapore, Los Angeles and Long Beach to establish green and digital shipping corridor
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach and C40 Cities –…
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India’s Cochin Shipyard wins first CSOV order
India’s state-run Cochin Shipyard has won a contract from an undisclosed European client for the construction of two offshore wind…
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Velesto awarded $135m drilling contract with Hess
Offshore drilling unit of Malaysia’s Velesto Energy has secured a new contract with Hess for the provision of integrated rig,…
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Singapore investigates local owner wanted by the FBI over links to North Korea
A Singaporean shipowner, Kwek Kee Seng, wanted by the US on suspicion of violating sanctions on North Korea, is in…
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Hyundai Heavy unveils boxship design with no lashings
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed a containership design which requires no lashings. HHI removed the lashing bridge…
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Another container index launches
Container shipping has another index it can consult. The Korea Ocean Business Corporation (KOBC) Container Composite Index (KCCI) has been…
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ST Engineering sells US shipyard business to Bollinger
Singapore’s ST Engineering is selling its US shipyards VT Halter Marine and ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore (STEHMO) to…
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Sembmarine bags Ørsted wind farm maintenance contract
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has sealed a deal with Danish utility Ørsted to carry out planned preventative maintenance on one of…
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NYK, K Line, MISC and China LNG order more Qatar-bound gas ships
A quartet of Asian shipping powerhouses have won the next tranche of business in the huge QatarEnergy fleet expansion project.…
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Singapore’s first dedicated methanol bunkering ship slated for the end of next year
Global Energy Trading and Stellar Ship Management Services, wholly owned subsidiaries of Global Energy Group, have contracted Japan’s Sasaki Shipbuilding…
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CoolCo to boost LNG carrier fleet with Idan Ofer’s quartet
LNG carrier owner Cool Company (CoolCo) has revealed plans to buy four vessels from Quantum Crude Tankers, an affiliate of…
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Japan’s utility TEPCO snaps up floating wind specialist Flotation Energy
Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has struck a deal to acquire Scottish offshore wind developer, Flotation Energy for…
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NYK orders two LNG-fuelled bulkers at Oshima
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will order two LNG-fuelled large coal carriers from Oshima Shipbuilding. The 95,000 dwt vessels are scheduled…
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Hafnia eyes hydrogen and ammonia shipping as it comes onboard $7.5bn project in the US
Oslo-listed product tanker unit of BW Group, Hafnia, has teamed up with energy startup Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) to explore…
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