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Transfar takes 4,600 teu boxship for $200,000 a day
Money is no object to the Singapore-registered, Alibaba-linked Transfar Shipping – getting box tonnage, whatever the costs is the priority…
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Dong-A Tanker quits dry bulk with cape sales to Minerva Marine
In the capesize sector, South Korea’s Dong-A Tanker has sold three sister ships – , and to Greece’s Minerva Marine…
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Seaway 7 and Sumitomo link up on offshore wind in Asia Pacific
Oslo-listed offshore wind service specialist Seaway 7 has joined forces with Japan’s Sumitomo Electric Industries on offshore wind projects in…
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Koreans collaborate to develop solid oxide fuel cells
The Korean Register (KR) has signed an agreement with STX Energy Solutions (STX ES) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
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Hyundai Heavy to reopen Gunsan shipyard
Awash with an enormous backlog of ship orders, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced it will reopen its massive Gunsan…
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The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping join forces
Singapore’s Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have formalised a collaboration…
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Vallianz yard to build first fully electric tug in Asia Pacific
Vallianz has cut steel on the very first all-electric harbour tug in the Asia Pacific region at its shipyard in…
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ADNOC Logistics and Services seals Philippines FSU deal
The Logistics unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) has penned a deal with Singapore-based Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific…
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Velesto awarded ExxonMobil contract
Oil and gas workover business unit of Malaysian offshore contractor Velesto Energy has secured a new deal from ExxonMobil for…
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Cyber attack hits state-run terminal at India’s top container port
A state-run container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s busiest container port, has reportedly fallen victim to a…
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AAL adds to methanol-ready multipurpose vessel orderbook
Singapore-based breakbulk and heavylift operator AAL has added two more multipurpose vessels to its newbuilding programme, lifting its orderbook to…
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Maritime CEO Forums to return this year
After a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus the Maritime CEO Forums are making a welcome return to the shipping calendar. Fancy a…
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Aker Solutions manager in Malaysia faces new fraud charges
Malaysia has once again filed a charge against an Aker Solutions manager, accusing him of giving false information to the…
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MOL sets sights on offshore wind vessels
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has teamed up with compatriot marine contractor Toyo Construction to evaluate potential collaboration…
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Energy firms head for the door in Myanmar
Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp are selling their stakes in Myanmar’s Yetagun gas field, following a host of other…
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RWE eyes offshore wind projects in India
Germany’s RWE and India’s Tata Power have agreed on a partnership to explore the potential for joint development of offshore…
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Competition authorities in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and NZ team up to investigate cartel conduct in global supply chains
Competition regulators from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are working together to identify potential cartel conduct…
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PIL to fine clients who misdeclare cargo weight
Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) will fine clients $30,000 per container for any box it finds that there has been…
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SM Line and 2M end transpacific partnership
South Korean carrier SM Line and 2M Alliance partners Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have ended their collaboration on…
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Urgently needed more container handling capacity agreed upon at India’s top port
APM Terminals Mumbai, also known as Gateway Terminals India (GTI), will invest $115m in infrastructure development to increase its container…
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