Asia
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Great Eastern takes Ardmore MR
Last week, Great Eastern Shipping revealed that it had expanded its fleet with an MR product tanker acquisition. Now broker…
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Sanko Steamship set to exit shipping as last vessel put up for sale
One of the most famous names in Japanese shipowning history is readying to cease operations. Sanko Steamship has put its…
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Euronav orders dual-fuel bitumen tanker pair
Belgian tanker giant Euronav has ordered two dual-fuel 17,000 dwt bitumen tankers from a Chinese shipyard. The vessels will be…
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Pertamina back at Hyundai Mipo for LPG carriers
Indonesia’s Pertamina International Shipping (PIS) has gone to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan for a pair of 23,000 cu m…
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Seatrium settles corruption probe in Brazil for $137m
Seatrium has reached in-principle settlement agreements with the Brazilian authorities concerning “Operation Car Wash”, a probe into allegations of bribes…
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Chevron upgrades pair of LNG carriers
Chevron has gone to South Korea to upgrade a pair of LNG carriers. HD Hyundai Marine Solution has been chosen…
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JERA buys 15.1% stake in Scarborough gas field for $1.4bn
Japan’s largest utility JERA has entered into an agreement with Australia’s Woodside to acquire a participation interest in the Scarborough…
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Shell and Simply Blue exit floating wind projects
Energy major Shell and Irish offshore renewables developer Simply Blue have opted to exit floating wind joint ventures to better…
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Broken down bulk carrier barred from entering Australia for a year
A post-panamax bulk carrier that sat stranded for months in a central Queensland port has been towed back out to…
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Evalend pens orders for ammonia carriers in South Korea
Greek broker Intermodal has identified Greek owner Evalend Shipping as the company behind an order for a pair of ammonia…
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NYK goes to domestic yard for latest CTV newbuild
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has contracted Kosaba Shipbuilding for a crew transfer vessel newbuild, the first CTV order the Japanese…
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SeaLead Shipping gets new owners
Singapore-based liner operator SeaLead Shipping has been taken over by a group of four investors who have appointed an interim…
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Great Eastern Shipping expands fleet with MR product tanker
Indian owner Great Eastern Shipping has bought a 2010-built MR product tanker of about 49,999 dwt. The vessel is expected…
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Orix in $2bn deal to take over Osaka’s largest shipowner
Japanese financial services company Orix Corporation has bought Osaka’s largest shipowner, Santoku Senpaku, in a deal valued at $2bn. The…
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K Line buys French kite manufacturer
The biggest client of a ship kite system originally developed by Airbus has become such a fan that it has…
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Crew evacuated from sinking general cargo ship off South Korea
A crew of 11 seafarers were evacuated from a Korean general cargo vessel taking on water in rough weather near…
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Aker Solutions, Principle Power score work on Korean 1GW floating wind project
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Aker Solutions and Principle Power for…
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Solvang presses ahead with landmark CCS retrofit
Singaporean yard giant Seatrium has secured the world’s first full-scale, turnkey carbon capture and storage (CCS) retrofit from Norway’s Solvang.…
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MOL completes carbon insetting pilot from net zero voyage
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has completed an insetting pilot with 123Carbon by tokenising the GHG emission reductions from the…
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Sumitomo Heavy exits commercial shipbuilding
Japanese shipyard Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering has decided to stop taking new orders for commercial vessels. The yard…
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