Asia
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Mizuho Sangyo joins Baumarine pool
Baumarine by MaruKlav, the panamax pool managed by Marubeni and Torvald Klaveness, has welcomed Japan’s Mizuho Sangyo as its latest…
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Awilco LNG joins Golar and Eastern Pacific LNG venture
Norwegian owner Awilco LNG has invested $7m in Golar LNG’s spinoff Cool Company (CoolCo) through its recently closed an upsized…
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MOL seals charter with Mitsui for another LNG carrier newbuild
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has sealed a time charter contract with compatriot trading house Mitsui & Co for…
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Koreans forced into a big rethink over what to do with DSME
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has vowed to start again, and to source a local firm willing to take over…
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Marco Polo Marine bolsters Taiwanese offshore wind business with PKR Offshore acquisition
Singapore offshore vessel owner and operator Marco Polo Marine has strengthened its foothold in the growing Taiwanese offshore wind sector…
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NYK buys into tanker operator Uyeno Transtech
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has acquired a 10% ownership interest in domestic tanker operator Uyeno Transtech as part of…
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Malaysia accuses another Aker Solutions manager of fraud
A manager of Aker Solutions’ Malaysian operating unit, Mohd Yusof Ab Rahman, was charged in the sessions court in Kuala…
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Eastern Pacific details no coal cargo policy
Idan Ofer-controlled Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has revealed it has instituted a ‘No Coal Cargo’ policy with other owners now…
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India fines Japanese car carrier operators over cartel claims
Car carrier cartel fines continue to make headlines around the world. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) yesterday passed a…
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Japan celebrates landmark unmanned boxship voyage
A containership has completed an unmanned voyage between two ports in Japan as the nation continues to lead world shipping…
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NYK and Mitsubishi buy into Brazil’s largest FPSO
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsubishi Corporation have struck a deal with Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore to acquire…
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MISC and SBM joint venture secures FPSO extension in Malaysia
Malaysian Deepwater Floating Terminal (MDFT), a joint-venture company between Malaysia’s top shipping line MISC and SBM Holdings, has secured a…
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Japan Drilling awarded semisub contract by Inpex
Tokyo-based offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Inpex for the 1977-built semisubmersible rig .…
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Daehan and K Shipbuilding to join forces
The redrawn Korean shipbuilding map is set for more changes with two mid-sized names joining forces. After a local steel…
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Court hearings underway in APL England box spill case
Legal proceedings are underway in Australia over a 2020 box spill incident involving the 5,780 teu APL England. The master…
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K Line signs up to advance floating offshore wind in Japan
K Line Wind Service is expanding its footprint in the renewables sector with a project aimed at mass production of…
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BW Offshore offloads FPSO
Oslo-listed floater specialist BW Offshore has sold the 1988-built floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) to Indonesian companies PT Bahari…
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TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar
Energy majors TotalEnergies and Chevron have decided to initiate the contractual process of withdrawing from Myanmar, citing uncontrolled human rights…
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Liquefied hydrogen seaborne trades start in earnest
Australia’s first commercial shipment of liquid hydrogen (LH2) will head to Japan aboard the Suiso Frontier, the world’s first LH2…
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Idan Ofer-backed LNG carrier spinoff seals $570m loan
Idan Ofer-backed Golar LNG spinoff CoolCo has secured sustainability linked $570m bank loan to finance the acquisition of six of…
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