Europe
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Clarksons ditches Platou branding
As is customary once a merger has settled after a number of years, the junior branding at the world’s largest…
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Hapag-Lloyd flags spear phishing attack
German liner Hapag-Lloyd has notified the market that the company is possibly the target of a spear phishing attack after…
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Germany accelerates LNG terminals scheme
Germany is pressing ahead with plans to build the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminals in order to reduce its…
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Sentinel Marine expands fleet with $81m of bank funding
Offshore support vessel specialist Sentinel Marine has taken delivery of a new multi-role offshore support vessel, with two more set…
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Embassies work around the clock to repatriate hundreds of seafarers stranded in Ukrainian waters
Estimates suggest there are more than 2,000 seafarers stranded in Ukrainian waters in an increasingly dangerous situation with Russia tipped…
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The minutiae of war and shipping
A merchant seaman, Mr Hadisur Rahman, third engineer onboard the bulk carrier Banglar Samriddhi, has already been killed in this…
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Subsea 7 lining up for large contract offshore Norway
Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study from Equinor for the marine installations associated with…
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Nordic American Tankers offloads third suezmax
Herbjorn Hansson-led Nordic American Tankers (NAT) continues to adjust its fleet, having agreed to sell another 2002-built vessel to an…
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Green Energy Group secures new OBN contract as another falls through
Oslo-listed Green Energy Group (GEG), formerly Seabird Exploration, has received a new letter of award, while another project lined up…
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Seafarers innocent collateral damage in Ukraine conflict
The director-general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Guy Ryder, today condemned “the unprovoked and unjustifiable attack by the Russian…
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Cargo vessel sinks off Ukraine after explosion, all crewmembers rescued
Estonian-owned general cargo vessel has been sunk in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine following an explosion, the…
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EuroDry charters out latest supramax acquisition at almost double the rate
Greek dry bulk owner EuroDry has fixed its recently acquired 2014-built supramax at a significantly improved rate compared to its…
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COSL Drilling awarded CNOOC UK contract
COSL Drilling Europe, the European arm of China Oilfield Services Limited, has been awarded a contract by CNOOC Petroleum Europe…
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Diana Shipping fixes capesize to Cargill at higher rate
Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has sealed another time charter deal with Cargill, this time for the 2015-built capesize .…
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RWE pioneers amphibious CTV for shallow water offshore wind farms
German utility RWE, in partnership with UK-based Commercial Rib Charters (CRC), is set to roll out what is claimed to…
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Island Drilling secures semisub contract off South Africa
Norwegian rig owner Island Drilling has clinched a new contract for its 2012-built semisub, , with Azinam, which is set…
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NATO warns on the risk of mines in the Black Sea
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has warned shipping of the risk of mines in the Black Sea as the…
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Seafarer killed after missile strikes Bangladeshi bulker in Ukraine
A Bangladeshi sailor was killed yesterday evening after a missile struck Bangladesh Shipping Corporation’s bulker in Ukrainian waters. The ship…
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EU ship recycling rules need ‘major surgery’, not a ‘band-aid’
The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, Gudrun…
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Concordia Maritime offloads another tanker in challenging market
Stena-backed Concordia Maritime has struck a deal with an undisclosed Greek-based buyer for the 2007-built post-panamax (P-Max) tanker . The…
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