Europe
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Vafias adds newbuild LPG carrier and secondhand bulker quartet
Greece’s Vafias Group has spent over $136m on a gas carrier newbuilding and four secondhand bulkers to expand its fleet.…
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D’Amico buys back product tanker
Dublin-based d’Amico Tankers, a subsidiary of d’Amico International Shipping, has exercised its $9.7m purchase option on 2005-built product tanker which…
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Maersk Drilling awarded two-well jackup contract by Aker BP
Maersk Drilling has secured a two-well contract with Aker BP for 2015-built jackup rig . The rig will finishing a…
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Hamburg Süd appoints new CEO as Vespermann steps down
German shipping line Hamburg Süd has announced the appointment of Poul Hestbaek as its new CEO, replacing Arnt Vespermann who will leave…
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Songa Container fetches bumper price for post-panamax boxship
Arne Blystad’s Songa Container has announced the sale of 2013-built 4,957 teu post-panamax boxship . The vessel was sold for…
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Titan LNG charters Green Zeebrugge long term from NYK
Ship fuel supplier Titan LNG is taking the on long term charter from Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). Previously known…
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen pays $18m fine and closes Australian car carrier investigation
Norwegian car carrier operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has announced that the Federal Court of Australia has issued a fine of A$24m…
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Denmark to construct offshore clean energy hub in the North Sea
Denmark has approved a plan to build an artificial island in the North Sea as a clean energy hub. The…
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Solstad Offshore offloads PSV trio
Solstad Offshore has announced the sale of three platform supply vessels. The 2007-built Sea Angler and 2008-built Sea Bass and…
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Maersk Drilling awarded long-term drillship contract by Tullow Oil
Maersk Drilling has received a conditional letter of award from Tullow Ghana for 2014-built drillship . The contract will commence…
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Transport giants join forces to make Scandinavia’s largest port fossil-free
In an effort to speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport sector, Volvo Group, Scania, Stena Line,…
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Tender to scrap 53-year-old tanker
The port authority of Genoa has launched a tender to dismantle the Theodoros, a crumbling 53-year-old tanker that has been…
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Chemikalien Seetransport and Dr. Peters Group form shipmanagement joint venture
German companies Chemikalien Seetransport (CST) and Dr. Peters Group (DPG) have establish a joint venture called CST/DS Shipmanagement to conduct…
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Castor Maritime swoops for its second kamsarmax this week
Nasdaq-listed Greek bulker owner Castor Maritime has announced the acquisition of a 2009-built Japanese kamsarmax bulker just days after it…
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Stena sets out to become the world’s first decarbonisation exploration driller
Aware of the ongoing offshore green transition Stena Drilling has taken a preemptive step, signing a strategic framework agreement for…
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COSL, Kongsberg and NOV form partnership to cut drilling emissions
COSL Drilling has teamed up with Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and drilling equipment provider NOV to lanuch a green solution to…
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Valaris drillship breaks from mooring in high winds
The 2010-built drillship broke from its mooring at Hunterston Terminal in Scotland on Tuesday evening and drifted away without power…
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Maersk Essen tipped for swift service reintroduction
Maersk has given clients hope their delayed shipments on the 13,100 teu may get to Los Angeles within a couple…
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MSC accelerates secondhand boxship buying spree
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to snap up boxships in the secondhand market according to Alphaliner, acquiring eight…
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Star Bulk snaps up four kamsarmaxes and three ultramaxes from Scorpio
Nasdaq-listed Greek dry bulk owner Star Bulk Carriers has agreed a deal with Monaco’s Scorpio Bulkers to acquire seven bulkers.…
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