Europe
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Tebbe quits Auerbach to go travelling
Alexander Tebbe, 34, the co-founder of Hamburg MPP owner Auerbach Schiffahrt, has quit the firm to take a belated gap…
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ICS and ECSA want further CO2 reduction, outside of COP21 agreement
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have reiterated their support for additional measures to…
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GSL confirms boxship demolition, looking for secondhand tonnage
Global Ship Lease (GSL) has confirmed it has sold its 18-year-old containership for demolition for $328.25 per ldt or around…
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Decomposed bodies found in bulker’s ballast tank
Two bodies have been found in the ballast tanks of a Turkey-flagged bulk carrier when it arrived in Taiwan for…
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National Maritime College of Ireland: Refresher training opportunities
Ringaskiddy: From 2017 onwards continuous refresher training in the areas of survival and firefighting will be mandatory for all mariners.…
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Dolphin Geophysical on the brink of insolvency
Oslo-listed seismic vessel operator Dolphin Group has announced today that it may have no choice but to file for insolvency.…
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Technip denies FMC Technologies merger speculation
French oilfield services company Technip has issued a statement denying a Bloomberg report that it was in talks to merge…
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Dutch master sentenced for drinking on duty
A ship’s master who took control of a ship while more than twice over the legal drink-drive limit has been…
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Hantong wins more German product orders
Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has won an important order that stretches its orderbook potentially into the second half of…
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Shipping gets away with it again and is left out of Paris climate agreement
The UN Climate Change Summit today released the draft text of a climate deal, but the proposed agreement fails to…
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NewLead is ‘playing a game with the court’, says judge
The CEO of NewLead Holdings Michael Zolotas has been ordered by a judge to produce his hard drive for forensic…
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Diana Shipping fixes Newcastlemax and panamax bulkers at discount rates
Diana Shipping has fixed one of its Newcastlemax bulk carriers at a more than 50% discount compared to the vessel’s…
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Augustea lets go of two panamaxes
Two bulk carriers are expected to leave Augustea’s fleet in the coming weeks. Raffaele Zagari, ceo of the Italian shipping…
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BW LPG ups stake in Aurora LPG
Aurora LPG looks like it is going all out to avoid the advances made by Avance Gas. Oslo-listed Avance Gas,…
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Make sure shipping and aviation remain in Paris climate text, European Parliament urges
The European Parliament has taken another swipe at shipping’s emissions. The Paris climate change agreement should not leave out aviation…
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‘Tanker market strongest this decade’: Tsakos
Citing the booming tanker markets Greece’s Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has announced it will resume its stock repurchase program. It…
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Star Bulk offloads four
Nasdaq-listed Greek owner Star Bulk Carriers has announced that it has entered into agreements to sell two capesize and two…
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Diana Shipping fixes capesize to SwissMarine, pushes back newbuilds
NYSE-listed Diana Shipping has chartered out its 2011-built capesize to Geneva-based operator SwissMarine Services. The time charter contract is for…
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Charter extended of NewLead Holdings bitumen carrier
An unnamed charterer has extended its existing charter of , a bitumen carrier owned by NewLead Holdings, by a further…
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Paragon sells three bulkers to pay off loan
Paragon Shipping has sold two panamax bulk carriers and one supramax to an unidentified buyer in order to pay off…
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