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Cosco plans fourth terminal at Piraeus
Cosco, the operator of Piraeus port, plans to build a $400m fourth terminal at Greece’s leading port. A new port…
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Solstad Offshore scores PSV contract with Total in Brazil
Norwegian OSV giant Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Total E&P do Brasil for the charter of a…
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John Fredriksen forms bunkering joint venture with Trafigura
John Fredriksen is taking IMO 2020 fuel considerations into his own hands. The Norwegian tycoon’s dry bulk and tanker companies…
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Greeks add to their growing LNG orderbook
The Greeks continue to dominate the LNG newbuild orderbook with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) the latest recipient of…
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Pioneer Marine expands commercial management platform with Tufton Oceanic deal
Torben Janholt-led dry bulk vessel owner Pioneer Marine is expanding its commercial management platform with a deal that will see…
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Last Clyde shipbuilder could be nationalised
Ferguson Marine Engineering, the last civilian shipyard on the Clyde river, could be nationalised, Derek Mackay, Scotlands’s finance and economy…
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Stena Bulk boss writes to Narendra Modi to resolve Stena Impero impasse
With the crew of the now detained for nearly four weeks in Iran, Stena Bulk’s chief executive and president Erik…
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Ten Turkish crew released after a month’s captivity in Nigeria
Ten Turkish seafarers who were kidnapped last month off the coast of West Africa have been released. The 10 men…
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Djakarta Lloyd snaps up GoodBulk supramax
Indonesia’s Djakarta Lloyd has been named by brokers as the buyer of GoodBulk’s 2007-built supramax bulker . John Michael Radziwill-led…
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Koropoulis brothers revealed as takers of Pioneer Express MR
Last week a string of ageing secondhand Japanese-built MR product tankers were sold. One of the ships was the 10-year-old…
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Siem Offshore sells MRSV to Marine Platforms
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has entered into an agreement with Marine Platforms for the sale of 2009-built multipurpose…
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CMB becomes shipping’s hydrogen leader
Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has well and truly nailed its colours to the mast of hydrogen shipping with a slew…
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Maritime security firms pull UK guards from ships bound for the Gulf
The Financial Times is reporting that maritime security firms are pulling British guards off transits through the Gulf over fears…
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New Greek prime minister sets out maritime agenda
New Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has earmarked how he intends to drive the nation’s maritime policies. Visiting the Ministry…
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Rotterdam promotes pronto port calls with shared platform
The Port of Rotterdam is pushing other ports, agents and lines around the world to share data to improve efficiencies…
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DOF Subsea CSV finds decommissioning work
Norway’s DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract award for the decommission of subsea infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf.…
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Pallas makes tanker move
Swedens Pallas Group has added its first crude tanker. Sales registers show Splash that Smart Energy, a subsidiary of the…
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Simatech snaps up Borealis boxship
Christoph Toepfer-led Borealis Finance has completed its second containership sale this week, letting go of the 2006-built 2,824 teu .…
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James Fisher acquires Brazilian subsea firm
James Fisher and Sons has acquired a 60% stake in Continental Participação E Administração, the holding company of Brazilian subsea…
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Bourbon gets court approval to open rehabilitation proceedings
Bourbon Corporation and subsidiary Bourbon Maritime has had French courts approve its request to open redressement judiciaire (rehabilitation proceedings). Bourbon had…
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