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Total fined by Denmark for discharging chemicals into North Sea
Denmark has fined French oil and gas firm Total DKK500,000 ($75,100) for discharging chemicals into the North Sea. According to…
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Eidesvik Offshore awarded PSV contract by Equinor
Norwegian offshore owner Eidesvik has been awarded a contract by Equinor for the deployment of its 2008-built platform supply vessel…
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US authorities warn they may not return MSC Gayane after $1.3bn drug bust
Three weeks on after the biggest cocaine bust in US history the ship at the centre of the scandal shows…
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Greece appoints Ioannis Plakiotakis as new shipping minister
The newly-elected prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has appointed his cabinet and among the 51 new appointments Ioannis Plakiotakis…
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Oldendorff takes another post-panamax
German shipping mammoth Oldendorff has added its third post-panamax bulker this year. Thomas Schulte is selling its only vessel in…
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Graig offloads handy pair
Cardiff-based Graig Shipping has sold its last two ships in the water with the a pair of seven-year-old, 34,827 dwt…
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Augusta teed up as low sulphur bunkering hub
Genoa-based Bunker Energy is promoting the port of Augusta as a leading hub for low sulphur fuel bunkering for ships…
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Valles finally concludes aframax sale
One of Hong Kong’s oldest shipping companies, 102-year-old Valles Steamship, has sold its oldest aframax. Sources tell Splash that Union…
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Atlantic Offshore secures three MRV extension options
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Atlantic Offshore has secured contract option extensions for three of its multi role vessels (MRV). The…
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Archer awarded New Zealand drilling contract
Oslo-listed oilfield service provider Archer has been awarded a contract with OMV Taranaki for drilling services using the modular drilling…
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GC Rieber secures new charter for Polar Queen
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a new time charter with an unnamed European client for 2011-built construction support vessel…
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Ed Buttery takes Lauritzen handies
Lauritzen Bulkers has sold the box-shaped handysize sister vessels Emma Bulker and Louise Bulker. The nine-year-old, 31,900 dwt ships –…
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DeepOcean awarded Vigdis contract by Equinor
Norwegian subsea services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinmor for the installation of the Vigdis boosting station.…
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Revolutionary new tug delivered
Hailing a new era in shipping, Finnish technology group Wärtsilä today unveiled the Vilja, a hybrid tug that can run…
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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd hit clients with highest war risk surcharges to date
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are the latest liners to bring in war risk surcharges for cargoes heading in and out of…
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Genoa tanker manager declared bankrupt
The Genoa-based shipping company FT Genoa Tankers, part of the Turkish group Furtrans, has been declared bankrupt by a local…
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Louis Dreyfus signs up for kite system
France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) Group is the latest shipowner to invest in wind power. LDA Group owns, charters and…
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Survitec: A roadmap towards more effective safety compliance
Baba Devani, Survitec’s recently appointed managing director, marine, discusses with Maritime CEO the reasoning behind the reorganisation of the safety…
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Swedish Club kickstarts loss prevention revolution
In claiming the next generation of loss prevention has arrived, the Swedish Club has detailed a new pilot project whereby…
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ZIM moves to fill the gap left by HMM at 2M
Israeli carrier has announced a further expansion of its strategic cooperation with the members of the 2M Alliance, Maersk and…
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