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Erck Rickmers makes his return
Erck Rickmers has announced his return. The famous name in Hamburg shipping circles will take the helm at a much…
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Smaller bulkers are a larger gamble when it comes to scrubbers
Danish maritime advisory Liengaard & Roschmann runs the numbers on scrubber installations. Over the last couple of months, the discussions…
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German yards support Japan’s WTO threat to Korean builders
German shipbuilders have come out in support of Japan’s attack on South Korea’s decision to subsidise its shipyards. Japan is…
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Union Maritime adds another aframax
Union Maritime has been linked by brokers to the acquisition of 2004-built aframax from Germany’s Hansa Treuhand. The deal, around…
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Maersk Drilling gets new Wintershall deal
Maersk Drilling and Wintershall Noordzee have signed a cooperation agreement giving Maersk Drilling preferred contractor status for Wintershall Noordzee’s offshore…
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Diana Shipping offloads panamax bulker
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has sold 2001-built panamax bulker for $7.35m. The vessel is scheduled for deliver to…
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Star Bulk tops sale and purchase markets with close to $1bn of deals in 2018
Sale and purchase activity has been robust over the past year, and the makeup of the top buyers has shifted…
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Yasa puts five bulkers back up for sale
Amid a significant fleet rejuvenation programme Turkey’s Yasa Shipping has put a tranche of its older bulker fleet back up…
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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network files for chapter 11
Greek bunker supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network and certain subsidiaries have filed for chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for…
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Fugro to develop autonomous survey vessels
Dutch offshore services firm Fugro has signed a development agreement with autonomous vessel technology specialist L3 ASV to jointly create autonomous vessels for…
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Top Ships seals new charter with BP
Greek tanker owner Top Ships has agreed a new time charter with BP Shipping for 2016-built product/chemical tanker . The…
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Golden Energy Offshore PSV extended by Wintershall
Golden Energy Offshore Services has secured a contract extension with Wintershall Norge for 2005-built platform supply vessel . The extension…
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Aframax tanker pool launched
Reederei Nord and Singapore’s Synergy Group, on behalf of Japan’s Nissen Kaiun, have officially launched N2Tankers, a new aframax tanker…
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ArcelorMittal opens new Italian shipping arm
In conjunction with last week’s $1.3bn takeover of the steelmaker Ilva steel giant ArcelorMittal, in has also opened a new…
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Important next step taken in the development of hydrogen fuel cells for ships
Swiss manufacturer ABB and Norwegian research outfit SINTEF Ocean have provided an update on groundbreaking research to test the viability…
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Latest supramax takes Diligent fleet into double digits
Greece’s Diligent Holdings expansion course continues. The Athens-based company has just added its 10th ship, the 58,000 dwt (built 2011),…
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AtoB@C acquires TransAtlantic mini-bulker
Sweden’s AtoB@C Shipping, which was acquired by ESL Shipping last month, has snapped up a 2000-built 4,100 dwt dry bulk…
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GC Rieber finds more work for CSV Polar Queen
Norway’s GC Rieber Shipping has been fixed its 2011-build CSV on time charter to an unnamed European offshore client. The…
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Fraud at Aegean Marine runs as high as $300m
Greek bunker supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network now thinks up to $300m has been wiped off its books fraudulently, up…
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APM Terminals plans IPO in Bahrain
APM Terminals is planning to raise around BHD12m ($32m) for its Bahrain unit through an IPO on the Bahrain Bourse.…
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