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Louis Dreyfus exits cape spot market ‘controlled’ by global miners
France’s largest dry bulk operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is exiting the cape spot market, conceding that the sector has…
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Pacific Islands attack ICS, make last ditch plea to IMO
With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) set to conclude discussions tomorrow, the secretary general of the Pacific Islands Development…
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DFDS acquires Turkish roro operator U.N.
Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS has entered into an agreement to acquire 98.8% of Turkish roro freight shipping operator…
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Zodiac Maritime firms up 14,300 teu quintet at Hyundai Heavy
Zodiac Maritime has firmed up orders with Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea for five boxships. The 14,300 teu vessels…
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Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service form decommissioning joint venture
Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service have established a 50:50 joint venture to provide decommissioning services to oil and gas…
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Aston orders bulker pair at Dajin Heavy Industries
Russia food and ingredients supplier Aston has placed an order at China’s Dajin Heavy Industries for the construction of two…
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Icon Infrastructure buys into Salerno port
UK-based fund Icon Infrastructure has bought into the port of Salerno in southern Italy. Icon has a 45% stake in…
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Grimaldi taking full control of New TTT Lines
Grimaldi Group is set to take full control of ro-ro shipping company New TTT Lines according to workers unions in…
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Euroseas offloads 20-year-old handymax
Greek owner Euroseas has sold its 1998-built handymax bulker for $6.45m. The vessel, which comes off a $10,000 per day…
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EU will take action on shipping emissions if IMO fails this week
European politicians have let it be known they will take their own course of action regarding shipping emissions if member…
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DOF scores Brazilian contract
Norwegian offshore operator DOF has sealed yet another contract following a slew of new contracts in the past week. DOF…
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Bulker arrested after widely seen Bosphorus mansion collision
An Istanbul court has issued a warrant for the seizure of the bulk carrier , owned by Greece’s Odyssey Navigation,…
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Project Forward to order 20 LNG-fuelled bulkers at Yangzijiang
Project Forward, a joint development project funded by Greek company Arista Shipping, has announced that its affiliate Forward Maritime has…
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GoodBulk returns to cape market with a Big Bang
John Michael Radziwill’s GoodBulk remains highly active, sealing its third deal of the year. Towards the end of March, Splash…
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Arne Fredly makes VLCC play
Norwegian investor Arne Fredly, via his own company Apollo Asset, is in the process of re-branding failed Oslo listed oil…
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Subsea 7 awarded Alligin contract by BP
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by BP for the provision of EPCI flowline supply and subsea installation services…
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Ocean Installer awarded decommissioning work by Petronas
Norwegian subsea engineering service provider Ocean Installer has been awarded a contract by Petronas to assist in decommissioning the Chinguetti…
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Oslo: The gateway to Silicon Fjords
In her new role at Norwegian startup platform Oslo Business Region, Birgit Liodden, the former boss of Nor-Shipping, writes exclusively…
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Shearwater GeoServices awarded contract by TGS
Shearwater GeoServices, the seismic joint venture between GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen, has been awarded a new contract from geophysical…
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Diana Shipping fixes panamax to United Bulk Carriers
Greek owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with United Bulk Carriers International for 2005-built panamax vessel…
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