Europe
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Oceanteam and KPMG battle over billing dispute
Dutch Norwegian offshore services company Oceanteam says that KPMG has withdrawn its services as the company’s statutory auditor in Norway…
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French PM signals nationwide LNG bunkering intent
France looks set to take a leading role in the provision of LNG to ships with the government coming squarely…
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Veldhuizen departs from DVB
As it fights to right its shipping exposure, DVB Bank is pushing through a notable management reshuffle with Bert Veldhuizen…
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Eni to quit shipowning with LNG carriers sale
Italian energy company Eni will quit the LNG carrier shipowning business in the near future the company told the seafarers…
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MSC mega boxship collides with engineering ship off China
Mega container ship collided with Chinese engineering ship Su Lian Hai Ji 0118 near Caofeidian Port in Hebei on Tuesday.…
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Turmoil at ThyssenKrupp’s Kiel yard
German newspaper Handlelsblatt is reporting that ThyssenKrupp’s shipyard in Kiel is in turmoil with significant losses prompting a management shuffle.…
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Transocean semi-submersible nets $68m Davlin contract
Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded a contract by DEA Norge for semi-submersible rig to drill four production wells at…
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Maersk fixes 22 classic panamaxes in the space of just one month
Maersk has been on a “fixing spree” of classic panamaxes, according to the latest weekly report from Alphaliner. Alphaliner has…
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Aponte makes plea to Italian ports to gear up
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will participate in the tender still to be launched by the Leghorn port authority for the…
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MPC Container Ships plans private placement to fund fleet expansion
MPC Container Ships has announced that it has retained DNB Markets and Fearnley Securities to assist the company with a…
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Ulstein secures contract from Wagenborg
Norway’s Ulstein Group has secured a six-year contract from Wagenborg Offshore for its PSV to support Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM)…
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Aker BP establishes two drilling alliances
Aker BP has entered into two separate alliance agreements, one with Maersk Drilling and Halliburton for jackups and the other…
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Europe must develop holistic shipbuilding strategy amid rampant Asian competition
European shipbuilding nations are too small and weak individually to compete with their Asian counterparts and must band together if…
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Myklebust takes the helm at Höegh Autoliners
Ivar Myklebust has been promoted to CEO at Höegh Autoliners, having held the CFO post for the last three years.…
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Debmarine Namibia ordering new offshore vessel
Debmarine Namibia, part of diamond mining firm De Beers Group, has announced that it is at an advanced stage in…
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ICS slams shipyard subsidies
A leading shipowning organisation has hit out at government subsidies supporting ailing shipyards. Addressing government trade negotiators in the OECD…
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North P&I opens in Dublin as Brexit precaution
Following the result of the UK referendum on membership of the EU in July 2016, North and Sunderland Marine have…
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Swire Blue Ocean CEO steps down
Lars Blicher has taken to LinkedIn to announce his resignation as CEO and director of offshore wind installation specialist Swire…
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Ardmore Shipping: Disciplined approach
There is a prudence surrounding the business decisions Anthony Gurnee tends to make that were his peers to follow would…
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Owners seeing greater value in older crude tankers
The Japanese controlled aframax , a 14-year-old Namura-built tanker, saw up to eight possible buyers come to inspect the ship…
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