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Nor-Shipping apologises for exhibitor’s sexist marketing ploy
Oslo: The organisers of Nor-Shipping rushed out a press release last night condemning one of the exhibitors for its marketing…
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Norwegian firms to the fore in new LNG designs
Oslo: Norwegian firms are rushing out new LNG containment systems, potentially giving the membrane and Moss designs some competition in…
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Solvang and partners buy Anthony Veder LPG carrier
Oslo: Solvang with unspecified partners have purchased an LPG carrier called Odin from Anthony Veder. The 2005-built, 38,000 cu m…
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Ocean Rig stock offering could raise almost $200m
Athens: Ocean Rig says the stock offering it announced yesterday will be priced at $7.00 per share. The NASDAQ-quoted company…
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David Williams appointed new Safmarine CEO
Athens: Grant Daly will step down as the CEO of Safmarine at the end of June, and will be replaced…
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Petrobras regaining Norwegian trust
Oslo: Norwegian financial intuition GIEK, who financed Skandi Africa, the ship that was awarded Ship of the Year 2015 at…
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Shipping’s borderless trend
Oslo: Geographical and market boundaries are becoming less important than multi-discipline knowledge, delegates attending the conference on the second day…
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Erna Solberg: Norway’s prime minister says nation’s offshore sector is not in crisis
Oslo: Few nations’ offshore sectors have been hit harder by the oil price drop than Norway, yet Erna Solberg, the…
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Russia’s first three LNG bunkering tankers ordered
Moscow: LNG-Gorskaya is eying an LNG plant near Saint-Petersburg and is spending on new bunkering tankers. LNG-Gorskaya has inked a…
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BIMCO takes over KPI system
Copenhagen: BIMCO has today announced that it has taken ownership of the unique Shipping KPI System that allows shipowners and…
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Economou to scoop a stake in Ocean Rig share offering
Athens: Ocean Rig is planning a public offering of its common stock, of which George Economou, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, will…
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Sanctions are still a minefield for trade with Iran and Russia
Oslo: Midday at the Nor-Shipping conference on Monday saw a high-calibre line-up of panellists discussing navigating the minefield of international trade…
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It’s not just trade flows that will change shipping, Nor-Shipping hears
Oslo: A mix of geopolitics, regulatory pressure, innovation and business issues were discussed at the Nor-Shipping conference on Monday by a…
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Ciner delays capesize deliveries from Hanjin Heavy
Athens: Turkey’s Ciner Shipmanagement looks to have delayed deliveries of its capesize newbuildings from Hanjin Heavy Industries, South Korea. A Turkey-based…
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Regulators in the cross-hairs at Nor-Shipping opening session
Oslo: Regulators came under attack in the opening session of the Nor-Shipping conference this morning. The high calibre lineup of…
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Norwegian PM vows to make shipping smarter
Oslo: Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg said today Norway must lead the world when it comes to maritime research and…
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Scorpio: ‘We have to face the music’
Monaco: Emanuele Lauro cuts a very different figure to when he was last interviewed by Maritime CEO a year ago.…
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Record Nor-Shipping underway
Oslo: More than 350 people turned out for the opening of Nor-Shipping 2015 at a special reception hosted by Oslo…
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DOF Subsea sells vessel, extends another contract
Oslo: A subsidiary of DOF Subsea has entered into an agreement with Technip for the sale of DOF Subsea’s ownership in…
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Delphis goes for panamax boxship pair
Oslo: Compagnie Maritime Belge’s (CMB) container unit Delphis has bought the Santa Regula and its twin, Santa Regina from German owner…
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