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Maersk containership hit by fire off Las Palmas
The 2,890 teu containership was hit by a fire in its engine room yesterday while sailing off the Canary Islands en…
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Parsan Energi takes LPG carrier for $12.5m
Turkey’s Parsan Energi has taken the 7,396 cu m LPG carrier from Singapore-based MH Progress Line for $12.5m. The ship…
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Norwegian yard set to build world’s first unmanned ship
The race to build the world’s first unmanned ship leapt ahead yesterday with news the UK’s Automated Ships – an…
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Euronav buys out Oak Maritime stake in a VLCC
Euronav has agreed to pay Oak Maritime $39m to take over the outstanding 50% it does not control in the…
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JV kicks off to develop offshore wind energy in China
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME Group via its subsidiary GeoSeea and China Cosco Shipping have started…
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Shell anticipates huge demand for LNG as a ship fuel
LNG as a growing ship fuel will be a source of big business growth for Shell, its head of integrated…
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New venture M2 Subsea acquires Harkand ROV fleet
M2 Subsea, a recently formed subsea services business, has acquired the entire remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) fleet from Harkand,…
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DOF offloads laid up anchor handler
Norwegian offshore owner DOF has said that subsidiary, DOF Rederi AS, has sold and delivered the 1999-built anchor handling tug…
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Atlantic Offshore scraps 42-year-old supply vessel
Norway’s Atlantic Offshore has sold the 1974-built standby/supply vessel off for scrap. The vessel has just come off a nine-month…
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Maersk moves to offload shares in Danske Bank
A.P. Møller – Mærsk has announced its intention to divest its remaining ownership stake in Nasdaq-listed Danske Bank. The group…
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Neptune secures contract from DOF Subsea Australia
Neptune Marine Services has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide a hyperbaric rescue vessel (HRV) to…
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A2SEA awarded wind installation work offshore UK
Danish offshore wind installation service provider A2SEA has signed a contract to install the 102 Siemens turbines that will make…
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Statoil ups share in Byrding project
Norwegian oil major Statoil has announced that it has agreed to acquire Wintershall Norge’s 25% interest in the Byrding project…
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AM Nomikos pays $12.35m for United Ocean kamsarmax
AM Nomikos Transworld Maritime Agencies has sealed its reputation as a deft buyer of distressed bulker assets. The Greek outfit…
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Nils Andersen joins BP board
Nils Andersen has wasted little time picking up juicy appointments since his shock departure from the Maersk Group this summer.…
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Odfjell orders up to eight chemical tankers at Hudong Zhonghua
Norwegian company Odfjell has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC-affiliate Hudong Zhonghua yesterday for the construction of four 49,000dwt chemical tankers,…
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DryShips offloads five panamaxes
Greek owner DryShips has announced it has sold five of its panamax vessels for $29.4m in total. The company sold…
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Navigator Holdings secures $220m refinancing
Navigator Gas and Navigator Holdings have entered into a secured facility agreement with ABN-AMRO, DVB Bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and…
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Teekay sells tanker pair to New Shipping
Teekay Tankers has agreed to sell two of its tankers to Adam Polemis led Greek owner New Shipping. One of the…
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Dynagas signs new charter deals with Gazprom
Dynagas LNG Partners has entered into a new long term time charter agreement with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for…
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