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Siem Offshore fixes financial position
Norway’s Siem Offshore has received approval from all of its financing banks for a financial platform to position the company…
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Total terminates Ensco drillship contract
Offshore Driller Ensco has received a notice of early termination from Total for drillship , effective from around early in…
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Blue Water Shipping secures Kazakhstan contract
Danish company Blue Water Shipping has announced that a consortium led by the company has secured a contract from Tengizchevroil…
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Transocean Winner refloat aimed for this weekend
The drilling rig could be towed off a beach on the Scottish isle of Lewis this weekend, nearly two weeks…
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Deep Sea Supply looking at lay-ups and ‘alternative’ uses for OSVs
Deep Sea Supply (DSS) has described its contract coverage for 2016 as “not satisfactory”, leading the offshore support vessel (OSV)…
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Vard to build three module carriers for Kazakhstan
Vard Holdings has confirmed that the $70m contract it won in July is for the construction of three module carrier…
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Maersk Supply Service to axe 20 vessels and 400 workers in large shakeup
Citing “unprecedented market conditions” Maersk Supply Service has announced it will slash its OSV fleet by up to 20 vessels…
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Melissanidis steps down from Aegean Marine Petroleum, gets $100m payout
Dimitris Melissanidis, the founder of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, has stepped down after 21 years and is to receive a $99.6m payout…
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Norden scores one of its largest ever shipping contracts
Denmark’s Norden has bagged one of its largest shipping contracts in its 145-year history. It has concluded a deal with…
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Collision closes Bosphorus Strait
Shipping agent GAC is reporting a dry bulk ship has collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel resulting in the…
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DOF Subsea secures new contracts in Asia and Brazil
Norway’s DOF Subsea has announced several new contracts totalling around NOK3.3bn ($402m) for the second and third quarters. In Asia…
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Petrobras terminates Havila Shipping contract
Norwegian offshore operator Havila Shipping has said that Petrobras has terminated a contract for its supply ship . Petrobras has…
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Bosphorus collision kills three
Three Turkish Coast Guard personnel were killed after their vessel collided with a bulk carrier in the Bosphorus strait earlier today.…
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Armitt: Taking control of the whole bulk supply chain
The Armitt Group, a UK shipping agent and specialist logistics company, is evoving very fast. With origins in broking, it…
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Andromeda takes South African chemical tanker for $13.5m
South Africa’s Grindrod Shipping is being linked with a chemical tanker sale. Sources tell Splash that Andromeda from Monaco has…
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‘We are not doing anything to drive down rates’: Maersk Line CFO
Maersk Line’s CFO Pierre Danet has told Splash that the world’s largest containerline will slash costs further, and dismissed claims…
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Farstad delays reporting its quarterly results as takeover speculation mounts
Farstad Shipping has postponed reporting its second-quarter financial results while it continues to negotiate with its creditors, banks and “other parties”, which…
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Sovcomflot linked with LPG carrier sale to NITC
Sovcomflot is linked with the en bloc sale for a pair of LPG carriers. Sources tell Splash the nine-year-old SCF…
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Palfinger Marine aborts takeover of TTS Group
Austria’s Palfinger Marine has decided not to complete the planned acquisition of Norwegian cranes and offshore systems provider TTS Group.…
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Tsakos Energy Navigation sends newbuild aframax out on charter
Greek owner Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) is sending newbuild aframax crude carrier Thomas Zafiras into a long term charter contract…
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