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Elman returns at New Noble

April 16th, 20181 Richard Elman is back in the boardroom, just over three weeks after he had stepped down at embattled commodities trader Noble Group. The Hong Kong-based firm has...

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Cosco tanker hit by floating crane in Iraq

April 16th, 20181 China Cosco Shipping’s product tanker was involved in a collision with a floating crane at Khor al Zubayr port, Iraq on Friday. A video showed that the tanker was...

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China National Nuclear Corporation to develop spent nuclear fuel carriers

April 16th, 20180 Chinese state-run China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has signed a strategic agreement with China Classification Society, CSIC-affiliated 708 Research Institute...

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Creditors approve Noble restructuring

April 13th, 20180 Hong Kong’s Noble Group revealed yesterday that more than 75% of creditors holding the majority of its senior debt have accepted its $3.4 billion restructuring...

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Five Stars Fujian Shipping bulker to be auctioned by court

April 13th, 20180 Beihai Maritime Court will hold an auction next month on Taobao to sell the 2009-built capesize bulker , owned by financially troubled Chinese owner Five Stars Fujian...

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Hunan Ocean Container Lines seeks boxship pair

April 13th, 20180 Chinese state-owned boxship operator Hunan Ocean Container Lines has announced a plan to acquire two secondhand river containerships. According to the company’s...

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Aston orders bulker pair at Dajin Heavy Industries

April 12th, 20180 Russia food and ingredients supplier Aston has placed an order at China’s Dajin Heavy Industries for the construction of two 8,000 dwt bulk carriers. The total...

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Swivel Software: All-encompassing view of cargo movement

April 12th, 20180 Swivel Software, a Hong Kong-based e-solution provider to the logistics industry, has geared up to take on the tidal wave of digital opportunities transforming the...

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Zhejiang Port Group secures $12.7bn credit facility from China Construction Bank

April 12th, 20180 Zhejiang Port Investment Operation Group (Zhejiang Port Group), the integrated port operating platform of Zhejiang province, has signed a strategic agreement with China...

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Delivery of Cosco mega containership delayed after collision

April 11th, 20180 The delivery of China’s Cosco Shipping 20,000 teu newbuilding has been delayed after the vessel collided with a general cargo vessel on March 29. The incident...

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Cosco’s takeover of OOCL faces American hurdle

April 11th, 20180 Investors in Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the parent of containerline OOCL, are beginning to get jittery that US regulators could pull...

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Shandong Shipping acquires major stake in cold chain logistics firm

April 11th, 20180 Chinese state-run shipping company Shandong Shipping has announced a plan to acquire a 70% stake in Shandong Aitong Haifeng International Logistics. Shandong Shipping...

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American Ethane Company and CLNG to order VLECs at Hudong Zhonghua

April 10th, 20180 US ethane exporter American Ethane Company (AEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China LNG Shipping (CLNG) to collaborate on ethane shipping from US to...

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TS Lines orders two boxships at CSBC

April 10th, 20180 Taiwanese containership operator TS Lines has placed an order at compatriot shipyard CSBC for the construction of two 1,800 teu feedermax containerships. The vessels...

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Longyuan Zhenhua secures offshore wind farm EPC contract

April 10th, 20180 Chinese company Jiangsu Longyuan Zhenhua Marine Engineering has secured a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of Guangdong Yudean Zhanjiang Wailuo...

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LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that... Apr 19th, 2018 inEnvironment
Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine is taking over a fleet of 30 feeder containerships from... Apr 19th, 2018 inContainers
Weekly Broker: En bloc deals dominate
Activities in the secondhand bulker sale and purchase market kept up a steady trend this week after... Apr 19th, 2018 inOperations
Grindrod completes historic sale of its bunker division
South African transport giant Grindrod has sold its bunker subsidiary, Unicorn Bunker Services, for... Apr 19th, 2018 inBunkering
Lessons for effective and sustainable safety communications in the logistics industry
Des McGowan from Insync ponders whether we should focus on safety compliance or safety... Apr 19th, 2018 inContributions
International Transport Forum calls for greater, more harmonised use of port-based incentives
Port-based financial incentives to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions currently remain... Apr 18th, 2018 inEnvironment

McDermott management stands firm in face of growing Subsea 7 overtures

DeepOcean appoints new CEO

Shell decides to invest in Vito development offshore Louisiana after cutting costs

Baltic Exchange and Freightos launches global container freight index

Norvic Shipping: Fleet about to broach the century mark

McDermott management stands firm in face of growing Subsea 7 overtures

Shell decides to invest in Vito development offshore Louisiana after cutting costs

Intermarine transfers leasehold of terminals on Houston Ship Channel to Watco

19 tankers being held by Houthis in Yemen

KOTC splashes for four MRs at Hyundai Mipo

Former BP boss Browne joins Israeli maritime startup’s board

KOTC tanker fleet set to double through to 2040

Singapore collaboration to develop autonomous vessels

Gemadept Shipping snaps up feedermax from Tsurumi Kisen

Amann Shipping acquires feedermax boxship from Heung-A

Pakistan to resume tanker scrapping

Lawsuits pile up against embattled Noble Group

Sinopacific Shipbuilding parent defaults on bond payment

New Yangtze takes supra sisters

OOCL teams with Microsoft to develop AI shipping solutions

British owners head to China for bulkers