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Splash sets up in Shanghai

April 9th, 20183 Splash chief correspondent Jason Jiang has relocated from Dalian to the booming shipping metropolis that is Shanghai. Jason, who has been with Splash since it was...

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General cargo ship sinks near Zhoushan, one dead

April 9th, 20180 General cargo ship Da Pu Jiang capsized near Zhoushan on Friday, leading to the sinking of the vessel. The incident occurred when the vessel was enroute from Wuhu...

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New documentary claims Nobu Su was ‘turned over’ by RBS

April 6th, 20180 Splash has obtained an exclusive pre-screening of The Outsider, a documentary focusing on the life of Taiwanese shipping magnate, Nobu Su. Contained within the...

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Chinese autonomous truck manufacturers proliferate

April 5th, 20180 TuSimple, a Chinese self-driving truck start-up backed by graphic chip manufacturer Nvidia, is in talks with 10 ports in China to deliver its autonomous trucks,...

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Kunlun takes Japanese VLGC

April 4th, 20180 Chinese owner Kunlun Holdings is strengthening its presence in the VLGC sector, adding the 78,462 cu m from Japan’s Iino Kaiun, brokers report. The Chinese company...

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Cosco anticipates June conclusion for OOCL takeover

April 4th, 20180 Cosco anticipates sealing the $6.3bn takeover of Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) by the end of June. Cosco’s vice chairman Huang Xiaowen told...

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Oriental Energy and Kunlun Holding to establish VLGC pool

April 3rd, 20180 Chinese gas trader Oriental Energy has signed a strategic agreement with Hong Kong-based energy trader Kunlun Holding to collaborate on LPG trade. Under the...

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CSSC and CSIC deny merger talks

April 2nd, 20180 China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), two state-run shipbuilding conglomerates, have both released notices...

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Noble Group sells kamsarmax to Transmed Shipping

April 2nd, 20180 Hong Kong commodity trader Noble Group has entered into an agreement with Greece's Transmed Shipping to sell 2015-built kamsarmax bulker . The 81,502...

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Three Henghai Shipping bulkers sold via auction

April 2nd, 20180 Three bulk carriers of Ningbo-based Henghai Shipping, the 2006-built Heng Hai 6, the 2007-built Heng Hai 11 and the 2008-built Heng Hai 8, have been sold in auctions...

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Beijing set to approve CSSC and CSIC merger

March 30th, 20180 Speculations of a merger between two major Chinese shipbuilding conglomerates, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation...

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Sinotrans Shipping appoints new chairman

March 30th, 20180 Sinotrans Shipping, the shipping unit of Chinese logistics giant Sinotrans & CSC, has announced the appointment of Su Xingang, to take over Li Zhen, as the new...

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Japanese car carrier and Chinese cargo ship collide off Guangzhou, three missing

March 30th, 20180 Car carrier Morning Cherry collided with general cargo ship Chen Chang 332 near Guangzhou on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred when Morning Cherry was enroute to...

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Alpha Gas orders LNG carrier pair at DSME

March 29th, 20180 Alpha Gas, a unit of Greek owner Anna Kanellakis’ Pantheon Tankers, has placed an order at South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME)...

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Shandong integrates Bohai Bay port assets

March 29th, 20180 Shandong province of China established a port holding group yesterday, called Shandong Bohai Bay Port Group, to integrate the port assets in the Bohai Bay region. The...

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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

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

Caledonia continues rapid fleet buildup with panamax charter

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

Tianyuan Logistics places debut ship order of 10 bulkers at CSIC