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Hong Kong’s Marine Department slated for ferry disaster
Hong Kong: The “highest management level” at Hong Kong’s Marine Department as well as a directorate officer and 11 non-directorate…
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Navigator takes three more gas carriers
Shanghai: Wilbur Ross-backed Navigator Holdings has exercised its option to build an additional three 35,000 cu m ethylene/ethane capable semi-refrigerated…
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Nanjing Tanker investors call for investigations into president
Shanghai: Nearly 200 investors of Nanjing Tanker, the delisted subsidiary of Sinotrans & CSC, have jointly sent a letter to…
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Sainty Marine bags another major contract
Shanghai: Sainty Marine announced that it has signed shipbuilding contracts with Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry, Nantong Runde Ship Engineering and…
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COSCO Xiamen orders five general cargo ships
Guangzhou: COSCO Xiamen has signed shipbuilding contracts with Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding for the construction of five 38,300dwt general cargo ships. COSCO…
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MOL pays to get VLOC released
Shanghai: Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has paid close to $29m to get its VLOC released from China. The 226,434…
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China Merchants completes Colombo South Container Terminal project
Shanghai: Colombo South Container Terminal Project, invested and managed by China Merchants Holdings, has been completed following more than two…
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Fu Yuning leaves China Merchants for Huarun Group
Hong Kong: China Merchants Group announced today that Fu Yuning is no longer serving as the chairman of the company,…
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Cosco Shipyard bags $100m of new contracts
Shanghai: Cosco Shipyard has received a variety of orders. Its Dalian subsidiary has secured a contract from an unspecified Asian…
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Another contract ripped up at STX Dalian
Dalian: More woe for beleaguered STX Dalian with Korea’s Pan Ocean announcing it has canned a contract for a semi-submersible…
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Beijing pours cold water on WWII ship seizure claims
Beijing: China’s Foreign Ministry has quashed reports that the Japanese bulker seized by the Shanghai Maritime Court was taken because…
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Golden Union returns to AVIC Weihai
Dalian: Greek owner Golden Union has returned to AVIC Weihai Shipyard to snap up three kamsarmax bulker options. The 81,200…
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CSSC Shipping to place orders worth RMB7b
Shanghai: China State Shipbuilding Corporation, one of the two state-owned shipbuilding giants in China, has announced that it plans to…
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Shanghai court detains MOL ship in WW2 compensation dispute
Shanghai: Shanghai Maritime Court ordered the detention of a bulker “Baosteel Emotion” owned by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) at Majishan…
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Vote on important shipping issues
Singapore: Our sister title Maritime CEO has opened up a poll to readers, which is already generating lively debate and…
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STX Dalian to apply for court receivership
Dalian: STX Dalian Shipbuilding, the financially troubled subsidiary of Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, will soon file for court receivership…
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Tsuneishi receives orders from Chinese state-owned company
Dalian: Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding (TZS), an overseas group company of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding announced that it has received orders for…
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Sanmen Maple Leaf Shipbuilding charters dry dock from Haoyou Shipyard
Shanghai: Sanmen Maple Leaf Shipbuilding & Repairing Co, a wholly-oened subsidiary of Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding Co, plans to charter…
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Yangfan receives two options from Germen owner
Shanghai: Yangfan Group announced that Germen owner John T. Essberger has excercised options for two 2,200teu containerships in addition to…
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Beihai Port changes name
Guangzhou: Beihai Port Company announced that the board has decided to change the company’s name to Beibuwan Port Company after…
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