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GNG Ocean Shipping to build 50 LNG-powered bulkers
Chinese state-owned GNG Ocean Shipping has issued a tender seeking contractors for the design and construction of 50 small LNG-powered…
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Champion Technology sells its only tanker
Hong Kong-listed Champion Technology, an investment holding company principally engaged in the trading of gasoil, has sold the only tanker…
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Charterers and owners come under renewed pressure to resolve China coal carrier crewing crisis
Charterers and shipowners are coming under renewed pressure to stump up cash to alleviate the anguish and monotony of the…
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Wan Hai paying top dollar to hoover up available box tonnage
Wan Hai Lines, along with Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), have been the most active buyers of secondhand boxship tonnage over…
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Pacific Basin adds another ultramax
Pacific Basin has added another ultramax to its fleet according to brokers. The Hong Kong shipowner has been named by…
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Hutchison Ports reenters Saudi Arabia
Hong Kong port operator Hutchison Ports is reentering Saudi Arabia, winning a concession to develop and operate a multipurpose port…
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ZIM seals deal for 10 Seaspan newbuilds
Israeli carrier ZIM has a struck a deal worth more than a $1bn with Seaspan, one of the world’s largest…
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CU Lines looks at further Europe voyages
The team behind the newest entrant to the Asia – Europe container tradelane are looking at adding more voyages amid…
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Project focuses on creating ship capable of being fuelled by either ammonia or methanol
Dual fuel ships are set to get a whole new meaning. Italian class society RINA is partnering with the Shanghai…
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NYK contracts China Merchants to build revolutionary car carriers
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has eschewed local yards in Japan for its latest ship orders – a series of revolutionary…
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The permutations for shipping of a muted Chinese New Year
The world’s largest human mass migration is a muted affair this year, something that has significant ramifications across many strands…
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Aussie coal ban bites, Bohai Bay becomes the world’s largest shipping parking lot
The Beijing ban on Australian coal is reshaping dry bulk trading patterns. Alphabulk reports that Australian coal exports to China…
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Northern Offshore secures drilling contract from Smart Oil Investment
Northern Offshore, a drilling unit of Shandong Offshore International, has won a contract from Sinogeo’s Smart Oil Investment for drilling…
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Navibulgar adds bulker quartet at Yangzijiang
Navibulgar, Bulgaria’s largest shipping company, has returned to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for the construction of up to four 31,800 dwt Great…
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MISC awards FPSO conversion contract to CIMC Raffles
Malaysian national shipping group MISC has entered into a contract with Chinese yard CIMC Raffles to convert a VLCC into…
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Nanjing Tanker to order four MR tankers at GSI
Nanjing Tanker, a unit of China Merchants Group, has announced a plan to order four 50,000 dwt MR tankers at…
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CSSC looks to sell four abandoned drillships
Chinese state run shipbuilding giant China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is looking to dispose of four drillships abandoned at the…
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China suspends crew changes for two shipmanagers
China’s Ministry of Transport has announced a decision to suspend the crew change operations for all the vessels of two…
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StarOcean Marine orders up to 12 boxships at Yangzijiang
Chinese feeder boxship operator StarOcean Marine has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for the construction of up to…
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SinoOcean to convert idle drilling rigs for offshore wind turbine installation
SinoOcean, the idle offshore assets management platform set up by major Chinese state-run offshore builders, has entered into an agreement with…
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