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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs selects shipyard for wind-assisted roros backed by Airbus charter
French family-owned shipowner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding to build three roro vessels which will serve…
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Wisdom Marine and Synergy launch bulk carrier joint venture
Taiwanese shipowner and operator Wisdom Marine and Singapore-based shipmanagement giant Synergy Marine Group have established a joint venture company for…
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Former Chinese shipbuilding supremo jailed for 13 years
Hu Wenming, the ex-chairman of state-run China Shipbuilding Industry Co (CSIC), has been handed a 13-year jail sentence as well…
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Seacon books four more multipurpose newbuilds
Chinese shipowner and operator Seacon Shipping has ordered four more 62,000 dwt multipurpose dry cargo vessels at Huanghai Shipbuilding in…
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Performance Shipping returns to Shanghai Waigaoqiao for more LR2 tanker newbuilds
Nasdaq-listed Greek tanker owner Performance Shipping is expanding its fleet with new contracts at China Shipbuilding Trading and CSSC-affiliated Shanghai…
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Scale Gas signs for LNG bunker newbuild at CIMC SOE
Spanish owner Scale Gas has contracted China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) for a newbuild LNG bunkering…
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Arcadia Shipmanagement books up to four aframaxes at Dalian
Greece’s Arcadia Shipmanagement has been linked to more tanker orders about a month after signing up for a pair of…
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EGPN Bulk Carrier in for Bocimar cape trio
China’s EGPN Bulk Carrier has gone back to its roots adding ships in the bulk segment, securing three capes at…
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Jinhui continues clearout of older supramaxes
Chinese bulker operator Jinhui Shipping and Transportation has sold another veteran supramax as it eyes younger tonnage. The Oslo- and…
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X-Press Feeders unveils first methanol dual-fuel ship built in China
X-Press Feeders, the world’s largest independent common carrier, has unveiled what the first of 14 methanol dual fuel ships looks…
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Jinhui charters in kamsarmax
Chinese bulker operator Jinhui Shipping and Transportation has sealed a long-term deal with Taiwanese owner First Steamship to charter in…
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COSCO signs for methanol engine retrofits at Marintec China
COSCO Shipping has signed up a series of its containerships for a methanol dual-fuel revamp at the Marintec China exhibition…
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Lemissoler showcases China shipbuilding’s first methanol-fuelled ultramax design
A design for China shipbuilding’s first methanol-fuelled ultramax bulk carrier has been revealed at the Marintec exhibition in Shanghai. Cyprus-based…
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NYK strikes long-term LNG charter deal with Sinopec
Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has landed a long-term LNG charter deal with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec).…
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China unveils nuclear-powered megamax containership design
Making headlines at this year’s Marintec China exhibition in Shanghai is a design for a giant nuclear-powered megamax containership. State-run…
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Shandong Shipping signs for four methanol dual-fuel VLOCs
At a signing ceremony held at Marintec China yesterday, Asia’s largest shipping exhibition, Shandong Shipping signed with Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding…
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Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping books up to 12 bulker newbuilds
Chinese bulker owner and operator Fujian Guohang Ocean Shipping is pressing ahead with expansion plans that could see its fleet…
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Angad Banga becomes chair of the Asian Shipowners’ Association
Angad Banga, chief operating officer at the Caravel Group, has added the chairmanship of the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) to…
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Hong Kong company takes over running of Dubai tanker fleet
At the beginning of October, shipping and steel magnate Theodore Angelopoulos sold two five-year-old aframaxes for an eye-catching $70m each,…
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Jinhui sells another veteran supramax
Oslo- and Hong Kong-listed Jinhui Shipping and Transportation has sold another one of its ageing supramax bulkers. The Chinese bulker…
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