Middle East
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Cosco Shipping Heavy fixes jackup rig deal with Selective Marine
Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has fixed a newbuild jackup rig, abandoned at its Dalian yard, to UAE-based Selective Marine Services.…
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Trump administration cracks down on ‘deceptive’ shipping practices used by North Korea, Iran and Syria
The Trump administration is cracking down on shipping’s links with entities from Iran, North Korea, and Syria, three countries on…
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Gulf Marine Services awarded new renewable energy contract
UAE-based liftboat operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has been awarded a six-month renewable energy contract to provide support for the…
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Kader Shipping bags aframax
Dubai-based tanker owner Kader Management and Shipping has acquired the 2000-built 105,900 dwt aframax tanker , a ship managed by…
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Onex takes two Eastmed VLCCs
UAE-based oil trader and storage specialist Onex has emerged as the taker of two vintage Eastern Mediterranean Maritime (Eastmed) VLCCs.…
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Oman makes crew change concessions
Oman is making crew change possible at its ports for seafarers whose contracts are up and have failed to get…
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UK court freezes assets of top Dubai demo executive
A court in the UK has frozen £62m ($76.37m) in assets belonging to a well-known name in Dubai ship recycling…
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Qatar gives China a record ship export order
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, president and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, fired the starting gun today on this year’s most sought after…
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Abu Dhabi Ports zooms into dry bulk shipowning
Abu Dhabi Ports has zoomed into the dry bulk shipping sector, sealing its first bulk carrier acquisition with remote closing…
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Qatar Petroleum commences gas drilling at North Field East
Qatar Petroleum has commenced drilling at the North Field East Project. This latest phase of the North Field expansion project…
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Product tanker captured by Iranians reignites Hormuz security concerns
A Hong Kong-flagged handy product tanker at anchorage in Fujairah was boarded by armed men yesterday and told to head…
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Lamprell mothballs Jebel Ali yard and will close Sharjah yard as part of cost saving measures
Offshore engineering, procurement, construction firm Lamprell has made the decision to consolidate its operations by mothballing its facility at Jebel…
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PSA secures Saudi Arabia container terminal deal at Dammam
Saudi Global Ports (SGP), a subsidiary of Singapore’s port operator PSA International, entered a build, operate and transfer (BOT) agreement…
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Shelf Drilling jackup contract cut short by Dubai Petroleum
Dubai-headquartered Shelf Drilling has entered into a mutual agreement with Dubai Petroleum to amend the contract end date for 2010-built…
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Tomini crew refuse to offload cargo in Bangladesh over fears of contracting coronavirus
The master and the crew of the three-year-old 63,590 dwt bulk carrier find themselves in a tense standoff with the…
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UAE makes crew change concessions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is easing its crew change restrictions, much to the relief of thousands of seafarers across…
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Polarcus awarded 3D survey project in Northwest Europe
Dubai-based offshore survey specialist Polarcus has secured an XArray 3D marine seismic acquisition project in Northwest Europe. The project will…
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Silver Eagle Global to build a series of jackup vessels
Bahrain-based Silver Eagle Global, part of Saudi Arabian oil and gas service company Rawabi Holding, has entered into an agreement…
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ZIM promotes wider use of electronic bill of ladings during coronavirus outbreak
One of shipping’s most archaic practices is getting a shove thanks to tech developments and the coronavirus. Israeli carrier ZIM…
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Shelf Drilling suffers another early termination
Dubai-headquartered offshore driller Shelf Drilling has received a notification from for the early termination of the contract for 1982-built jackup…
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