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Tankers and gas ships banned from Gadani
Tankers and gas ships will not be allowed to be broken up at Pakistan’s prime ship recycling area, Gadani, until…
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Sinkhole appears at Britain’s newest box terminal
Britain’s newest and most advanced terminal development has suffered an embarrassing setback. Launched in November, a large sinkhole has appeared…
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Caravel snaps up Diana Shipping panamax on charter
Caravel Shipping has snapped up the 2001-built panamax bulker from Greece’s Diana Shipping. The charter is for a period of…
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Greeks take Dong-A aframax resales
In the aframax segment, Korean owners Dong-A Tankers are understood to have committed two aframax resales, Hulls S811” & “S812…
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Seattle port boss’s bonus scheme questioned
Ted Fick, placed on administrative leave last week, resigned yesterday as ceo of the Port of Seattle. The local Puget…
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TechnipFMC wins FEED contract from Energean
TechnipFMC has secured a contract from Energean Oil & Gas to provide the concept and front end engineering design (FEED)…
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Singapore’s millionaires are not best suited to build rigs
The obituary for Singapore’s shipyards has been written many, many times. It’s Indian summer – roughly 2006 to 2012 –…
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DHT Holdings secures $50m credit facility
US-listed tanker owner DHT Holdings has pledged two VLCCs to ABN Amro Bank to secure credit facility, the company said…
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Deep Sea Supply awarded PSV contracts by Apache
John Fredriksen’s Deep Sea Supply has been awarded extensions on the time charter contracts for PSVs Sea Flyer and Sea…
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Atwood Oceanics gets further work in Australia from Woodside
US offshore driller Atwood Oceanics has amended its contract with Woodside Energy in Australia to substitute semisubmersible Atwood Condor for…
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Hanjin to be declared bankrupt on February 17
February 17 is likely to mark the end of what was once of the most high profile brands in container…
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Olympic appoints Karageorgiou, snaps up bargain VLCC resales
Could low profile Olympic Shipping & Management be eyeing a listing? The bulk firm belonging to the Onassis family has…
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Stenersen takes battery lead
Norway’s Rederiet Stenersen has become the first chemical tanker owner to select a lithium ion based energy storage system (ESS)…
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German owners named and shamed for dire shipbreaking record
German shipowners have come in for sharp criticism for their shipbreaking choices. In a new report from NGO Shipbreaking Platform…
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Giuseppe Bottiglieri’s mistimed orders led to bankruptcy
Analysts Alphabulk have run the numbers on insolvent Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping (GBS) and shown how badly the Italian firm read the…
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The case of the phantom orderbook and other shipyard conundrums
Dr Adam Kent from Maritime Strategies International posits that as much as one third of the Chinese ship orderbook could…
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Peel Ports: Looking west post-Brexit
Mark Whitworth, ceo of Peel Ports, is sanguine about what Brexit means for his business. With Theresa May, the British…
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March 24 deadline for Thessaloniki bids
Athens has set a March 24 deadline for bids to be submitted for a majority stake in Greece’s second largest…
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Hansa Heavy Lift appoints two MDs to replace outgoing CEO
Germany’s Hansa Heavy Lift has appointed Steve Dawson and Alex Karakassis as managing directors of the company, taking over from…
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Reach Subsea wins survey work for Edda Fonn
Norway’s Reach Subsea says it has entered into a ROV/survey contract for the 2003-built . The 40-day contract will commence…
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