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Euroseas cancels ultramax newbuilding at Dayang yard
Greek owner Euroseas has announced that it has cancelled an ultramax drybulk vessel, hull number DY 161, at Sinopacific Shipbuilding’s…
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Paragon exchanging notes for common stock
Paragon Shipping has commenced an offer to exchange all 8.375% senior notes due 2021 for shares of common stock. One…
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Review of first hearings into El Faro disaster is complete
The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced on Wednesday that its Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) has completed its review of…
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US House authorises online auctions for offshore oil and gas leases
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that provides the Interior Secretary with the power to approve internet-based…
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Shipping’s involvement in the refugee crisis is bittersweet, says ICS
The pressure exerted on merchant shipping by the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean is easing off, according to latest figures,…
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Lloyd’s Register, QinetiQ and GasLog to collaborate on maritime cyber security
“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.” That was the stark warning on the likelihood of…
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‘Shipping needs a solution not an application’: Transas’s Frank Coles
Transas CEO, Frank Coles, has delivered the company’s standpoint on the future of maritime operations in typically forthright fashion at…
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Pacific Radiance settles dispute with Chinese shipyards
Pacific Radiance has reached a settlement with Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding & Offshore and China Shipbuilding Trading (Shanghai) over the disputed…
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Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force next year
Finland is likely to ratify the IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) tomorrow, which would mean the long-debated convention would…
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BigOceanData: The complete online package
There’s myriad vessel tracking companies competing for business these days. One new name, however, reckons it is offering something different.…
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Anger grows at $14bn of stuck cargoes on Hanjin ships
The chaos surrounding the receivership of Hanjin Shipping, container shipping’s largest ever bankruptcy, continues to plague shippers around the world…
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Dubai firm blacklisted for abandoning crew
Bahrain has blacklisted Dubai-based shipping company Sea Links Shipping after it abandoned the general cargo vessel, Sea Lord, and 11…
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Swiber pledges its 25% Vallianz stake to DBS
Swiber Holdings has pledged its Vallianz shares to its lead creditor DBS. Swiber, an oilfield services provider, sought judicial management…
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One Belt, One Road explained
Khalid Hashim from Precious Shipping writes exclusively for Splash on China’s massive intercontinental infrastructure plans. A Google search for One…
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Vietnam’s Prime Shipping in for Dong-A chemical tanker
Vietnam’s Prime Shipping Corporation is beefing up its fleet. The Southeast Asian tanker owner has bought the 12-year-old product tanker,…
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Jiangsu Ocean Shipping orders three boxships at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding
Jiangsu Ocean Shipping has signed shipbuilding contracts with Yangzijiang Shipbuilding for the construction of three 1,900teu containerships. The ships will…
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Rickmers Maritime secures refinancing deal
Rickmers Maritime has announced that Rickmers Trust Management, its trustee-manager, has been offered a restructured secured amortising term loan facility…
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COSL takes Primeline Energy into arbitration
Primeline Energy Holdings has announced that it has just received notice that China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has commenced arbitration…
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GE and Zentech join forces on vessel development
GE Marine Solutions and Zentech have together announced a cooperation agreement under which the two parties will work together to…
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US east coast ports return to normal service after Hermine
Ports on the US east coast which were closed or restricted because of Hurricane Hermine have returned to normal service…
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