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TransNav: Due diligence on bunker suppliers more important than ever
Singapore: All shipowners need to be especially careful carrying out due diligence on bunker suppliers, warns one tanker owner in…
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Tankers and the new Panama Canal
Erik Broekhuizen from Poten & Partners wonders whether an expanded Central American waterway bears any significance for the oil and…
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GC Rieber Shipping secures work for pipelay vessel
GC Rieber Shipping has won a cable lay charter from James Fisher Marine Services for subsea construction support vessel in…
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Pertamina to build first new refinery since 1997
Indonesian state-run energy giant Pertamina will build its first refinery since 1997. The company will team up with Russia’s Rosneft…
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Myanmar looks to ease port congestion
Myanmar is pushing ahead with a variety of new rulings aimed at easing congestion at its ports. Customs teams at…
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Welder sues Fraser Shipyards for exposure to toxic levels of lead
Fraser Shipyards of Superior in Wisconsin is facing a lawsuit from a worker alleging he suffered lead poisoning because of…
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El Faro sinking an ‘accident’, not a ‘colossal failure of management’
A senior executive of ship owners Tote on Thursday told the US Coast Guard hearing into the El Faro sinking…
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Intertanko summit ‘cautiously optimistic’ on the markets
Bill Box from Intertanko reports from yesterday’s annual gathering in Singapore. ‘Cautiously optimistic’ and ‘slightly less of a smile but…
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MAN Diesel & Turbo warns of faulty accumulator parts
MAN Diesel & Turbo has issued product safety warnings about faulty Total Solutions & Power (TSP) accumulators with the 10L design, fitted…
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Shipping will become like the airline industry, says DNB Bank
Consolidation, corporatisation and the squeezing out of smaller family-run companies will cause shipping to become more like the airline industry within…
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Ebe in for Daiichi Chuo cape
Embattled Daiichi Chuo continues to offload tonnage. The Japanese line, which declared bankruptcy last September, has just sold the capesize…
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exactEarth: Big Data meets AIS
Cambridge: Through its satellite AIS global vessel tracking system exactEarth is offering a comprehensive ability to shipowners and fleet managers…
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Bibby Offshore to provide subsea construction services for Apache
Bibby Offshore is to provide subsea construction, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and diving services to Apache North Sea, in a project that…
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STX becomes the highest profile casualty in Korean shipbuilding
The lead creditor of STX Offshore and Shipbuilding, a major South Korean shipbuilder, has confirmed the yard will enter court…
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Vessel arrest ratchets up pressure on Hanjin Shipping
In a sign of just how tough a financial position hard-up Hanjin Shipping really is in, one of its ships…
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Singapore claims acquisition of the Baltic will boost London’s maritime position
The Singaporean takeover of the Baltic Exchange is designed to bolster London’s position as an international maritime hub, a spokesperson…
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Putin keen for Russia to invest in Thessaloniki
Ahead of tomorrow’s state visit to Greece, Vladimir Putin has said Russia is keen to invest in Greek railways as…
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Navios takes Vale to court over Uruguay terminal
A month after Navios Maritime Holdings revealed Vale has ditched plans to use an iron ore terminal under construction in…
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SM Group pulls away from SPP yard buyout
Samra Midas Group (SM Group) has pulled out of plans to buy one of the three yards belonging to SPP…
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Major restructuring of northern Chinese yards
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, one of the country’s two major state-run shipbuilding conglomerates, will integrate six of its shipyards into…
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