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Prime Marine swoops for $214m product resale quartet
Athens: Brokers report that Greece’s Prime Marine has come in for four product tanker resales, shelling out a total of…
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Protester remains on Shell’s Arctic Challenger
Seattle: One of two protesters chained to Shell’s Arctic Challenger north of Seattle has left the ship. Shell’s plans to…
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Dubai set to unveil Middle East’s first maritime arbitration centre
Dubai: According to a briefing from law firm Al Tamimi & Company, the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) is in…
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Public debate over Mississippi dredging plans
Houston: Plans are afoot to dredge the lower reaches of the Mississippi River, adding 1.5 m extra depth to America’s…
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Another court loss for Sainty Marine
Shanghai: Financially troubled shipbuilding group Sainty Marine has announced that it has received a ruling from Hubei Supreme People’s Court,…
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Shanghai Shipyard secures two survey vessels
Shanghai: China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced that its affiliate shipyard Shanghai Shipyard has won bids to build two…
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Gener8 Maritime files in New York for $100m IPO
New York: Private equity-backed tanker operator Gener8 Maritime filed on Friday with the SEC to proceed with an initial public…
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Another tanker hit by Libyan warplanes
Cairo: Another tanker has come under fire from Libyan warplanes, with at least two people injured and the ship on…
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Bahri in for 5 plus 5 VLCCs
Dubai: Saudi Arabian tanker giant Bahri announced over the weekend that it has concluded a deal with South Korea’s Hyundai…
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Hanoi willing to slash ownership in Vinalines in bid to drum up IPO support
Hanoi: In an unprecedented move for a large Vietnamese state-owned enterprise (SOE), Hanoi has said it is willing to hold…
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Oil leak off Nova Scotia during wreck removal
San Francisco: An operation to remove a bulk cargo vessel from a wreck site in Nova Scotia turned problematic when…
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Peruvian dock strike continues as both sides dig in
San Francisco: The ongoing labour strike at Peru’s major seaport, Callao, showed no signs of abating on Friday as dockworkers…
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Exxon’s find could be a game changer for Guyana
San Francisco: Guyana could be on the verge of becoming a player in the oil marketplace after Exxon’s announcement that…
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Woman chains herself to Shell support ship near to Seattle
Seattle: A woman protested against Shell’s planned Arctic drilling campaign on Friday by chaining herself to one of the company’s…
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ILWU ratifies contract, formally ending the west coast ports’ labour dispute
San Francisco: Union members followed management’s lead and signed on to a new labour contract for the US west coast…
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28 workers evacuated from burning oil platform off Louisiana
San Francisco: A fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico caused the emergency evacuation of 28 personnel…
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Saga Tankers eyes SD Standard Drilling takeover
Athens: SD Standard Drilling’s (SDSD) new majority shareholder Saga Tankers says it intends to make a mandatory offer for the remaining shares in…
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Tsakos Energy Navigation wants to be large and in charge
Athens: On the back of sustained improvement of tanker markets and of its financial results, Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) says…
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Solstad Offshore sells two old AHTSs and lays up two PSVs
Oslo: The dire times for Norwegian offshore support vessel (OSV) players are seeing more and more ships sold and laid…
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HMM reportedly shelves sale of its dry bulk fleet
Seoul: Fresh from posting its first operating profit in five years, Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) looks like it is…
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