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COSCO orders VLOCs at affiliate yard
COSCO Shipping has ordered two 325,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) at its affiliated yard COSCO Yangzhou. According to…
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Solvang lifts VLGC orderbook in South Korea
Norwegian gas shipowner Solvang has been linked to two more VLGC newbuilds at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. Korea Shipbuilding &…
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JP Morgan books offshore wind CSOV newbuilds at Ulstein
Institutional investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management have signed up for two offshore wind commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV)…
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Noble clinches drillship contract extension in US Gulf
Offshore rig owner Noble Corporation has secured a contract extension from LLOG Exploration for its drillship . The New York…
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BW Catcher FPSO charter to continue past seven-year term
The , owned and operated by Oslo-listed BW Offshore, will be working on the namesake field beyond its fixed seven-year…
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Gulf Marine Services bags one extension and one new deal
London-listed liftboat operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has won a contract extension for one small-class vessel and a new contract…
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TGS, PGS, SLB gear up for seismic survey offshore Malaysia
Norwegian offshore seismic acquisition specialist TGS, in cooperation with its partners PGS and SLB, has announced that prefunding has been…
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Castor Maritime pockets $3.5m profit from kamsarmax sale
Cyprus-based bulker and boxship owner Castor Maritime has locked in profit from the sale of the 2010-built kamsarmax picked up…
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Minerva Marine firms up LR2 duo at New Times
Greece’s Minerva Marine has ordered two LR2 product tankers in China. Clarksons stated in its most recent weekly report Andreas…
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Floatel wins accommodation vessel contract in Brazil
Oslo-based offshore accommodation vessel specialist Floatel International has won a contract to provide maintenance and safety unit support alongside Peregrino…
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Bulk carrier secured after hijack attempt off Somalia
India’s navy said its commandos have secured a bulk carrier after its attempted hijack in the Arabian Sea. The Liberian-flagged…
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MOL fixes ammonia carrier to Yara
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked a time charter contract with Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland part of part of…
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Liner fortunes upgraded on back of Red Sea shipping crisis
Having leapt by 40% last week, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), the world’s most tracked spot index for box…
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Bulk carrier boarded off Somalia
A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier was boarded yesterday by armed individuals while underway in waters some 460 nautical miles off Somalia.…
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Vitol consolidates shipping activities into Singaporean company
Switzerland-based commodity trading giant Vitol has consolidated all its shipping activities into a Singapore-based company. The company is named Vitol…
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European shipowners elect first female president
Karin Orsel has been named the first female president of European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA). Orsel started her two-year term…
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Samsung Heavy taps Korean rival to build blocks
Such is the length of the orderbooks at South Korea’s top yards that an unprecedented business partnership has been formed…
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Turks pile in for more product tankers
A newly registered Turkish outfit named Canna International has emerged as the taker of one of two 2004 built long…
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Ditas adds another tanker
Istanbul-based Ditas Shipping, a part of Turkey’s Koc conglomerate, has emerged as the buyer of the 2022-built, 14,000 dwt HZ…
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Canada gets its first Hong Kong-compliant recycling yard
Canada has its first compliant ship recycling facility. Lloyd’s Register has certified Nova Scotia’s R.J. MacIsaac (RJMI), according to the…
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