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Senior personnel at Vroon make for the door

February 20th, 20190 The exodus of senior personnel at restructuring Dutch shipping giant Vroon is accelerating. Company secretary Jo Goossens resigned two weeks ago, and now Splash...

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Three ships sold by d’Amico this week

February 20th, 20190 Rome-based d’Amico Società di Navigazione group has sold three ships this week. Shipping arm d’Amico International Shipping announced the sale of 2009-built...

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Australia sends help as Solomons fight bunker slick near UNESCO site

February 20th, 20190 The Solomon Islands is seeking help from Australia as bunker fuel seeps from a grounded bulker near the world’s largest raised coral atoll. A breach has opened up...

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Beyond the normal supply-demand imbalance

February 20th, 20190 Regular Splash contributor Panos Patsadas gives readers his take on dry bulk’s collapse It was only a few months ago that many key figures and analysts of the dry...

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Slick detected from grounded bulker near the world’s largest raised coral atoll

February 19th, 20190 Oil spill response teams headed today to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands to counter an oil slick from a bulker which grounded near a UNESCO site two weeks...

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Stellar Daisy VDR recovered

February 18th, 20191 The voyage data recorder (VDR) of the sunken very large ore carrier has been located and recovered from deep down on the ocean floor of the south Atlantic. Relieved...

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China extends import restrictions on Australian coal

February 18th, 20190 Adding to dry bulk’s woes, China is believed to have imposed import restrictions for Australian coal to a number of key ports in the country's northeast, in a move to...

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Ruben Brothers offer for RBD Armatori sees fleet auction cancelled

February 18th, 20190 With an offer on the table from Ruben Brothers investment fund, the planned auction of RBD Armatori’s shipping assets has been cancelled by the local Court of Torre...

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Vale temporarily shuts down Malaysia distribution centre after fire

February 18th, 20190 A fire broke out at one transfer house at Brazilian miner Vale's distribution centre in Malaysia on Friday, resulting in the temporary shutdown of the facility. Vale...

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SSY slashes dry bulk trade forecasts as uncertainties grow

February 18th, 20190 In response to recent developments shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has lowered its dry bulk trade forecasts and now anticipates minimal year-on-year growth in the...

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Wait goes on for 2019’s first confirmed cape sale

February 18th, 20190 The wait for 2019’s first confirmed capesize sale continues, illustrative of the massive uncertainties facing the dry bulk sector so far this year. Broking reports...

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Cobelfret returns to dry bulk buying with Japanese post-panamax deal

February 18th, 20190 CLdN-Cobelfret has acquired 2011-built Imabari post-panamax vessel , according to broking sources. Seasure Shipbroking and Advanced Shipping & Trading are both...

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Diligent Holdings continues rapid expansion with supramax buy

February 18th, 20190 Greece’s Diligent Holdings and Dimitris Mihalos continue to snap up Japanese supramaxes at pace. Seasure Shipbroking is reporting that the Greek company has paid...

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CSC Phoenix parent goes into liquidation

February 18th, 20190 Chinese dry bulk operator CSC Phoenix has announced that Tianjin Intermediate People’s Court has accepted its controlling shareholder Tianjin Shunhang Shipping's...

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Laker in winter layup catches fire

February 18th, 20190 A team from the US Coast Guard spent Saturday night fighting a big fire aboard the self-discharging bulk carrier in Oregon, Ohio, just outside Toledo. The fire was...

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Diana Shipping offloads panamax pair

February 18th, 20190 Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has announced the sale of two of its panamax bulkers in two separate deals. The 2001-built pair and were sold for $7.2m each, a...

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Stellar Daisy located

February 18th, 20190 The has been located six hundred and eighty-eight days after the giant VLOC sank in the south Atlantic, spurring hope to the families of the bereaved that...

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Vale selling last three ships in owned fleet
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EMGS secures survey project in Southeast Asia

Pressure grows on Brussels to repeal liner block exemption regulation

Euronav quits products, sells last non-core asset from Gener8 takeover

Senior personnel at Vroon make for the door

Canada and US shipping associations join efforts to protect the Salish Sea

Vale selling last three ships in owned fleet

Keppel finds sale and leaseback solution to deliver Mexican jackup

McDermott awarded major contracts in Malaysia

Qatar confirms intention to order up to 60 LNG carriers

Bahri clarifies position on Venezuela-bound tanker

Shelf Drilling secures jackup extension from Chevron

Data is the new container: DP World

Manila seeks to fix empty container congestion issue

PIL’s 15-year presence on the Asia-Europe trades comes to an end

Sembcorp Marine to shut local yard by the end of this year

Keppel finds sale and leaseback solution to deliver Mexican jackup

Zhejiang Seaport Group buys into Shanghai container terminal operator

Wan Hai gives up options on four boxships

China extends import restrictions on Australian coal

Valles back in Japan for an aframax

Vale selling last three ships in owned fleet