Operations
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Perisai Offshore secures rig contract from Petronas
Malaysia’s Perisai Offshore has secured a letter of award from Petronas for the provision of jackup rig for the Samarang…
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Hudson Shipping Lines vows not to use any ships fitted with scrubbers
Scrubber pushback has taken a new path with news from America where Hudson Shipping Lines has vowed not to use…
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X-Press Feeders boxship and KOTC tanker collide at Chittagong Port
The 1,688 teu feeder boxship X-Press Mahananda and 46,300 dwt MR2 tanker Burgan collided on the Karnaphuli channel near Chittagong…
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Sensory deprivation trouble
Old fashioned engineering is boring. Computer engineering works. Computer-aided design eliminated the drudgery of creating hardcopy drawings and cross-checking design…
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Cosco takes full control of LBC Shanghai Shipping Terminal
China Cosco Shipping has taken full control of LBC Shanghai Shipping Terminal through the acquisition of 70% equity interest of…
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Conflicting reports add to tension in wake of Hormuz attacks
Amid heightened tension in the Middle East today there are conflicting reports on what happened to the Front Altair and…
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Open-loop scrubbers, science and the Japan report
Greg Atkinson from Japan’s Eco Marine Power takes issue with the Japanese government’s approval of open-loop scrubbers. “For a successful…
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OSM to manage Fredly’s new VLCCs
Arne Fredly has decided to go with a local company to manage his fleet of newbuild VLCCs. Norway’s OSM Maritime…
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Weekly Broker: Bullish sentiment buoys tanker prices
Tanker S&P deals continue to accrue at a very solid pace and prices are heading north. Allied Shipbroking’s indicative tanker…
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‘Our word, our bond is fanciful stuff’
It turns out that in shipping, ethics is actually just a county north of Kent and south of Suffolk. Mr…
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Vancouver’s bid to become an international maritime centre stumbles
Created four years ago to much fanfare and a huge marketing blitz, the project to turn Vancouver into a major…
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10 Women to Watch 2019
Marthe Sandvik gives readers news from Oslo on an important step in furthering gender diversity in maritime – a rare…
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Livestock shipper Wellard looks at vessel sales after defaulting on debt
Financially troubled Australian livestock exporter Wellard may be forced to sell one of its ships after it defaulted on debt…
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Russian tanker explosion kills two
An explosion occurred onboard a tanker at Port of Makhachkala in Russia today, killing two people. According to report by…
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Evergreen Marine appoints new general manager
Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen Marine has appointed Hsieh Huey-Chuan as the new general manager of the company, replacing Lee Mong-Jye…
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CEO Chronicles 5: Three questions that can change your life forever
So far, we have discussed bad bosses and some dos and don’ts in dealing with them. We saw how Nadine…
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Economou takes full control of Heidmar, installs Khanna as CEO
George Economou has struck a deal with Morgan Stanley to acquire the investment company’s stake in pool operator and services…
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Israeli armed forces storm MSC boxship
Israel Defence Forces stormed a boxship anchored off Haifa yesterday after a Turkish immigrant was found to have started a…
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OneBulk is the newest name in Hamburg shipping
Three Hamburg-headquartered shipping companies Bertling, Nordic Hamburg and Oskar Wehr have provided further details of their dry bulk joint venture…
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Nigerian piracy levels deemed ‘unacceptable’, international solutions sought
Some of shipping’s top stakeholders met on Friday at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to demand…
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