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Main shipping sectors move in the same direction less than 10% of the time
Research carried by brokers Clarkson shows the main shipping segments move in the same direction less than 10% of the…
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Shipping’s Y2K bug?
Do you remember the fear mongering as the clocks ticked down to the dawn of the new millennium? The Y2K…
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Live Animal Export: Can farmers find an alternative in only 40 weeks?
Livestock carriers have the oldest age profile in deepsea shipping. The sulphur cap should ensure many of them find their…
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Koreans pile in for feeder newbuilds
The age profile of the sub-3,000 teu containership fleet has been among the oldest in shipping, but it is finally…
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Aswan swoops for another Japanese post-panamax bulker
Qatar limestone specialist Aswan Trading and Contracting has acquired another Japanese-built post-panamax bulker, according to brokers. Advanced Shipping & Trading…
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Sovcomflot to redeliver survey vessel to Polarcus
Dubai-based offshore survey company Polarcus has announced that Russia’s Sovcomflot has exercised an option for the redelivery of survey vessel ,…
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Senior management resign at Dalian Port
Dalian Port has announced that it has received resignation letters from its president Zhang Yiming, vice president Bai Jingtao and…
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Cosco secures coal shipping contract from China Coal Energy
Cosco Shipping Bulk has signed an agreement with China Coal Energy for domestic coal transportation. Under the agreement, Cosco Shipping…
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CSIC unit applies to restructure Shanghai Bestway
Financially troubled ship design and shipbuilding company Shanghai Bestway Marine & Energy Technology has announced that Shanghai Marine Equipment Research…
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Island Drilling bags CNOOC drilling contract at Howick
Norway’s Island Drilling has been awarded a contract by CNOOC Petroleum Europe to drill at the Howick prospect, west of…
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Prosafe restructures contract options with Aker BP
Offshore accommodation platform operator Prosafe has entered into an agreement with Aker BP to restructure the remaining seven one-month options…
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Flex LNG secures time charter contract for LNG carrier
John Fredriksen’s LNG carrier unit Flex LNG has announced that it entered into a time charter agreement for one of…
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Maersk deploys EEE vessel from Rotterdam to Shanghai in world’s largest maritime biofuel pilot
A group of Dutch multinationals – FrieslandCampina, Heineken, Philips, DSM, Shell and Unilever – all members of the Dutch Sustainable…
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Anadarko looks to charter 16 LNG carriers for Mozambique project
US energy company Anadarko is seeking long-term charters for around 16 LNG carriers to serve its proposed project in Mozambique,…
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Workers weld entrance gates together in protest as Croatia’s largest shipyard edges closer to bankruptcy
Workers at the Uljanik shipyard in the north of Croatia went on strike again yesterday, albeit they did not down…
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Lubes headache brewing
Fuel choices have obscured the complex issues over lube selection ahead of IMO 2020. Here’s a useful guide to the…
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Maersk confirms order for up to ten feeder boxships at Jiangnan Shipyard
Danish shipping line Maersk has officially signed shipbuilding contracts for the construction of up to ten 2,200 teu containerships at…
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GasLog fixes charter with Endesa for newbuild LNG carrier
Monaco-headquartered GasLog has sealed a new long-term charter with a subsidiary of Spain’s Endesa for newbuild LNG carrier GasLog Warsaw.…
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Brazil-China grain route goes live
Freight Investor Services (FIS) is behind the launch of the Baltic Exchange Panamax P8 grains route. The new route offers…
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Semco Maritime awarded Tyra EPCI contract by Total
Denmark-based Semco Maritime has secured an EPCI contract from Total for works at the Tyra Redevelopment Project. The work scope…
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