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Turkey to construct canal to alleviate traffic in the Bosphorus
Turkey is to start construction this year of a 45 km canal to ease traffic on the Bosphorus. The Kanal…
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Bohai bags newcastlemax orders
Berge Bulk of Singapore is linked by Greek broking sources as returning to Bohai Shipbuilding for two firm newcastlemaxes. The…
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Maindeck: Ship repair portal takes shape
Maindeck, a Norwegian portal designed to simplify the complex process of drydocking, is taking shape. Maindeck is a cloud-based software…
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Sevan Marine to build new FPSO for Shell at Penguins
Norway’s Sevan Marine will build one of its cylindrical FPSOs for Shell, who have made the final investment decision for…
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The future of port operations
Andy Lane from CTI Consultancy gets a glimpse of new shore-side technology while visiting an exhibition in Singapore. Container handling…
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Handymax containership runs aground at Chittagong Port
Handymax containership ran aground at Bangladesh’s Chittagong Port in heavy fog yesterday, hindering the shipping activities of the port. According…
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Chios Navigation contracts first newbuild since 2012
Brokers tell Splash that Greece’s Chios Navigation has ordered its first newbuilding in six years, shaking hands with yard representatives…
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Canada issues new safety and pollution rules for shipping in Arctic waters
Transport Canada announced it has introduced new Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations for vessels operating the country’s Arctic…
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Reach Subsea and MMT seal expanded agreement with Statoil
Reach Subsea, in collaboration with MMT Sweden, has secured a renewal and expansion of a frame agreement with Statoil covering…
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MOL completes takeover of Dutch crewing firm
Japan’s largest shipping line, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken full control of European manning company Azalea Maritime. The Dutch…
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ZIM vows to become a digital leader within shipping
Israeli containerline ZIM has vowed to become a “digital leader” within the shipping industry. To this end, the line has…
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New Jersey political foes unite to press for Florida-style drilling waiver
A bipartisan grouping of politicians from the state of New Jersey on Sunday wrote a letter to the President Donald…
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Evergreen Marine in for twenty 11,000 teu boxships
Taiwanese shipping line Evergreen Marine has announced a major fleet expansion plan in which the company will bring in a…
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69% of Danish shipowners hit by cyber crime in the past year
A survey carried by the Danish shipowners association has found that 69% of 26 local owners were hit by cyber…
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Ezra Holdings gets chapter 11 extension
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings has been granted an extension by the United States Bankruptcy Court giving it until February to file a plan of reorganisation. Ezra…
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Damen clashes with Romanian PM over Mangalia yard takeover
Dutch shipbuilding group is still confident it can take over Romania’s largest shipyard despite the deal hitting a serious snag…
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Imabari takes over Minaminippon Shipbuilding
Imabari Shipbuilding, Japan’s largest shipbuilder, has reached an initial agreement to take over domestic shipyard Minaminippon Shipbuilding. Under the agreement,…
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Vitol picks up Noble’s oil division on the cheap
Commodities firm Noble Group has suffered another hit to its finances, failing to make as much money from the sale…
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CSSC retrieves $9.67m of corruption losses
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), one of two major state-run shipbuilding conglomerates in China, has completed a new round of…
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AAPA renews call for $66bn investment in federal ports
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has reiterated the investment needs of federal ports and waterways. AAPA President and…
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