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The voyage to digital navigation is still a long journey
Captain Mike Bailey, GNS’s head of navigation products, points out how owners are massively overspending on navigational supplies. After nearly…
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Shanghai North Sea Shipping orders tanker trio at GSI
Chinese tanker owner Shanghai North Sea Shipping has placed an order at Guangzhou Shipyard International, a subsidiary yard of CSSC…
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Themes that will dominate shipping in 2018
Splash asks top names across the industry for their predictions. Next year is unlikely to be dull for those in…
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Where are the visionary maritime leaders?
Poul Woodall, a director at DFDS, writing a personal opinion column for Splash today laments the lack of true environmental…
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2018 expected to be a year of transition for tankers
Q4 has been a disappointment for tanker owners and consensus is for another poor year ahead; Maritime Strategies International has…
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GMS anticipates further swathe of VLCC scrapping
GMS, one of the world’s largest buyers of ships for recycling, is predicting a swathe of VLCCs will head for…
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Star Bulk restarts debt principal repayments
Star Bulk has announced that it is planning to restart the payment of debt principal repayments from January 1, six…
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Chemical tanker order cancelled at Triyards
Singapore offshore shipbuilder Triyards Holdings has not enjoyed the fruits of a diversification drive, with subsidiary Saigon Offshore Fabrication and…
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Ultra Deep Solutions completes year-end charter hat-trick
Singapore’s Ultra Deep Solutions has entered into another long-term charter contract, announcing today the fixing of dive support construction vessel…
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Privatisation of Dredging Corp of India stirs controversy
The ongoing impasse between Vizag- based and listed public sector company, Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and its employees is…
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Explosion at COFCO terminal in Argentina kills one, injures over 20
A grain terminal operated by Chinese state-run grain trading giant COFCO at Argentina’s Port of Rosario suffered a major explosion…
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Ningbo-Zhoushan becomes first port to register 1bn tonne annual throughput
China can now boast the world’s first port to have an annual throughput of more than 1bn tonnes. Ningbo-Zhoushan port…
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CDB Financial Leasing orders five newcastlemax newbuilds
China Development Bank (CDB) Financial Leasing has announced that it has entered into shipbuilding contracts with two shipyards for the…
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Flex LNG charters newbuild LNG carrier to Uniper
Oslo-listed Flex LNG has entered into a time charter contract for newbuild LNG carrier Flex Endeavour to energy firm Uniper…
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Freese Shipping bulker grounded in St Lawrence Seaway
The US Coast Guard (USCG) in conjunction with other agencies – American and Canadian – have responded to the grounding…
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Port of Seattle hires retired Rear Admiral as executive director
The Port of Seattle’s commission has voted unanimously to install retired US Coast Guard (USCG) Rear Admiral Stephen Metruck as…
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Chinese firm to acquire STX Corporation
AFC Korea, a unit of Chinese private equity fund AFC, has been selected by The Korea Development Bank (KDB) as…
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Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding snubs restructuring plan
Bankrupt Qingdao Yangfan Shipbuilding has filed an application with a court in Qingdao, requesting to change the bankruptcy administrator of…
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ICBC Leasing seals order for six VLOCs at Beihai Shipbuilding
China’s ICBC Leasing has officially signed the shipbuilding contracts with CSIC-affiliated Beihai Shipbuilding Industry yesterday for the construction for six…
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D’Amico International Shipping nets $13m from another sale and leaseback
D’Amico International Shipping subsidiary d’Amico Tankers has signed an agreement for the sale and leaseback of 2015-built medium-range product tanker…
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