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APM Terminals exits from Tacoma
APM Terminals has ended its operations at Tacoma and transferred the lease, which expires at the end of this year,…
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Borr Drilling and Schlumberger strengthen ties with collaboration agreement
Norwegian offshore drilling newcomer Borr Drilling and US offshore giant Schlumberger have signed an agreement to work together to offer…
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Maersk Drilling reactivates semi-sub for JX Nippon contract off Malaysia
Maersk Drilling has won a contract from JX Nippon utilising semi-submersible rig offshore Malaysia. The contract will commence before the end…
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GulfMark Offshore set to emerge from chapter 11
US offshore vessel operator GulfMark Offshore has had its plan of reorganisation approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for…
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That’s enough theory – let’s get on with the practice
There are reams and reams of cyber security advice now published. Ian Millen, GNS’s security and intelligence advisor, suggests now…
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Cypriot elected as new WISTA president
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, the CEO of Cypriot tech firm Tototheo Maritime has been elected as the new international president of…
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Canadian authorities still assessing case of crewman missing from Royal Wagenborg ship
Canadian authorities are still looking into the weekend disappearance of a crewman from a ship that was docked in Trois-Rivieres,…
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Ernst Russ adds feeder pair
Germany’s Ernst Russ Group has aded to its fleet, acquiring a pair of containerships with a capacity of 2,450 teu…
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Foss Maritime contracted by FEMA to help with hurricane-hit US territories
Harbour services company Foss Maritime, part of the Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources conglomerate, said on Wednesday that it has been contracted…
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Clipper Bulk consolidates, shutting down five offices
Clipper says it is simplifying its operational and administrative setup in the bulk sector by closing Clipper Bulk offices in…
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Reliability becoming a new competitive battleground for global liners
Financial evidence has been revealed that suggests the most reliable container carriers are also the most profitable. SeaIntel Maritime Analysis has…
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OECD makes the case for greater port-based environmental incentives
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has pitched the case for greater port-based incentives as a way for…
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BP in for six new LNG carriers
Asian ship finance giants KMarin and ICBC Leasing are investing more than $1bn in six LNG tankers which BP will…
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Oslo bond market proving hot for owners
High-yield bonds are very much in vogue among shipowners circling the Oslo financial markets. In the first nine months of…
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Seven Islands Shipping kicks off IPO campaign
Indian tanker owner Seven Islands Shipping has filed preliminary papers for an IPO on home soil, aiming to raise $68.5m,…
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The global orderbook: fools rushing in?
To order, or not to order – that is the question. This may be a poor misquote of Shakespeare, but…
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Keppel scores SBM Offshore FPSO conversion contract
Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has secured an FPSO conversion contract from Dutch firm SBM…
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Should IMO’s targets for its energy efficiency design index be tightened?
There’s a host of new topical questions posed today in the latest MarPoll, our quarterly online survey. Environmental matters rank…
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Greek authorities finally contain spill off Athens
Greece’s Shipping Ministry said yesterday that the marine pollution caused by an oil spill from a tanker that sank off…
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Drydocks World wins FPSO upgrade contract
Dubai’s Drydocks World has signed agreements with Bluewater Energy Services and Hurricane Energy to undertake a repair, life extension and…
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