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NT Bunkering takes small chemical tanker from Finbeta
Tallinn-based NT Bunkering AS, part of the Russian group NT Bunkering, has acquired a small chemical tanker vessel from Italian…
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ITF highlights plight of Hanjin crew being denied shore leave in US
Seafarers’ labour union the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday it will report to authorities in Washington D.C.…
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BOEM issues draft plan to limit damage from geological surveys
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wednesday issued provisional proposals for protecting marine life and habitats in…
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Eidesvik Offshore offloads PSV
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has announced the sale of 2004-built platform supply vessel . The buyer of the vessel was not…
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Six container shipping lines investigated for price fixing in South Africa
South Africa’s Competition Commission conducted a search and seizeure operation yesterday at the premises of six major global container shipping…
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Aurora Tankers: Chemical consolidation
“This is the right time for consolidation and/or acquisition of secondhand or distressed assets.” That’s the view of Kenny Rogers…
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Technip to lay off entire workforce at yard in Finland
Technip Offshore is laying off its entire workforce of 476 people at its Technip Pori yard in Finland, reports YLE.…
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Soechi Lines takes BP Shipping MR tanker pair
Just a few days after being linked with the purchase of medium range tanker Poulopom from Vietnam’s Prime Shipping, sources…
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FreeSeas offloads handysize vessel
Greek owner FreeSeas has sold 1998-built handysize bulker to unrelated third parties for a price of $1.925m. The vessel’s mortgage…
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Cosco Shipping Ports inks Abu Dhabi Port terminal deal
Abu Dhabi Ports has announced the signing of a container terminal concession agreement with Cosco Shipping Ports, the port terminal…
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Odfjell Drilling completes refinancing
Odfjell Drilling has announced that the conditions for the refinancing for its rig-owning entitiy Deepsea Invest have been fulfilled. The…
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Shipping by sea? You, your cargo and your embattled carriers
Hard not to feel sorry for the shippers, whose cargo is stuck on the container vessels operated by Hanjin Shipping.…
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CSBC to delay delivery of Seaspan containership damaged in typhoon
Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC said it would delay the delivery of 14,000teu containership Feng Ming to Canadian shipowner Seaspan as it…
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Pemex reduces stake in Gulf of Mexico Trion field JV
Pemex has cut its planned stake in a prospective deep-water joint venture project in the Gulf of Mexico from 45%…
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Industry association says Petrobras must be released from Subsalt Polygon obligations
The president of the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP) said on Wednesday it is essential that a bill…
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Investor action could spell the end for Rickmers Maritime
Rickmers Trust Management, the Singapore-listed trustee-manager of Rickmers Maritime, has announced that it has been served with a “notice of…
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APL Logistics blames K Line bankruptcy rumours on a ‘small number’ of employees
Japanese-owned APL Logistics Group has issued a statement via president Beat Simon in response to accusations by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)…
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Blohm+Voss acquired by Luerssen Group
German shipyard Blohm+Voss is being sold by UK-based Star Capital Partners, with family-owned Bremen shipyard group Luerssen the buyer. Luerssen…
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Maerskelina: Hanjin Shipping and HMM acquisition talk questioned
Yesterday’s comments by an analyst at Jefferies suggesting Maersk Line may look to buy both of South Korea’s top two…
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Hanjin Shipping could still be sold, court says
The court in Seoul overseeing Hanjin Shipping’s receivership has said a sale of the company is one of a number…
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