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Marlink: Ships are becoming ‘branch offices’
Lysaker: Ships today are becoming “branch offices” that require reliable, always available communications, says Tore Morten Olsen, president of maritime…
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Pacific Basin building war chest to buy ships ‘at historically depressed prices’
Hong Kong’s largest shipowner by fleet numbers is looking to raise cash to pay back $123.8m of convertible bonds as…
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Greek shipping minister moves against Piraeus port privatisation
Has Greek shipping minister Theodoros Dritsas gone rogue, moving against his government’s move to offer national infrastructure for privatisation in…
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‘I am most concerned with HMM,’ says South Korea’s finance minister
South Korea’s finance minister has warned the nation’s shipping companies they need to get their acts together or else the…
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Firming dry bulk market sees Dong-A reverse cape sale plans
A seemingly firming dry bulk sentiment seen in recent days, with the Baltic Dry Index surpassing 600 points, has seen…
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Third tug attacked in same SE Asian area in the space of a fortnight
Abu Sayyaf, the militant Filipino group, has been linked to a third tug attack in quick succession. The Indonesian tug,…
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First round of Sainty Marine auction fails
The first auction of the entire assets of bankrupt shipyard Sainty Marine has failed due to there being no bidders.…
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Three bids in for Melbourne port
Three joint ventures have bid for a 50-year lease at Australia’s port of Melbourne, according to Reuters. The long path…
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Search for El Faro’s VDR resumes today
The search for the missing voyage data recorder of the sunken El Faro ship resumes today, the National Transportation Safety…
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Primebulk pays $3.8m for panamax
Nord Reederei has sold the 15-year-old panamax bulker to Greece’s Primebulk for $3.8m, according to Clarkson Platou. The South Korean-built…
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Atlantic Offshore declares bankruptcy
Having been sold on Tuesday to Aegopodium, a newly established company 100% owned by H Ogreid & Sonner, Atlantic Offshore…
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Morale, cost-cutting and benefits
Andrew Merrilees from Lockton Companies Singapore on how to make the best of a bad situation. The uncertainty and blood-letting…
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Car carrier runs aground off Busan
A South Korean car carrier ran aground in stormy conditions on Sunday off Busan. The south of the country was…
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Confusion surrounds SwissMarine link to modern Japanese panamax
Sale records Splash has access to report that the large scale operator, Geneva-headquartered SwissMarine, has just snapped up the 2012-built…
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Former president of Guatemala accused of taking bribes for container terminal contract
A former President of Guatemala, already in jail, has been accused of taking bribes to favour a Spanish bidder for…
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Aker Solutions signs maintenance deal with Petrobras
Norwegian oilfield service company Aker Solutions has signed a three-year maintenance and service contract worth $124m with Brazil’s Petrobras. It…
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Mexico loosens requirements for December deepwater auction
Mexico’s oil industry regulator CNH (Comisio Nacional de Hidrocarburos) has voted to change the terms for December’s deepwater oil and…
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Deutsche Bank selling Maher Terminals
Maher Terminals, part of the Port of New York/New Jersey, is being sold by Deutsche Bank (DB) to investment firm…
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Siem renews MPSV charter for Triton border control programme in the Med
Justis & Beredskapsdepartementet, the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, has extended its existing charter of Siem Meling Offshore’s multipurpose…
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Gruppo Scerni is not exiting shipowning, awaiting long-term charter confirmations
Gruppo Scerni has confirmed to Splash that it is not about to exit shipowning and reports that it has sold…
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