Sectors News Archive - General Shipping Vessel Industry Updates

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China Ocean Industry finds a buyer for two unfinished vessels

January 17th, 20190 China Ocean Industry has announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement with an unnamed buyer for two of six unfinished vessels at its subsidiary yard, Jiangzhou...

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Okeanis Eco Tankers seals suezmax sale and leaseback with Ocean Yield

January 17th, 20190 Norway’s Ocean Yield has acquired 2016-built suezmax tanker from Oslo-listed Greek owner Okeanis Eco Tankers. Ocean Yield is paying a net purchase price of $49m...

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Subsea 7 acquires Toisa offshore construction vessel

January 17th, 20190 Subsea 7 has finalised the acquisition of 2009-built multi-purpose offshore construction and dive support vessel . Subsea 7 will rename the vessel Seven Pegasus,...

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Seadrill semi-tender rig wins six-well deal in Cote d’Ivoire

January 17th, 20190 Seadrill’s limited liability company Seadrill Partners has secured a six-well contract for 2009-built semi-submersible tender rig offshore Cote...

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Maersk warns on phishing scams

January 17th, 20190 Maersk Line is being targeted by phishing hacks. The carrier revealed on January 8 that its Malaysian operations were hit by a phishing scam where a third party...

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Subsea 7 and OneSubsea alliance awarded EPCIC contracts by Esso Australia

January 17th, 20190 Subsea Integration Alliance, formed by Subsea 7 and OneSubsea, has been awarded integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning...

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Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale

January 17th, 20190 Oshima Shipyard is marketing a 60,000 dwt bulker for resale. The Japanese bulker specialist has a 2019 ship for delivery and has put a price tag of $30m on the...

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Woodside awards four FEED contracts for Scarborough project

January 17th, 20190 Australian oil and gas company Woodside has awarded four contracts for front-end engineering design (FEED) activities for its Scarborough Project offshore Western...

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Barakah Offshore secures offshore contract from Petrofac

January 17th, 20190 Malaysian offshore service provider Barakah Offshore Petroleum has won a five-year contract from Petrofac for work offshore Malaysia. The five-year contract includes...

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Saras seeks bunkering concession in Cagliari

January 17th, 20190 Saras Group, which operates the refinery plant based in Sarroch, has asked the local coast guard for a 12-year concession for bunkering in the port of Cagliari. The...

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Ocean Infinity awarded Petrobras survey work

January 16th, 20190 Seismic specialist Ocean Infinity has been awarded, via partner Cepemais, a contract to provide hydrographic mapping services to Petrobras in Brazil. The project will...

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ADNOC acquires boxship from Celsius Shipping

January 16th, 20190 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has purchased 2,800 teu sub-panamax teu containership from Danish owner Celsius Shipping. The vessel has been renamed Al Reem...

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Dole books reefer boxship pair at CSSC Chengxi

January 16th, 20190 US food company Dole has signed shipbuilding contracts with CSSC Chengxi for two 2,500 teu boxships. The price for each ship is $42m and the contract also includes...

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Landmark shipping automation study suggests seafarer numbers will double by 2040

January 16th, 20190 For all the fear crew have about their jobs being lost to automation, a new 170-page report from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the World...

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DSV makes $4bn move to take over Panalpina

January 16th, 20190 Swiss logistics firm Panalpina has announced that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Danish freight forwarder DSV to acquire the company at a...

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Duterte receptive to idea of nationalising Hanjin Subic

January 16th, 20192 All options are being considered by the Philippine government as it scrambles to save its largest shipyard. Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines...

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SDTR Marine signs for 10 post-panamax bulkers at DSIC

January 16th, 20190 Singapore-based shipping company SDTR Marine and AVIC Leasing have signed shipbuilding contracts with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry for the construction of ten 85,000 dwt...

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Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic
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Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade
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Nick Elliott: Shipping thriller trilogy
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Maersk starts random box checks in latest bid to stamp out scourge of misdeclared cargoes
In a bid to stamp out misdeclared cargoes, Maersk has started carrying out random container checks... Jan 17th, 2019 inContainers

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

North’s post-Brexit Irish subsidiary up and running

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

CMA CGM bids adieu to the MacAndrews brand

Algoma acquires Oldendorff bulker trio in CSL pool

Seacor Marine acquires three more PSVs from Cosco

Ocean Infinity awarded Petrobras survey work

Dole books reefer boxship pair at CSSC Chengxi

Saipem awarded $1.3bn worth of offshore contracts by Saudi Armanco

ADNOC acquires boxship from Celsius Shipping

Oman Shipping Company in for four DSME VLCCs

ZIM readies the end of paper bills of ladings

Manila broadens discussions with overseas firms to acquire bust Hanjin Subic

Shipping’s black box gets blockchain upgrade

BW completes Hafnia merger

Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale

Nord/LB files court case against Brightoil

Bureau Veritas reveals Donche-Gay’s successor

Shanghai Bestway chairman fails to sell his shares again

Last Union Rich Shipping vessel sold at auction

Neptune snaps up its first ultramax