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Denmark starts offering vaccines to seafarers
The Danish government has just announced that it will start offering vaccines for seafarers calling Danish ports or transiting Danish…
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Jadroplov orders up to three bulkers in China
Croatian bulker operator Jadroplov has entered into an agreement with an unnamed Chinese shipbuilder for the construction of two 63,000…
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Korean conglomerates join forces to ship CO2
The Koreans are getting in on the CO2 carrier bandwagon. Steelmaking giant Posco has teamed with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and…
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Hurricane Ida shuts more than 95% of US Gulf oil production facilities
Hurricane Ida crashed into the Louisiana coastline on Sunday afternoon as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon forcing several…
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Prosafe loses Westcon court battle over rig conversion
Offshore accommodation vessel specialist Prosafe has been unsuccessful in its appeal to the Norwegian Supreme Court over NOK465m ($53.5m) bill…
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Shell production platform off Malaysia to run on solar and wind power
Shell subsidiary Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) has announced plans to develop its Timi gas project off the coast of Sarawak,…
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CGX takes option on Maersk Drilling semisub in Guyana
CGX Resources, operator and joint venture partner with Frontera Energy Guyana, has exercised an option for the 2009-built semisub to…
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Beijing demands tanker owners detail what they’re carrying onboard as they enter Chinese waters
Tanker owners coming near to China have more paperwork to complete. China is flexing its muscle in the South China…
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StarOcean Marine takes 2021 order tally to 20
Fujian Southeast have won an order for two 1,140 teu gearless feeder units from StarOcean Marine, due for delivery in…
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Nordic American Tankers secures another market-beating fixture
Herbjorn Hansson-led Nordic American Tankers (NAT) said it has fixed one of its ships to an undisclosed oil major, again…
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Pemex use of nitrogen to restore output at Ku-Maloob-Zaap could prove problematic
After a fire on August 22 that knocked out production at its E-Ku-A2 offshore platform, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is reportedly…
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Gulf of Mexico oil firms shut in 91% of oil, 85% of gas ahead of Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida – upgraded from Tropical Storm Ida since Friday – became a Category 4 storm on Sunday morning, with…
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British Ports Association calls for action on supply chain pressures
The British Ports Association (BPA), the trade organisation for the UK’s port sector, has called on the UK government to…
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Frangou initiates merger of Navios divisions creating 15m dwt giant
Angeliki Frangou is merging her New York-listed dry bulk and tanker companies, Navios Maritime Partners and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp.…
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Cash-rich owners double containership orderbook in 2021
With freight rates setting new records every week, cash-rich container shipowners have splurged on new tonnage like never before. The…
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Sovcomflot exits dry bulk
Russia’s shipping major Sovcomflot has completed its exit from the dry bulk segment with the sale of its last two…
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Arne Blystad contracts boxship newbuilds in China
Arne Blystad might have sold a box vehicle in June, but he has by no means exited the container sector.…
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Navios Amaryllis captain accused of negligent behaviour in grounding off Maldives
The captain of the Navios Maritime Partners supramax bulker that ran aground on a reef in the Maldives last Thursday…
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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and TotalEnergies set out to develop liquefied CO2 carriers
Japan’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding has partnered up with French energy giant TotalEnergies to carry out a feasibility study for the development…
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Shipping urged to share information on abandoned fishing nets
Another sea pollution mapping initiative is launching with a specific focus on so called ghost nets, the thousands of square…
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