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Castor Maritime adds another panamax bulker with Borealis buy
Nasdaq-listed Greek owner Castor Maritime has continued its incredible buying spree with the addition of a secondhand Chinese-built panamax bulker.…
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DHT offloads vintage VLCC trio
For weeks sales chatter has surrounded a trio of vintage VLCCs owned by DHT Tankers. About three weeks ago the…
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Splash Extra: Carbon credit credentials assessed
As shipping waits for its magical silver bullet to resolve its pressing decarbonisation issue, many shipowners are beginning to offer…
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Mozambique uncertainty weighs on Saipem’s outlook
Italian energy services company Saipem has not been able to provide an update on its 2021 guidance due to uncertainty…
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Lundin explores wave energy to power oil and gas platforms
Oil and gas firm Lundin Energy Norway is working with Swedish wave energy tech developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies on decarbonising…
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Acta Marine looking for offshore wind partners
Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine and its shareholder MerweOord want to raise fresh capital from a new co-owner to…
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Solstad Offshore sells another AHTS, Eidesvik Offshore offloads PSV
Sales in the offshore supply vessel market continue with two Norwegian shipowners offloading an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel…
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Carl Büttner: 165 not out
The Carl Büttner shipping company celebrated its 165th anniversary in March with a subtle rebrand, fresh from taking on its…
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Port of Montreal strike nears an enforced end
Canada’s House of Commons has passed back-to-work legislation for Port of Montreal dockworkers, and now the Senate will be recalled…
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Diana Shipping fixes post-panamax bulker to Tongli
New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Tongli Shipping for 2013-built post-panamax…
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Nordic Unmanned and Aeromon form joint venture
Nordic Unmanned has formed a joint venture with the Finnish company Aeromon which will combine their respective businesses utilising advanced…
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SFL lands $200m charter for LNG-powered car carrier pair
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation has secured a 10-year charter deal with a European-based carmaker for two newbuild dual-fuel 7,000 ceu…
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Chile’s dockworkers join nationwide protest over pensions policy
Chileans struggling with the financial impacts of Covid-19 are holding mass protests aimed at pushing President Sebastian Pinera to allow…
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New bunker organisation launches in London
A new bunker organisation has been launched. The Marine Fuels Alliance will seek to assist a broad spectrum of physical…
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MSC launches global electronic bills of lading
After running pilot projects in select countries since 2019, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has officially launched the electronic bill of…
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Equinor awards Canada survey contract to Fugro
Norway’s Equinor has selected Dutch surveyor Fugro to perform a deepwater site investigation in Canada’s Flemish Pass, 500 km off…
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DNV surveyors in South Korea go on strike
Employees of classification society DNV have gone on strike in South Korea since Monday. A spokesperson for DNV Maritime told…
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Splash Extra: Amazon rattles forwarders on the transpacific
Not content with disrupting the high street, Amazon is displacing the traditional role of freight forwarders and others involved in…
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Lobby groups come under pressure to ditch ‘moonshot’ R&D proposal in favour of $100 per tonne carbon levy
The shipping industry’s leading global lobby group, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), last week ended its years-long opposition to…
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Talks at the ILO over seafarer minimum wage break down
After two days of talks at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), negotiations on setting a new minimum wage for seafarers…
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