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FSL Trust renews bareboat charters with James Fisher for product tanker quintet
Singapore’s FSL Trust Management has entered into agreements with James Fisher Everard to renew the bareboat charters for five product…
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California boxship queue sets new records
The extraordinary congestion seen at America’s main two west coast ports – now worse than the port lockout days of…
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Dry bulk orderbook at lows not seen since the historic bull run of 2003 to 2008
The global dry bulk orderbook is experiencing lows not seen since the start of the sector’s greatest ever bull run.…
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Maersk Essen tipped for swift service reintroduction
Maersk has given clients hope their delayed shipments on the 13,100 teu may get to Los Angeles within a couple…
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MSC accelerates secondhand boxship buying spree
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to snap up boxships in the secondhand market according to Alphaliner, acquiring eight…
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Star Bulk snaps up four kamsarmaxes and three ultramaxes from Scorpio
Nasdaq-listed Greek dry bulk owner Star Bulk Carriers has agreed a deal with Monaco’s Scorpio Bulkers to acquire seven bulkers.…
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Tianjin Southwest Maritime adds another VLGC at Jiangnan Shipyard
Chinese gas carrier operator Tianjin Southwest Maritime has placed an order at Jiangnan Shipyard for the construction of a 93,000…
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Iran allows crew of detained Korean tanker to head home
Iran has agreed to allow all bar one of the crew of the South Korean tanker to head home. The…
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New BIMCO clause aims to curb AIS abuse
International shipping association BIMCO is working on a charter party clause to help tackle potential abuse by sanctions busters of…
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Boa OCV awarded another offshore wind farm contract by DEME
Boa Offshore subsidiary Boa OCV has been awarded a new contract with DEME Offshore for the offshore construction vessel .…
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Coastal Contracts ventures into liftboat market with secondhand acquisition
Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coastal Drilling, and its strategic business partner JUB Pacific has acquired…
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Cosco ordering semi-submersible vessel at GSI
Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has announced a plan to order a 80,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift vessel at Guangzhou Shipyard…
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TS Shipping secures 10-year icebreaking OSV contract
TS Shipping, a subsidiary of Tallinna Sadam, has won a public tender organised by the Estonian Transport Administration for the…
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Ocean Power Technologies acquires offshore engineering firm 3Dent
US-based ocean energy technology developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has acquired 3Dent Technology, an offshore energy engineering and design services…
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Sri Lanka scraps plans to develop terminal with Japan and India
Sri Lanka has scrapped an agreement with Japan and India to develop a deepsea container terminal in the capital. The…
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Liberia becomes first flag to sign up to crew change declaration
A missing part of the jigsaw to get crew home has been found. The Liberian Registry has signed the Neptune…
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Eyesea tests new pollution-mapping app with Oldendorff and UMMS
Eyesea, a nonprofit organisation with a mission to map global pollution and maritime hazards, is stepping up trials of its…
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Navig8 signs sale and leaseback deal for five chemical tankers with CSSC Shipping
Navig8 Chemical Tankers has entered into agreement with CSSC Shipping for the sale and leaseback of five chemical tankers. Under…
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MSC latest liner to suffer box spill in the Pacific
Cargo claims specialist WK Webster has details of yet another box spill in the north Pacific – the fifth reported…
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Evergreen goes on 20 mega boxship order spree
Evergreen is on an ordering charge. Its order book – already the biggest among all liners – is set to…
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