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Should Australia be worried by Beijing’s iron ore security posturing?
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang digs into the souring of relations between China and Australia to ask what this could mean…
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NYK teams with JMU to commercialise ammonia-fuelled vessels
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) is teaming with compatriot yard Japan Marine United and local class society Nippon…
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Westwood Shipping Lines appoints Maersk executive as new CEO
US conbulk shipping operator Westwood Shipping Lines has appointed Jack Mahoney as the new president and CEO of the company,…
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Samudera Shipping names Bani Mulia as CEO in management reshuffle
Singapore-listed Indonesian shipping company Samudera Shipping Line has announced the appointment of Bani Mulia as chief executive officer of the…
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Salam Pacific takes on its largest ships to date
Indonesian carrier Salam Pacific Indonesia Lines has been revealed by Alphaliner as the taker of First Ship Lease Trust’s last…
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Euroseas scraps boxship trio
Greek Nasdaq-listed boxship owner Euroseas has sold three of its eldest vessels for scrap. In its second quarter results, the…
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Xiamen ITG Group bags kamsarmax pair
The shipowning arm of state-owned and Shanghai-listed Xiamen ITG Group has snapped up two modern kamsarmaxes, broker sources tell Splash.…
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Aker Solutions to spin off offshore wind and carbon capture businesses
Norwegian energy engineering company Aker Solutions, part of Aker Holdings, has announced plans to spin-off of its offshore wind and…
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Japanese FPSO secures financing from JBIC
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has entered into an agreement to provide a project loan for a floating production…
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Dredging green light for NZ’s top port
Despite significant opposition from locals Ports of Auckland, New Zealand’s top port, has been given the go-ahead to deepen its…
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Scorpio’s Hermitage offloads anchor handler pair
Hermitage Offshore Services, part of Emanuele Lauro’s Scorpio Group, has sold its two anchor handling tug supply vessels Hermit Baron…
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Mauritius PM concedes grounded bulk carrier will break up
Salvors have managed to halt the worst of the spill from the grounded bulk carrier off the south coast of…
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Ports around the world review ammonia nitrate storage plans in wake of Beirut blast
Ports around the world are actively reviewing their ammonia nitrate storage guidelines in the wake of last Tuesday’s terrible explosions…
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Temasek pulls out of Keppel acquisition
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings has pulled its planned takeover of Keppel Corp, citing the company’s dire second quarter…
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India positions Nicobar as a rival port to Colombo
India is planning to develop a transhipment port at Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal with an investment…
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Norden adds two more ultramaxes at NACKS
Denmark’s Norden has added two more ultramaxes to its series under construction at Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) taking…
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APM Terminals grows presence in Aarhus with ALC terminal acquisition
A.P. Moller-Maersk’s APM Terminals has acquired from Aarhus Logistics Center A/S (ALC) its container terminal in the port of Aarhus.…
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Feeder boxship slams into pier at Manila port
The 2003-built 639 teu feeder containership slammed into a pier at Manila North Harbor Port on Monday. According to the…
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Pacific Drilling drillship awarded 10-well contract by Murphy
Offshore driller Pacific Drilling has been awarded a new contract by Murphy Oil for 2014-built drillship . The drillship was…
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IMO makes all meetings virtual through to the end of the year, crucial MEPC set for November 16
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will hold all its meetings virtually through to the end of the year including the…
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