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Sevenseas Investment Fund makes debut bulker acquisition
Sevenseas Investment Fund, an umbrella fund incorporated in Luxembourg, has acquired its first ever bulk carrier – the 2012-built 36,600…
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Fred. Olsen Windcarrier awarded contract to finish German wind farm
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract for its jackup vessel to finish installing the remaining 11 turbines at…
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Turkish yard spent record 149 days installing a scrubber
When marketed in the run-up to the global sulphur cap, scrubber retrofits were meant to take as little as a…
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KSS Line adds VLGC order at Hyundai Heavy
South Korean owner KSS Line has placed an order at a Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction of another 84,000…
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Awilco Drilling secures LOI for semi-submersible rig
Awilco Drilling has signed a letter of intent with Serica Energy for the provision of semi-submersible drilling rig for a…
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Weekly report details growing number of shipping companies targeted by malware attacks
Cyber consultants Red Sky Alliance with maritime security specialists Dryad Global have started publishing a weekly list of names of…
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IMO 2020 and demolition volumes
Is there a discernible scrapping trend brought about by the eight-week-old global sulphur cap? Jason Jiang investigates. The new IMO…
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StealthGas forms JV to buy larger LPG carriers
Harry Vafias’s StealthGas has formed a new joint venture with an unspecified party and bought three medium-sized LPG carriers. The…
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Euronav offloads suezmax tanker
Belgium-based tanker owner Euronav has announced the sale of its 2003-built 150,000 dwt suezmax tanker for a price of $21.8m.…
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Seagull & Videotel: Under new management
After bringing maritime training businesses Videotel and Seagull into joint ownership, Oakley Capital appointed former V. Group executive Manish Singh…
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Film highlights plight of seafarers hit by corruption at ports around the world
A new film from the Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) shows the plight crews face around the world thanks to…
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Sri Lanka unveils new port plan at Colombo
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has announced that it has signed a deal with AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK…
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KPI Bridge Oil acquires OceanConnect from Glencore
Bunker broker and trader KPI Bridge Oil has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OceanConnect Marine,…
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DOF awarded new PSV contract by Premier Oil
Norway’s DOF has been awarded a contract by Premier Oil UK for 2003-built platform supply vessel . The contract is…
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Equinor withdraws from controversial Great Australian Bight drilling plan
Norway’s Equinor has announced that it will discontinue its exploration drilling plan at Stromlo-1 in the Ceduna sub-basin, offshore South…
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Geoquip awarded offshore wind contract in the US
Swiss geotechnical company Geoquip Marine has secured a contract for its newly acquired geotechnical vessel to support the development of…
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Axxis Geo Solutions awarded North Sea survey
Axxis Geo Solutions has received a letter of intent with a major international oil company to commence an ocean bottom…
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Coronavirus wipes away 1.7m teu of liner business
The coronavirus is set to wipe a “chilling” 1.7m teu of container business, according to new research from Copenhagen-based Sea-Intelligence.…
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Polaris fined $12,426 for Stellar Daisy sinking, families vow to fight on
The families of the victims of the Stellar Daisy disaster are not giving up in their pursuit of justice. Despite the…
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Wilhelm Wilhelmsen dies at the age of 82
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, the fourth generation owner of the Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen, died on Saturday at the age of 82.…
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