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Hackers target shipping with coronavirus themed emails
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint is reporting a new hacking group that targets the global shipping industry and its fears over the…
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CSC Phoenix acquires supramax bulker
Chinese dry bulk operator CSC Phoenix has announced the acquisition of 2003-built 52,400 dwt supramax bulker . The Tsuneishi Cebu-built…
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Oceaneering secures well intervention contract from BP
Offshore engineering specialist Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract by BP to provide comprehensive riserless light well intervention (RLWI)…
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Carimin secures offshore vessel contract from Petronas
Malaysia’s Carimin Marine Services, a subsidiary of Carimin Petroleum, has entered into a long-term charter contract with Petronas for the…
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Grindrod Shipping increases ownership in IVS Bulk to 66.75%
Grindrod Shipping Holdings has announced it has acquired an additional 33.25 percent stake in its IVS Bulk joint venture from…
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Odfjell offloads chemical tanker to Taihua for $5m
Norway’s Odfjell Tankers has sold 2000-built small chemical tanker to Hong Kong-based Chinese owner Taihua Ship Management, according to brokers.…
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Fukujin Kisen sells modern ultramax
Japan’s Fukujin Kisen has decided to sell its oldest ultramax, the three-year-old Shin Kurushima-built . Sources say the ship fetched…
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Coronavirus costing liners up to $350m in lost revenues every week
As China partially returned to work today, data from Copenhagen-based Sea-Intelligence suggests the coronavirus has been costing liners up to…
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China struggles to get back to work
Beijing decided over the weekend against officially extending the Lunar New Year holidays for another week. However, today was marked…
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Yang Ming boxship arrested in Australia over pollution cleanup debt
Taiwanese shipping line Yang Ming Marine Transport’s 4,250 teu containership was arrested at Port Botany in Australia on Sunday at…
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Robbery attempts in the Singapore Strait escalate
Sunday saw two pirate incidents take place within an interval of an hour to a bulk carrier and a tanker…
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BW LPG retrofits another four ships
BW LPG has announced that it has exercised an option for the delivery of four additional LPG dual-fuel engines. With…
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Noble trims its cape arm
Shortly after Noble confirmed the sale of a 2012-built post-panamax, the commodity trading firm has found a buyer for another…
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Tehama Shipping acquires third boxship
Dubai-headquartered Tehama Shipping, part of Saba Group which operates a container terminal at Iraq’s Umm Qasr South, has acquired its third…
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Waruna continues tanker buying spree
Waruna Nusa Sentana has acquired 2009-built small chemical tanker from China’s Ningbo Donghai Shipping, according to brokers. Seasure Shipbroking and…
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K Line wins Petronas gas contracts
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has penned contracts at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai for a pair of LNG carriers…
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Sovcomflot and Novatek JV seal financing and charters for LNG carrier quartet
Smart LNG, the new Russian venture between Sovcomflot and Novatek, has signed financing and time charter agreements for four icebreaking…
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Tristar secures LNG shipping contract from BP
Dubai-based integrated energy logistics group Tristar has secured a contract from BP to provide LNG shipping services. The four-year contract,…
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KNOT secures charters with Eni for newbuild shuttle tanker pair
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) has been awarded a contract by Eni for the charter of two newbuild LNG fueled…
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Shipping braces for extended factory closures in coronavirus-hit China
The global shipping industry is watching closely for any official announcement from Beijing on whether the Lunar New Year holidays…
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