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Diana Shipping seals new panamax charter with Phaethon
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a new time charter contract with Phaethon International Company for 2001-built…
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Solstad Offshore PSVs awarded extensions by Fairfield
Solstad Offshore has been awarded an extension by Fairfield Betula for platform supply vessels Far Symphony and Normand Aurora. The…
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Transocean hails improving market as it scores $353m worth of new contracts and extensions
Offshore driller Transocean has announced several new contracts and extensions in what it says is an improving market. The contracts,…
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CGG completes exit from marine acquisition business
French geoscience technology company CGG has announced that it has completed an exit from the marine acquisition business, closing a…
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Petrofac awarded new $50m North Sea contract by Petrogas NEO
UK offshore services firm Petrofac has been selected by Petrogas NEO UK, a jointly venture between Petrogas and NEO Energy,…
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Liberian Registry harnesses technology to cut ship registration times in half
Liberian Registry, the world’s second largest flag, has unveiled a new Expedited Registration Process (ERP), that streamlines the registration of…
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Fire hits Pemex offshore platform, three injured
Mexican state energy company Pemex has announced that a fire broke out on its Akal-C 6 platform yesterday, causing injury…
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Sanchi families detail cover-up claims
The families of the disaster have told Splash about the massive cover-up they believe has taken place in one of…
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Lithium batteries identified as cause of fire onboard Cosco boxship
China Cosco Shipping has identified the self-ignition of misreported lithium batteries as the cause of fire onboard its mega boxship…
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Maersk Tankers launches standalone green tech business
Maersk Tankers has launched a new standalone digital business, to be led by Soren Meyer, to develop and sell the…
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Korean heavylift firms fined for collusion
Local heavylift players in Korea have received fines for colluding in bidding for projects for the nation’s largest shipbuilder, Hyundai…
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Knutsen, JP Morgan and Korea Line order dual-fuel LNG carriers for Shell charters
International energy giant Shell has selected three owners for the long-term charter of a total of eight dual-fuel 174,000 cu…
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Seacon’s bulker spree continues
It has been a quiet start in the dry cargo sale and purchase market in the first eight days of…
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Fukujin Kisen books kamsarmax pair at NACKS
Japanese owner Fukujin Kisen has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) for the construction of…
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Navig8 buys back MR tanker from Ocean Yield
Navig8 Chemical Tankers, a unit of Navig8 Group, has declared the purchase option to acquire 2015-built 37,600 dwt MR tanker…
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ADES secures five-year jackup rig renewal with Saudi Aramco
Egyptian offshore driller ADES International has sealed a contract renewal for 1982-built jackup rig . The renewal, with Saudi Aramco,…
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Tasik Subsea hails Fugro arbitration award as a ‘victory for the little guy’
John Giddens, the CEO of Tasik Toba Subsea, has described a $26.8m arbitration award from Fugro as a ‘victory for…
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Zhejiang Xiehai orders bulker quartet at Xinzhou Shipbuilding
Chinese dry bulk operator Zhejiang Xiehai Group has placed an order at Taizhou-based Xinzhou Shipbuilding for the construction of four…
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Shearwater GeoServices awarded Gambia seismic project
Offshore survey service provider Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D Isometrix seismic acquisition project by FAR Gambia. The one-month…
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Battered OSV sector braces for another challenging year
The offshore outlook for 2020 is muted at best, with senior executives interviewed by Splash worried that unless dramatic consolidation…
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