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BHP and Klaveness in digital collaboration with steel mill
Mining giant BHP is teaming up with one of shipping’s most committed digital pioneers in the latest example of tech…
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Mike Webber returns with his own research firm
One of shipping’s best known analysts is back with his own firm. Mike Webber, who resigned from Wells Fargo Securities…
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Medmar flounders after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars on mistimed grain bookings
Greek dry bulk shipping concern Medmar has hit the rocks, with brokers telling Splash the Athens company has defaulted on…
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Pangaea orders two more post-panamax bulkers at GSI for Baffinland contract
Nasdaq-listed Pangaea Logistics Solutions has taken an option to add another two vessels to its order for ice class post-panamax…
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Valaris awarded new contracts and extensions worth $245m
Offshore driller Valaris, formerly EnscoRowan, has won a slew of new contracts and extensions over the past five weeks valued…
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The Captain’s Table finalists announced
The Captain’s Table, the Hong Kong-based maritime pitch competition supported by Splash, today announces the names of the six start-up…
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Oceaneering awarded decommissioning work offshore Canada
Houston-based Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract to support a decommissioning project off the east coast of Canada. Oceaneering’s…
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Harland and Wolff saved
A British energy infrastructure firm has bought Northern Irish shipyard Harland and Wolff for $7.3m, staving off closure of the…
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Cosco Shipping Ports decides not to deepen ties with CCCC Dredging
Cosco Shipping Ports has ditched plans buying into compatriot CCCC Dredging, citing “feedback from the market”. Last month, the ports…
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Svitzer orders icebreaking tug pair at Med Marine
Danish towage operator Svitzer has signed a new deal with Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine to built a pair of 30m…
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BHP warns shipping of looming carbon levy
One of the world’s largest shippers has warned shipping it ought to prepare for a carbon levy. Mining giant BHP…
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BIMCO aligns with Japan on limiting propulsion power ahead of crunch IMO talks
Major shipowning body BIMCO has come out broadly in favour of a Japanese proposal to regulate the propulsion power of…
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Creditors seize Uljanik Plovidba tanker
With one of its tankers seized by creditors over the weekend, troubled Croatian shipping line Uljanik Plovidba has submitted an…
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NYK car carrier in world first autonomous voyage from China to Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has conducted what it claims is the world’s first maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) trial performed…
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Satellites to shine light on dark ships
A constellation of private satellite providers aim to ensure the shady days of ships going dark fade into oblivion. French…
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Platts launches cape index
Alternatives to the freight rate information provided by the Baltic Exchange are cropping up, helping explain the London institution’s recent…
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Global Commodity Technology Association formed to drive dry bulk digitalisation
A new association has been formed on the back of the world’s top agribusiness giants joining forces to digitise shipping…
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Fleet clear-out accelerates at Gulf Energy Maritime
United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Energy Maritime has disposed of four LR1 tankers. The 17-ship strong tanker specialist has let go…
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Excelerate Energy takes Maran Gas FSRU on long-term charter
Texas-based Excelerate Energy has sealed a five-year bareboat charter with John Angelicoussis’s Maran Gas Maritime for floating storage regasification unit…
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Subsea 7 awarded Caspian Sea contracts by BP
Subsea 7 has been awarded a pair of contracts by BP Exploration for the Azeri Central East (ACE) project in…
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