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Maersk Honam rechristened and ready to sail
Seventeen months after a fire ripped through it, Maersk is set to send the 15,282 teu boxship Maersk Honam back…
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Europe welcomes UK’s Hormuz patrol proposal
A host of European nations are coming out in support of the UK’s call for a naval coalition to assist…
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BHP demands greater green efforts from its shipping partners
Mining giant BHP yesterday announced a five-year, $400m climate investment program to develop technologies to reduce emissions from its own…
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Turkish owner establishes contact with pirates who kidnapped crew off Nigeria
Turkish shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik has established first contact with the group of pirates who kidnapped 10 crew from the…
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Court to liquidate Fujian Crown Sea Shipping
A court in Fujian has ruled to liquidate defunct Fujian Crown Sea Shipping, along with its subsidiary Fujian Crown Ocean…
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Hansun Shipping progresses with electric-powered bulker project
Newly registered shipping company Shanghai Hansun Shipping has entered into an agreement with Shanghai Vanx Marine Tech for the design…
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Zhuhai Port Shipping partners up with Cloudrift for unmanned ship development
Zhuhai Port Shipping, the shipowning unit of Zhuhai Port, has signed a strategic agrerment with Zhuhai-based startup company Cloudrift to…
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TechnipFMC awarded $7.6bn EPC contract by Novatek
Oil and gas engineering specialist TechnipFMC a $7.6-billion Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Novatek and its partners for…
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Subsea 7 awarded Hornsea Two offshore wind contract
Seaway 7, the renewables and heavy lifting business unit of Subsea 7, has been awarded a major contract by Optimus…
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UN warns of environmental catastrophe posed by stranded FSO off Yemen
An abandoned FSO off Yemen with 1.1m barrels of oil onboard has been branded a potential environmental disaster in waiting…
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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs scores Saint-Nazaire offshore wind contract
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs subsidiary Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has sealed its first French offshore windfarm contract. The contract is with EDF…
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Qatar Petroleum buys into three blocks offshore Kenya
Qatar Petroleum has reached a deal to acquire a 25% interesting in three exploration blocks off Kenya. The agreement, which…
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British Bulkers adds fifth ship
British Bulkers headquartered in Glyfada, has dived into the secondhand market, adding its fifth Japanese-built handysize vessel. British Bulkers has…
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Ningshen Group orders chemical tanker at AVIC Dingheng
Yonghua Shipping, a shipping unit of Shanghai-based Ningshen Group, has placed an order at AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding for the construction…
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Gianluigi Aponte bets on ONE and Hapag-Lloyd merger
At the first annual meeting of the newly born Italian shipowner association, Assarmatori, the executive chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Company…
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UK seeks European naval coalition to patrol Hormuz
With the US telling London it must handle the impasse by itself, the British government yesterday mooted the idea of…
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UAE charterer of seized tanker denies Iranian claims of fuel smuggling
The charterer of a small product tanker seized by Iran earlier this month has rubbished claims the ship was engaged…
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Hyundai Heavy takes labour union to court
The fractious relationship between management and workers at the world’s largest shipbuilder is set to take another turn for the…
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Turkish tanker owner accused of knocking out Tonga’s communications system faces big bill
Istanbul owner DSM Gemi Isletmeciligi faces an especially large phone bill this month with one of its tankers accused of…
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Fred Cheng cuts cape fleet in half
Fred Cheng has cut his cape fleet in half, selling the 13-year-old, 177,000 dwt for $16.5m to Xin Yuan, a…
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