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Seadrill drillship gets Gabon work
Seadrill Partners has secured a one-well contract for 2008-built drillship from PC Gabon Upstream. The one-well contract is for drilling…
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Germany accedes to Hong Kong Convention
Germany has become the latest nation to accede to the IMO’s treaty for the safe and environmentally-sound recycling of ships…
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Top Ships secures Chinese funds for refinancing
Greek tanker owner Top Ships has concluded a financing agreement with a major Chinese financier. The gross proceeds from the…
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MarPoll: Shipping and millennials
Is shipping worse than other industries at attracting and retaining millennials? The question is one of eight posed in the…
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New blockchain tracking solution for temperature-sensitive shipments launched
US blockchain-based logistics service firm ShipChain has formed a partnership with GTX Corp, a tech company offering GPS and NFC…
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Solstad Offshore secures contract extension
Norway’s OSV operator Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract extension from Subtec for its CSV . The new contract…
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KS Drilling jackup contract extended in Vietnam
Singapore’s KS Drilling, part of KS Energies been awarded a contract extension for jackup rig . The jackup has been…
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Diana Shipping seals panamax charter to Ausca
Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Ausca Shipping in Hong Kong for…
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Global decarbonisation agenda could see huge swathe of merchant fleet become stranded assets
Tanker owners have been given a stark warning today that potential radical global decarbonisation agendas could see tanker demand fall…
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Busy Vale leads cape charge as BDI breaks through the 2,000 point barrier for the fist time in 66 months
The Baltic Dry Index broke through the 2,000 barrier yesterday for the first time since January 2014, continuing its impressive…
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Alphaliner detects two-tier box shipping market
In its half-year review of the container shipping market, analysts at Alphaliner say they have detected the advent of a…
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10 Turkish sailors kidnapped off Nigeria
Ten Turkish sailors were taken hostage by armed pirates who attacked a Turkish-flagged ship off the coast of Nigeria, the…
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Oceanis: Ship finance goes digital
Oceanis, a Hamburg-based start-up, is looking to reshape ship financing through digitisation. Having worked in both shipping and finance for…
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Xiradakis comes onboard Dagfinn Lunde’s ship finance platform
A well known name in Greek ship finance has come onboard Dagfinn Lunde’s eShipfinance.com, a platform launched last year at…
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CDB Leasing takes three HNA bulkers
Bulker sales are picking up in tandem with rising freight rates with the Chinese proving especially aggressive. This week three…
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James Fisher secures $37.2m worth of contracts, acquires MR tanker
UK offshore service provider James Fisher and Sons has been awarded a number of contracts in the offshore renewable energy…
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Keppel secures newbuild dredger and FPSO modification contracts
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a dredger newbuild contract and FPSO modification contract worth a total of around…
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Reframing the 2020 operational debate
Cassandra Higham from Castrol gives the big picture viewpoint on the impending sulphur cap. Very soon we will be measuring…
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Taicang Port and Jintan Port form strategic alliance
Taicang Port and Jintan Port, two major Yangtze river ports in Jiangsu, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly…
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Blue Star Line files for bankruptcy
Danish offshore vessel operator Blue Star Line has filed for bankruptcy with a court due to financial difficulties. According to…
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