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Europe
Farstad closes its Melbourne office, halves Australian workforce
Farstad Shipping is to close its management office in Melbourne and run its Australian operations from its office in Perth.…
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Contributions
Welcome to the Hanjin California
Frazer Hunt, a partner at Australian law firm Mills Oakley, taps The Eagles in charting the chaos sparked by the…
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Greater China
Chinese owner cops $30m fine over Great Barrier Reef grounding
The owner of the , the coal carrier that grounded on the Great Barrier Reef, six years ago, has copped…
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Ports and Logistics
Private equity firm pays $7.29bn to privatise Melbourne port
QIC Private Capital has beaten out plenty of competition to buy the Port of Melbourne, paying A$9.7bn ($7.29bn) to take…
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Offshore
Neptune secures offshore contract from Repsol Sinopec Resources
Australian offshore engineering company Neptune has secured a framework agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK to supply a range of…
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Operations
Elders quits livestock trades citing weak profit margins
Australian agribusiness company Elders is quitting the livestock trades citing poor returns on shipping animals to Asia. Elders is now…
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Greater China
Australian government seeking $91.54m in damages from reef grounding
A two-week court case has kicked off in Brisbane that could seriously harm the bottom line of the London P&I…
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Offshore
Woodside takes 50% stake in BHP’s Scarborough gas field assets
Australia’s Woodside Energy has entered into binding agreements to acquire half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough area assets in the Carnarvon…
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Greater China
Five Stars Fujian released
A Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier which was arrested and then detained by Australian authorities for more than a month is…
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Greater China
ITF demands stranded Five Stars Fujian crew be allowed ashore
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) warned today the Chinese stranded crew onboard the off Australia must be allowed onshore…
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Maritime CEO
Australian vet makes the cover of the latest issue of Maritime CEO
Today sees the launch of the latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine, the title aimed at shipping’s top echelon. Featured…
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Asia
Odfjell tanker runs aground off Australia
An Odfjell chemical tanker has run aground on a sandbar in Port Phillip Bay, off Rosebud in Australia. was inbound…
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Greater China
‘The abandonment of seafarers is abhorrent’: HKSOA’s Bowring
The Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association (HKSOA) says it “extremely concerned” about the seafarers on the . The Hong Kong-registered capesize…
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Asia
Food delivered to abandoned capesize crew just in time
Food has been delivered in the nick of time to an abandoned crew onboard the capesize (181,400 dwt, built 2009), who…
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Asia
Efforts fail to get supplies to abandoned crew onboard laden capesize
Efforts are ongoing to try to transfer supplies to crew onboard a laden capesize at anchor at Australia’s Port of…
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Asia
Supply vessel runs aground in Broome
Authorities are investigating how a platform supply vessel ran aground at Entrance Point in the Australian port of Broome yesterday morning. The…
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Asia
When the masks came off: An exposé into financial misdoings in Singapore
Julie O’Connor is on a mission to right investment wrongs in Singapore and Australia – and she’s willing to go…
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Operations
Wellard seeks five-day trading halt to get its books in order
Under pressure livestock shipper Wellard today requested a five-day trading halt on the Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) having already had…
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Europe
Adormare snaps up elderly AHTS from MMA Offshore
Palermo-based Adormare is adding an anchor handling tug to its fleet of work ships. Francesco Adorno, head of the shipping…
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Europe
Fugro sells Asia Pacific subsea services business
Dutch firm Fugro has divested its subsea services business in Asia Pacific to Australian outfit Shelf Subsea for EUR14m and…
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