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Europe
Technip to lay off entire workforce at yard in Finland
Technip Offshore is laying off its entire workforce of 476 people at its Technip Pori yard in Finland, reports YLE.…
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Europe
ESL Shipping in for ice-class LNG-fuelled bulkers
ESL Shipping has tapped Sinotrans & CSC Shipbuilding Industry Corporation’s Jinling Shipyard to build two LNG-fuelled bulk carriers. “The two…
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Americas
Finland signs Ballast Water Management Convention, will enter into force in 2017
As was mooted by officials yesterday, Finland has signed the IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’…
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Maritime CEO
Norsepower: Sail solutions
Finland’s Norsepower is exhibiting at this week’s SMM fair in Hamburg, a show that has long championed green shipping. The…
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Europe
Finnish ballast water convention approval to trigger global ratification
According to Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Scandinavian country will ratify the Ballast Water Management Convention by mid-September.…
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Containers
Containerships secures financing from CSSC for eight boxships
Finnish company Containerships has signed a framework agreement with CSSC Shipping (Hong Kong) for the financing of up to eight…
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Europe
Wärtsilä ends engine jv with CSSC
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and Wärtsilä have announced that Wärtsilä has transferred its 30% shareholding in Winterthur Gas &…
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Environment
Shipping must prepare for stricter black carbon emission regulations
A new global challenge and a compliance monitoring market are emerging, due to tightening environmental regulations. VTT Technical Research Centre…
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Containers
Spliethoff buys another Finnish roro operator
Finland’s Rettig Group is divesting its roro shipping company Bore to the Dutch shipping company Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor. All activities of…
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Europe
Wärtsilä announces another 550 redundancies
Citing the “weakened newbuild market situation and the tough competitive environment” engine maker Wärtsilä is making further cuts its global…
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Dry Cargo
ESL Shipping orders world’s first large LNG-fuelled bulkers
A Finnish dry bulk player is diversifying to try and survive amid the record lows the sector is suffering. ESL…
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Europe
Wärtsilä: New CEO outlines plans
Shanghai: In one week’s time Jaako Eskola will leave Shanghai after six years to return home to Finland where the…
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Europe
Finland cancels plans for LNG import terminal
Finnish gas company Gasum has abandoned its plans to build the Finngulf LNG import terminal in Finland with an offshore…
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Europe
Finnish port strike due on Friday
This Friday will see another set of strikes at Finland’s ports. The nation’s top three trade unions are fighting the…
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Europe
Inmarsat signs up for Rolls-Royce’s autonomous ship project
Announced on the second day of London International Shipping Week (LISW), satellite communications provider Inmarsat has signed up to work…
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Europe
Valmet: Cruiseship challenge
Espoo: Finnish firm Valmet will soon start the commissioning of a very extensive automation system for Harmony of the Seas,…
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Europe
Eskola appointed new Wärtsilä president and CEO
Wärtsilä Corporation has announced that Jaakko Eskola will become the company’s new president and CEO effective November 1, replacing Björn…
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Europe
Wärtsilä cuts 600 jobs from marine division
Helsinki: Finnish propulsion giant Wärtsilä has announced a reorganisation of its Ship Power business, renamed today to Marine Solutions, that will…
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Europe
Anthony Veder orders LNG carrier for charter to Gasum
Athens: Anthony Veder has ordered an 18,000-cbm LNG carrier from Germany’s Neptun Werft shipyard. After being delivered in late 2017, the…
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Europe
Neste exits shipowning with sale of product tankers to Donsötank
Athens: Finland’s Neste Corporation is to sell two of its product tankers to Sweden-based Donsötank for an undisclosed sum. The vessels are…
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