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Sovcomflot and Total seal long-term LNG carrier deal
Russia’s Sovcomflot (SCF) has sealed a seven-year time charter agreement with Total for a newbuild 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, with options…
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Bourbon and Oceanteam CSV seals new contract with Boskalis
Construction support vessel , which is jointly owned by Bourbon and Oceanteam, has been awarded a charter contract by Boskalis.…
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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs scores another CTV contract for Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and its partner Tidal Transit have been awarded a contract by EDF Renewables and Enbridge to…
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TechnipFMC restarts separation process
TechnipFMC has announced that it has resumed plans to split the business into two publicly traded companies, TechnipFMC and Technip…
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Rem Offshore awarded offshore wind contract by Van Oord
Norwegian OSV operator Rem Offshore has been awarded a campaign contract for 2021 and 2021 with Van Oord for 2012-built…
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Restructured Bourbon plans to offload nearly a quarter of its fleet
French offshore vessel owner Bourbon is coming out of reorganisation proceedings after its restructuring was approved by creditors and validated…
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BRS strikes out into new green territory with carbon credits brokerage
France’s Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) has become the first shipbroker to offer emissions consulting services and carbon credits brokerage. The…
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French sail venture gets Hennessy endorsement
Cognac maker Jas Hennessy & Co has joined other French firms Renault, Manitou et Bénéteau in signing up to Neoline’s…
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Orange orders new cable ship
Orange Marine, a subsidiary of telecoms giant Orange, is contracting Colombo Dockyard and Vard to build a new cable ship.…
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PIRIOU enters offshore wind sector with new cable layer design
French shipbuilder PIRIOU, best known in the fishing and naval sectors, has developed a new cable layer vessel as it…
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South Korea’s fair trade watchdog hits GTT with $11.3m fine
France’s Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has been hit with a €9.5m ($11.3m) fine from the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)…
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CMA CGM markets new carbon neutral offerings
CMA CGM, the world’s fourth largest containerline, has debuted a series of offerings to help clients lighten their environmental footprint.…
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‘Chinese authorities say there needs to be a rates ceiling’: Saadé
Rodolphe Saadé, chairman of CMA CGM, the world’s fourth largest containerline, has discussed the pressure liners are coming under from…
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Abu Dhabi buys into Louis Dreyfus
ADQ, a state-run Abu Dhabi holding company, is buying an indirect 45% stake in Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), one of…
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Total taps Hafnia and Viken for LNG-fuelled aframax newbuilds
Total has tapped Hafnia and Viken Shipping to charter LNG-fuelled newbuild tankers, the latest sign of energy majors forcing through…
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France and South Korea top maritime state aid handouts during Covid-19
Governments have been dishing out billions of dollars in shipping aid packages during the Covid-19 pandemic with very few strings…
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NYK buys out Total’s share in LNG shipmanagment venture
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has bought out the French LNG shipmanagement joint venture it has with energy major Total. Based…
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LNG champion GTT buys top French green hydrogen producer
In a sign of changing fuel demands, Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), the French manufacturer of the world’s most in demand…
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CMA CGM and MSC join TradeLens as foundation carriers
CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have joined the Maersk/IBM created TradeLens blockchain platform as so-called foundation carriers. “The…
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Seabed Geosolutions wins survey contract offshore Brazil
Seabed Geosolutions has secured a contract to perform a baseline 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey and a future 4D…
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