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As bad weather hampers salvors, authorities prepare for the Modern Express to hit French shores
More bad weather on Saturday prevented salvors from attempting to get a tow line on the stricken car carrier. Authorities…
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Europe
Salvors ready another attempt to tow stricken Modern Express
A team from SMIT Salvage will try again to tow the stricken car carrier after a failed attempt yesterday. The…
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Containers
CMA CGM first to tie up with IRISL
In front of the leaders of France and Iran at the Elysee Palace, the heads of CMA CGM and Islamic…
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Asia
GTT investigated by South Korea’s fair trade watchdog
GTT, the makers of the world’s dominant LNG containment system for ships, is facing an investigation in South Korea. Seoul’s…
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Europe
Modern Express drifts off La Rochelle
Images released yesterday evening from French authorities show the abandoned roro has all but capsized. 22 crewmembers from the Cido-controlled…
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Europe
EC demands tax changes at ports in France, Belgium and the Netherlands
The European Commission has required the Netherlands to abolish an exemption from corporate tax for its six seaports so as…
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Containers
CMA CGM keen on new Chinese-leased 20,000 teu series
Brokers report that the world’s third largest containerline, CMA CGM, is in China looking to order a series of 20,000…
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Americas
Technip to do the Odd Job in the Gulf of Mexico
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Deep Gulf Energy for the Odd Job deepwater field in the Gulf…
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Europe
Technip denies FMC Technologies merger speculation
French oilfield services company Technip has issued a statement denying a Bloomberg report that it was in talks to merge…
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Environment
Verifavia: Checking shipping emissions
Paris: With climate change talks ongoing in Paris, one local firm is busy making sure shipping is prepared to whatever…
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Asia
CMA CGM takeover of NOL confirmed
CMA CGM has won the race to acquire Singapore line NOL, announcing a $2.4bn general cash offer for the company…
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Asia
CMA CGM on verge of NOL acquisition
With hours until a deadline is set to elapse for France’s CMA CGM to buy out Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines…
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Asia
CMA CGM gets financing for NOL takeover
French container line CMA CGM has secured “firm commitments” from banks to finance its purchase of a 67% stake in…
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Containers
‘Shipping is the most environmentally friendly transport mode’: CMA CGM
With less than a week to go before the crucial UN talks on climate change take place in its home…
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Asia
Liner heavyweights enter the ring for NOL crown
One thing we can say about Neptune Orient Lines’ (NOL) likely winning suitor is they have blue hulls. My take…
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Asia
CMA CGM linked with NOL takeover
French containerline CMA CGM is carrying out due diligence with a view to taking over Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines (NOL),…
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Europe
Bourbon Offshore stacks more than 30 vessels
In its latest set of quarterly results, OSV owner Bourbon Offshore said it had a total of 31 supply vessels…
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Americas
Cheniere signs five-year deal to supply LNG to France’s Engie
Houston, Texas-based Cheniere Energy has signed a five-year deal to supply France’s Engie S.A. with cargoes of liquefied natural gas…
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Containers
New boxship design gets rid of engine rooms
French LNG containment specialist GTT, along with French containerline CMA CGM (and its subsidiary CMA Ships) and classification society DNV…
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Asia
Technip awarded subsea contract for Malaysia’s Layang development
Technip has announced that it has been awarded a subsea contract by JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) for…
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