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Europe
Aegean Shipping in for up to eight aframaxes
Cosco (Zhoushan) Shipyard has won an order for up to eight aframax tankers – including four options – from Greece’s…
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Dry Cargo
Diana Shipping in breach of BNP Paribas loan
Diana Shipping has received notification from lender BNP Paribas that it is in breach of its $165m loan agreement signed on…
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Dry Cargo
Primebulk bolsters new panamax position
Sources link Primebulk to its second bulker within a week. This time the Greek outfit has gone for the Greek…
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Asia
Danaos most exposed if Hanjin Shipping starts to renegotiate contracts
South Korean media is awash with reports that Hanjin Shipping could follow Hyundai Merchant Marine in seeking urgent charter contract…
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Dry Cargo
Safe Bulkers amends $30.3m loan from Nordea
Safe Bulkers has extended the maturity of its $30.3m loan from Nordea Bank by a further two years as part…
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Europe
Greek shipping minister moves against Piraeus port privatisation
Has Greek shipping minister Theodoros Dritsas gone rogue, moving against his government’s move to offer national infrastructure for privatisation in…
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Dry Cargo
Primebulk pays $3.8m for panamax
Nord Reederei has sold the 15-year-old panamax bulker to Greece’s Primebulk for $3.8m, according to Clarkson Platou. The South Korean-built…
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Dry Cargo
Confusion surrounds SwissMarine link to modern Japanese panamax
Sale records Splash has access to report that the large scale operator, Geneva-headquartered SwissMarine, has just snapped up the 2012-built…
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Europe
Greek shipowners turn away from registering ships in Greece in favour of Malta
Greek shipowners continue to flag the majority of their vessels in Greece and Liberia, but are increasingly favouring the Maltese flag…
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Dry Cargo
StealthGas: Vafias focuses on dry bulk bargains as LPG stagnates
Athens: Harry Vafias has always been one of Greece’s more approachable shipowners, not afraid to call things as he sees…
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Dry Cargo
Adam Polemis makes first buy this year
Adam Polemis-controlled New Shipping’s first reported purchase of the year has emerged. New Shipping, which controls some 30 vessels, has…
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Dry Cargo
Hellenic Carriers’ exit from AIM market approved by shareholders
Shareholders have approved Hellenic Carriers’ plan to delist its stock from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, which…
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Americas
Petrobras cancels charter of another DryShips OSV
Petrobras has cancelled its four-year charter of DryShips’ oil spill recovery vessel (OSRV) Vega Inruda, which is the second contract termination…
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Asia
More panamax period fixtures as dry market keeps up the momentum
Three more panamax bulk carriers were today reported fixed on period charters as the dry market rally continues, with the…
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Europe
Greek shipping minister attacks Chinese takeover of Piraeus port, claims deal not certain
The contentious move to privatise Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, as part of drastic efforts to right the finances of the…
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Dry Cargo
Globus Maritime moves listing to Nasdaq Capital Market
Greek dry bulk shipping firm Globus Maritime has announced that it has received a positive determination from the Nasdaq Stock…
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Europe
Greece rolls out the red carpet for Xu Lirong
The red carpet was rolled out in Greece over the weekend as one of the nation’s most important foreign investors…
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Dry Cargo
Quadra fixes ultramax and Diana kamsarmax on period charter
Geneva-based Quadra Commodities has fixed two bulk carriers on period charters during the past two days, including a kamsarmax owned…
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Dry Cargo
Still no financing for third vessel bought by Diana Shipping
Diana Shipping has drawn down from its ABN AMRO loan to finance two of three panamax bulk carriers it recently…
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Dry Cargo
V.Ships and Empros Lines form technical management partnership in Greece
V.Ships and Empros Lines have entered into a partnership that will create a specialised bulk carrier management cell in Greece.…
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