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Europe
Tsakos Energy Navigation gets two-year tanker timecharter renewal
A handysize owned by Greece’s Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has had its existing timecharter extended by a further two years…
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Europe
UPDATED: Greek coastguard raids vessel carrying weapons possibly linked to ISIS
The Greek coastguard has raided a cargo vessel carrying weapons suspected to be destined for Islamic State (IS) forces in…
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Europe
Terms of Thessaloniki Port privatisation changed
The terms of the tender by which the Greek government will sell off a stake in Thessaloniki Port Authority have…
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Gas
Nakilat and Maran expand LNG partnership
Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, has expanded its joint venture with Greek shipping company…
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Dry Cargo
Seanergy buys seven secondhand bulkers
NASDAQ-listed Seanergy Maritime Holdings has signed an agreement to purchase five capesize and two supramax bulk carriers for around $183m…
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Dry Cargo
Diana fixes panamax bulker to Transgrain
Diana Shipping has fixed one of its panamax bulk carriers on an eight- to 11-month timecharter to Transgrain Shipping (Rotterdam).…
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Containers
Euroseas: Patriotism versus practicality
Athens: Aristides Pittas does not want to leave Greece, and says so emphatically. But like many of his colleagues in…
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Dry Cargo
Glencore Grain extends its Diana panamax timecharter at a discount
Glencore Grain (Rotterdam) has extended its timecharter a Diana Shipping panamax bulk carrier for an extra 10 to 13 months,…
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Europe
Greek bareboat deal with Nigerian owners in jeopardy?
The crisis in Greece looks likely to put to an end a big bareboat programme between a number of Greek…
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Containers
Box Ships fixtures show improving panamax market
Box Ships has confirmed details of its two latest fixtures, which the NYSE-listed company said shows improving freight rates for…
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Dry Cargo
Diana fixes panamax to China Shipping
Hong Kong-based China Shipping Bulk Carrier Co has chartered one of Diana Shipping’s panamaxes for nine to twelve months at…
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Europe
Zolotas-led company linked with former head of Marfin-Laiki Bank
After two years of work, a federal investigation into mysterious bank transfers may have found evidence that links Focus Maritime,…
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Europe
Chevron takes two TEN suezmaxes on two-year timecharters
Chevron has taken one suezmax tanker owned by Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) on a two-year timecharter, and renewed its contract…
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Europe
Unisea declares options on aframax tanker order
Greece’s Unisea Shipping has exercised its option to add two further aframax tankers to its two-vessel order with Samsung Heavy…
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Dry Cargo
Ocean Rig impairment hits Dryships with $1.44bn loss
Deconsolidating Ocean Rig has cost Dryships $1.35bn, which is chiefly responsible for the $1.44bn net loss the NASDAQ company recorded…
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Europe
Safe Bulkers’ shipmanagement company is moving to Limassol
Reports in the Greek media say Safety Management Overseas, commercial manager of its affiliate company Safe Bulkers’ fleet, is to…
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Europe
Livestock carrier ablaze off Crete
In yet another tragic accident involving livestock carriers, the Panama-flagged Nabolsi 1 (1,405 dwt; built 1972) caught fire yesterday while…
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Americas
Tsakos confirms acquisition of two VLCCs and two suezmax tankers
Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has confirmed it has bought two VLCCs and two suezmaxes, and sold two other tankers. TEN…
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Dry Cargo
DryShips settles loan with debt-for-equity swap with Ocean Rig
DryShips has agreed a debt-for-equity swap with its fellow Economou-led company Ocean Rig that will fully pay off a $120m…
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Dry Cargo
NewLead Holdings gets new CFO and corporate secretary
NewLead Holdings has named Lena Despotopoulou as its new CFO and Eleftheria Savvidaki as its new corporate secretary. Samuel Gulko has…
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