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Greater China
New Cosco management sets 1m teu target for OOCL
Hong Kong containerline OOCL has set out a path to join the teu millionaire’s club. Fresh from being taken over…
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TEU tokens used on landmark MCC voyage
Progress has been made with 300cubits, the Hong Kong-based container blockchain initiative, which has been marketing its crypto currency called…
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Cosco outlines ‘dual-brand strategy’ for OOCL
Fresh from sealing the $6.3bn takeover of Hong Kong containerline OOCL last week Cosco has issued a Q&A on its…
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Press Releases
Burke, Skov and Arntzen lined up for stellar Maritime CEO Forum tanker panel
Ridgebury’s Bob Burke, Michael Skov from Hafnia Tankers and the veteran chairman of Team Tankers, Morten Arntzen are just three…
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SC Lowy snaps up $160m of shipping NPLs from Italian bank MPS
Hong Kong-based international finance group SC Lowy has just closed its largest Italian shipping debt transaction, acquiring a portfolio of…
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Caravel makes owning debut with kamsarmax brace
Hong Kong-based Caravel Group has made its dry bulk ship owning debut with the acquisition of two kamsarmax vessels from…
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Contributions
Is Hong Kong destined to be the major ship finance centre in Asia?
Dean Young from law firm Mayer Brown JSM discusses Hong Kong’s long tradition of shipping finance in the Asia Pacific…
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Greater China
CargoSmart teams with Oracle for blockchain shipment documentation solution
OOCL’s container software arm, CargoSmart, has developed a blockchain solution for shipment documentation. In a release today, CargoSmart said it…
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Europe
London slips behind Hong Kong in latest shipping hub poll
Asia’s relentless climb up the charts of shipping’s corridors of power has been highlighted once again with the launch today…
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Greater China
Cosco set to complete OOCL takeover
China Cosco Shipping Holdings has announced on Friday that it has received approval from the Anti-monopoly Bureau of China for…
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Greater China
Pacific Basin seals new $325m credit facility
Hong Kong dry bulk owner Pacific Basin had closed a new seven-year $325m revolving credit facility. The new facility, secured…
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Greater China
Noble Group sells another kamsarmax to Transmed Shipping
Hong Kong commodity trader Noble Group has done another deal with Greece’s Transmed Shipping, this time selling 2014-built kamsarmax for…
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Asia
MOL to provide Hong Kong with an FSRU
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into a preliminary agreement to supply a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU),…
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Greater China
Cosco offers US authorities Long Beach terminal solution to solve OOCL takeover
The Wall Street Journal is reporting China’s state-run shipping giant Cosco has offered a solution to American authorities to ease…
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Greater China
Revised Noble Group restructuring agreed with Goldilocks
Hong Kong commodity trader Noble Group has revised its restructuring proposal with the support of major shareholder Abu Dhabi-based Goldilocks…
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Greater China
Wallem chairman stresses business continuity as Doughty prepares to leave
Following Friday’s Splash exclusive that Simon Doughty will be stepping down as CEO of Wallem Group, the company’s owner and…
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HKSOA’s Hsu urges local government to up its maritime game
The head of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, Jack Hsu, has told Splash of his renewed sense of optimism for…
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Europe
OOCL extends charter of Diana boxship
Greek owner Diana Containerships has sealed a deal with Hong Kong’s OOCL to extend the time charter contract 2006-built post-panamax…
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Greater China
Doughty to step down at Wallem
Simon Doughty is to step down as CEO of the Wallem Group, one of Hong Kong’s largest shipping services company.…
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Greater China
Hong Kong finally gears up to take the fight to Singapore
After a lost couple of decades, Hong Kong authorities are finally gearing up to make the city more competitive for…
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