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Hong Kong Maritime Hub: Back on the map
A new website has just launched covering all things Hong Kong maritime. Created by veteran shipping journalist Mike Grinter, Hong…
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Noble Group moves closer to US energy business sale
Hong Kong-headquartered commodity giant Noble Group has moved a step closer to disposing of its US electricity business, Noble Americas…
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Noble Group’s Elman to retire
Concluding another tricky week for Hong Kong commodities trader Noble Group, its founder and chairman, Richard Elman has announced his…
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Fenwick sells its oldest ship
Hong Kong owner Fenwick Shipping has offloaded its oldest ship. The low profile outfit sold the 16,900 dwt , built…
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Jinhui offloads another supramax
Hong Kong- and Oslo-listed Jinhui Shipping has sold another ship. Fresh from offloading a supramax earlier this year, the company,…
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Jinhui Shipping holds restructuring talks with lenders
Hong Kong- and Oslo-listed dry bulk operator Jinhui Shipping and Transport has given a remarkably frank assessment of the markets…
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Noble appoints co-CEOs as Yusuf Alireza departs
Noble Group has appointed co-CEOs to take over the reigns of the company from Yusuf Alireza, who has resigned after…
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Buttery’s Taylor Maritime in for another Japanese handy
Edward Buttery has dived back into the secondhand market, snapping up another Japanese handy bulker. Taylor Maritime, the Hong Kong-based…
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Chellaram Shipping takes bulker for $19.5m
Hong Kong bulker specialist Chellaram Shipping has finalised the purchase of the 60,000 dwt for $19.5m. This is the reported…
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Ocean Alliance announced, heralds massive container shakeup
CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line today signed a memorandum of understanding to form…
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MOL starts LNG shipmanagement out of Hong Kong
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) newly established LNG carrier management company, MOL LNG Transport (Asia), has begun shipmanagement operations with…
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Pacific Basin building war chest to buy ships ‘at historically depressed prices’
Hong Kong’s largest shipowner by fleet numbers is looking to raise cash to pay back $123.8m of convertible bonds as…
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Hong Kong power firm eyes floating LNG terminal
Hong Kong power company CLP Power has announced that it is considering a plan to build a floating LNG receiving…
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KC Maritime bulker sales gather pace
Hong Kong’s KC Maritime rapid offloading of tonnage continues. A week ago it sold two panamaaxes, now it is close…
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KC Maritime in flurry of S&P activity
A week since Hong Kong’s KC Maritime shaved off two panamaxes from the bottom of its fleet list, the conservative…
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Jinhui Shipping offloads supramax after giving up on double sale
Hong Kong owners continue to offload vessels this week. Sources tell Splash that Jinhui Shipping & Transportation has just offloaded…
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KC Maritime offloads its two oldest bulkers
Half a decade since Hong Kong’s KC Maritime last reported vessel sale the conservative bulker outfit is proceeding to offload…
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Things I think about when running: Hubs as opposed to ports
In one month and one day, I’ll be running the London Marathon with my fiancée, Eliza. In the run up…
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‘Scale will continue to be a key driver of sustainability in the industry’: CC Tung
Orient Overseas (International) Limited, the Hong Kong-listed parent of containerline, OOCL, managed to increase net profit in 2015 by $13.4m…
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Pacific Basin eyes acquisitions at ‘record low prices’
Despite an $18.5m loss for 2015 – “the weakest year since 1985” for dry bulk rates, Pacific Basin, Hong Kong’s…
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