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Essar Shipping to dispose of older vessels
India’s Essar Shipping has passed a resolution to sell off its older vessels as part of the company’s fleet renewal…
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Transworld takes on another feeder boxship
India’s Transworld Group has bought the 1,608 teu from Reederei F.A. Vinnen & Co with Alphaliner quoting a price of…
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Essar Shipping: Of cabotage and level playing fields
India might have the world’s fastest growing big economy at the moment, but its shipping scene is lagging far behind,…
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H-Energy launches India’s first floating LNG terminal
India’s H-Energy has launched the country’s first floating LNG import terminal at JSW Jaigarh Port in Maharashtra yesterday. The facility…
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Varun LPG ship auction yields just $2.75m
The liquidation of once mighty Varun Resources has taken another step forward. An Admiralty court in Mumbai auctioned late last…
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Goa Shipyard eyes 2019 IPO
India’s Goa Shipyard is looking to list on a stock exchange through an initial public offering in one year, reports…
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Crew die from coal gas leak
Two Chinese crew onboard to bulk carrier Feng Hui Hai died on Sunday and another is in a critical condition…
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Shipwaves: Getting India to move digitally
Shipwaves, India’s first online marketplace for ocean freight, is changing shipping on the sub-continent. According to Athahar Mohammed, co-founder of…
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Indian owners up in arms over possible cabotage changes
Indian shipowners are threatening a mass exodus from the national flag if cabotage rules are eased. Indian owners have long…
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Great Eastern Shipping adds another gas carrier
India’s Great Eastern Shipping has signed a contract to acquire a 2007-built very large gas carrier, its second gas ship…
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Varun fleet to be auctioned
Six LPG carriers belonging to Yudhishthir Khatau-led Varun Resources are to be auctioned, bringing a close to a dreadful chapter…
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India blacklists UAE firms with a history of crew abandonment
India has blacklisted a number of UAE-based crew agents and shipping lines, which have abandoned crew over the last couple…
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TCI Seaways buys its biggest ship
India’s TCI Seaways has bought the 1,900 teu from Myanmar’s Continental Investment Holdings (CIH) for $6.2m, according to Alphaliner. The…
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Apeejay Shipping confirms panamax acquisition
Apeejay Shipping, a shipping unit of India’s Apeejay Surrendra Group, has confirmed the acquisition of a secondhand 76,602 dwt panamax…
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Great Eastern Shipping acquires secondhand gas carrier
India’s Great Eastern Shipping has signed a contract to buy a secondhand 36,567 cu m gas carrier. The 1996-built vessel…
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Mercator sells panamax bulker for scrap
India’s Mercator has announced the sale of 1997-built panamax bulker for $4.25m. The vessel was sold to Hong Kong entity…
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Middle East
DP World buys giant Mumbai warehousing company
Dubai terminal operator DP World and Indian sovereign wealth fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) are paying $400m to…
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Detained Varun Shipping tanker sold at auction
Shanghai Maritime Court has sold the 1997-built aframax tanker via an online auction on Taobao. The vessel was abandoned by…
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Seamec secures vessel contract from Kruez Subsea
Indian offshore vessel operator Seamec has been awarded a contract by Kreuz Subsea for the charter hire of dive support…
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Greater China
Apeejay Shipping picks up KC Maritime panamax
India’s Apeejay Shipping continues its buying spree of panamax bulkers over the age of ten years with the acquisition of KC Maritime’s Tsuneishi-built panamax…
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