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Chinese court to auction off Varun Shipping tanker
Shanghai Maritime Court will hold an auction for the 1997-built aframax tanker via online platform Taobao on March 15. The…
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Seamec charters vessel to Kruez Subsea
Indian offshore vessel operator Seamec has been awarded a contract by Kreuz Subsea for the charter of its maintenance and…
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India has too many boxports for too little cargo: DP World
India has too many boxports for too little cargo, according to the nation’s largest operator of terminals. Speaking with the…
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Crew stranded at Kandla for the last year close to going home
Crew stranded on two UAE-controlled product tankers in India are close to finally getting home after a traumatic year. A…
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Narendra Modi calls for greater maritime investment
Singapore terminal operator PSA International officially opened its terminal at India’s top boxport on Sunday with Indian prime minister Narendra…
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Foresight reenters VLCC trades, taking elderly Frontline tanker
With a view on India’s ballooning imports of oil Ravi Mehrotra’s Foresight Group has returned to the VLCC trades. Foresight…
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Acetylene leak suspected in deadly Cochin Shipyard blast
Officials are increasingly thinking a welding accident was behind Tuesday’s blast at India’s Cochin Shipyard, which killed five workers and…
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Explosion at Cochin Shipyard kills five
A major explosion occurred at India’s Cochin Shipyard this morning killing five workers and injuring more than a dozen others.…
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Seven Islands strikes another deal with Union Maritime
One of the few tanker deals reported as sold in the past week involves two parties who know each other…
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Campaign targets unscrupulous Indian crewing agencies
The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) is launching a new campaign to discourage Indian seafarers from signing up…
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Middle East
DP World forms $3bn Indian investment platform
Dubai terminal operator DP World is partnering with India’s de facto sovereign wealth fund to invest in Indian infrastructure projects.…
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Asia
Major fire breaks out on Seven Islands Shipping MR tanker
A major fire broke out on yesterday evening around 6pm onboard 2000-built MR tanker while it was anchored off Kandla, India. The…
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Great Eastern offloads supramax
India’s Great Eastern Shipping Company has sold 2003-built supramax . The company did not reveal the buyer or price,…
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FSL Trust offloads chemical tanker for $13.8m
Singapore’s First Ship Lease Trust has sold 2006-built chemical tanker FSL Tokyo to an unnamed party for $13.8m. Splash understands the buyer to be India chemical…
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Cochin Shipyard takes over Mumbai repair facilities
Cochin Shipyard has signed an MoU with Mumbai Port Trust to manage and operate the port’s ship repair facilities. As…
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Kreuz Subsea awarded five-vessel project off India
Singapore’s Kreuz Subsea has been awarded a contract by India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) which will see five vessels mobilised…
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Essar to develop first overseas port
India’s Essar Ports has set out an outlay of $500m to expand two ports on home soil over the next…
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Europe
Cape achieves $495 per ldt from Indian recycler
Ship recycling rates have started 2018 very much in the ascendant and the market is now anticipating the $500 per…
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Seamec secures DSV charter from IGOPL
Indian subsea vessel operator Seamec has entered into a contract with compatriot company IGOPL Offshore for the charter of its…
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L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering secures $229m ONGC contract
Mumbai-based L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering has signed an offshore contract with domestic energy major ONGC for Bassein Development 3 Well Platform…
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