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Rally kicks off to highlight plight of imprisoned Seaman Guard Ohio crew
A rally is set to head through the streets of the northern English city of Carlisle today in support of…
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Indian tanker blacklisted for carrying illicit Libyan crude
The United Nations Security Council Libya sanctions committee yesterday blacklisted an Indian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil shipped by the rival…
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Great Eastern offloads aframax for $13.5m
India’s Great Eastern has sold the aframax tanker Jag Laxmi to Soechi for $13.5m. A month ago, a similarly aged…
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Shreyas Shipping adds to fleet
Shreyas Shipping and Logistics has announced that it has added a 1,613 teu container vessel to its fleet. “This new…
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Narendra Modi promises to restore India’s ‘position of eminence in the global maritime sector’
Opening the Maritime India Summit today in Mumbai, prime minister Narendra Modi promised to restore India’s “position of eminence in…
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Great Eastern Shipping sells ROV support vessel
Greatship Global Offshore Services, part of Greatship (India), has agreed to sell its ROV support vessel Greatship Ragini (built 2013). Neither the…
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India sets out port goals
Many make the maritime parallels between India today and China circa the start of the century in terms of raw…
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Great Eastern takes 20-year-old VLGC
Great Eastern Shipping has bought a 20-year old VLGC. No price, nor name, was given by the Indian owner for…
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Japanese firms lead race for Indian LNG contract
Two joint ventures have come forward for the latest round of bidding for state-run GAIL’s LNG shipping plans. GAIL is…
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Shipping Corp of India boss remains cautious
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the state-run line, has a very limited outlay for new vessels for fiscal 2017, and…
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Rival unions brawl at Paradip port
Workers from two rival trade unions working at India’s Paradip port exchanged blows yesterday, with at least 12 injured. The…
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Mercator’s creditors take action to sell bulker
Creditors of Mercator Lines (Singapore) are pushing a court sale of one of the now-bankrupt company’s panamax bulk carriers –…
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Chambal sells the first of its aframaxes at a book loss
India’s Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals has sold its first aframax tanker at a book loss of around $17.4m, after announcing…
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India’s growing importance in international tanker trades
Poten & Partners latest weekly report looks at India’s effect on the tanker trades. Noting how some analysts believe India’s…
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DP World to set up Indian holding company with IPO in mind
Dubai terminal operator DP World has been allowed by New Delhi to open an Indian holding company for its portfolio…
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Kolkata port execs arrested on corruption charges
Police swooped late last night to arrest two Indian port officials on charges of corruption. Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) chairman…
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Elektrans: Tanker firm readies rapid expansion
The Elektrans Group is a new name in India to look out for. As well as a burgeoing shipmanagement empire,…
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Indian state-run lines told to order locally
State-run shipping lines in India will have to order vessels locally after 2025, according to new Ministry of Shipping guidelines.…
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Seaman Guard Ohio crew lose latest court appeal
The Madras High Court yesterday ruled not to suspend the five-year hard labour jail term awarded to 35 crewmembers of…
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Survey claims ‘time is right’ for India to renew its ageing fleet
India’s merchant fleet is in urgent need of modernisation. A government survey has found that 42.42% of Indian vessels are…
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