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Middle East
One year on, families of the Sanchi crew await answers
This past weekend marked the first anniversary since the disaster, one of the worst tanker accidents of the decade, with…
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Americas
Sunken Iranian tanker features on US sanctions list
The badly burnt, rusting wreckage of the lies on the seabed of the East China Sea. The burning Iranian tanker…
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Middle East
Iranian sanctions seen boosting tanker rates
The reimposition of sanctions on Iran – effective from today – is viewed by multiple analysts as a boon for…
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Middle East
IRISL books three tankers at domestic yard
Iranian shipping company Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has ordered three 113,000 dwt tankers at Sadra yard, according…
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Middle East
IRISL reaches out to China ahead of sanctions
Ahead of sanctions due next month, Iran’s top line IRISL has set up a Chinese joint venture line. Newcomer Reach…
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Middle East
CMA CGM boss questions when Chinese lines will stop calling in Iran
The head of CMA CGM appears to have taken a swipe at its Ocean Alliance partner, Cosco, in statements regarding…
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Asia
Hyundai Heavy suffers vessel bottleneck thanks to Iran sanctions
The US re-imposing sanctions on Iran has left South Korea’s largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with an awkward bottleneck…
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Americas
US withdrawal from Iran deal will see sanctions reimposed on Iranian ports and shipping
Tuesday’s decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will have ramifications for…
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Greater China
China disputes Iranian claims over the Sanchi disaster
Chinese officials have refused to confirm that a Hong Kong-flagged bulker was to blame for the worst tanker accident this…
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Middle East
IRISL set to take on its largest boxship
Hafiz Darya Arya Shipping (HDASCO), a subsidiary of Iranian containerline IRISL, will take delivery of the first of four 14,500…
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Middle East
Japan and South Korea on alert for Sanchi oil spill
As the oil spill caused by the sinking of NITC tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea continues to spread,…
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Middle East
Sanchi oil spill continues to spread
It has been almost a fortnight days since the NITC tanker Sanchi sank in the East China Sea after an…
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Greater China
Sanchi oil slick spreads
The oil spill from sunken Iranian tanker off the East China Sea has spread further, and Chinese authorities have deployed…
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Middle East
Sanchi sinks following another explosion, NITC says crew of 32 all dead
NITC tanker , which has been burning in the East China Sea for over a week, sank on Sunday after…
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Greater China
Sanchi firefighting operations resume
Firefighting teams have resumed operations to put out the fire onboard NITC tanker following a retreat on Wednesday due to…
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Greater China
Sanchi tanker rocked by explosion, firefighting operations delayed
NITC tanker , which has been on fire for five days since a collision with Chinese bulker CF Crystal, suffered…
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Greater China
Authorities struggle to douse NITC tanker fire
Firefighting operations to douse the NITC tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea near Shanghai carried on for a fourth…
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Greater China
NITC tanker still burning off Shanghai, one body found
The huge fire onboard the NITC tanker continued today after the vessel collided with Chinese bulker CF Crystal in the…
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Greater China
Biohazard team on standby as Iranian tanker turns toxic fireball
The fire onboard National Iranian Tanker Co’s suezmax tanker continues two days after the vessel collided with Chinese bulker CF…
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Middle East
Iranian tanker collides with Chinese bulker, entire crew of 32 missing
Iranian oil tanker , while loaded with 136,000 tonnes of crude oil, has collided with Chinese bulker CF Crystal in the…
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