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Asia
Kim Heng Offshore & Marine eyes Iran with new MOU
Singapore’s Kim Heng Offshore & Marine Holdings, via subsidiary Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO), has entered into a non-binding…
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Asia
DSME close to sealing Iranian jack-ups
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has revealed it is close to sealing an order from Iran for jack-up rigs.…
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Middle East
Iran dismisses canal speculation linking Persian Gulf with the Caspian
Iranian authorities have denied the country has held talks with neighbouring Russia over building a new canal. Russian media had…
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Asia
Hyundai Heavy tipped to win IRISL boxship trio
The Iranian slew of ship orders are due to get underway very shortly with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)…
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Europe
RINA classes its first Iranian vessels
Italian classification society RINA and the Tehran-based Asian Classification Society (ACS) have classified two 15,000-gt general cargo ships owned by…
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Asia
P&I clubs raise reinsurance to $580m per tanker for Iranian crude
Ongoing trade sanctions on Iran by the US have created a $500m gap in third-party liability insurance and pollution cover…
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Containers
IRISL back calling across Northern Europe
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines is officially back calling at Northern Europe following the call yesterday of the Azargoun…
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Asia
New Delhi spending to develop strategic Iranian port
New Delhi approved yesterday plans to spend $150m developing Chabahar port in neighbouring Iran. Discussions to develop the port in…
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Middle East
Iran outlines plans to ship 300,000 barrels of oil a day to Europe
Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, has spoken officially for the first time on plans to sell 300,000 barrels of oil…
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CMA CGM first to tie up with IRISL
In front of the leaders of France and Iran at the Elysee Palace, the heads of CMA CGM and Islamic…
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Middle East
Ince warns Asian clients on dealing with Iran
Law firm Ince & Co has sent out a circular to its Asian clients, warning on the perils of dealing…
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Europe
Fincantieri signs deals to boost Iranian yards
In the presence of the Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi and the president of Iran Hassan Rouhani – on an…
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Finance and Insurance
NITC to list to help fund newbuild programme
Iran’s leading tanker firm is eyeing a listing to help fund its large fleet expansion plans in the wake of…
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Middle East
Service providers flock to Tehran
Shipping service providers are booking flights to Tehran en masse. As the markets remain dour, Iran’s return to the international…
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Contributions
Iran’s return has yards salivating
So then what to make of the return of Iran – the holder of the world’s fourth-largest reserves of crude…
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Middle East
National Iranian Tanker Company eyes 25 tankers
National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is ready to return to the international market as soon as the sanctions against the…
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Middle East
Shipping told be more vigilant when transiting near Iran
Commercial shipping – especially US-flagged ships – have been warned to remain extremely vigilant when transiting waters near Iran. The…
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Asia
IRISL discusses renewing 2008 bulker contract with SPP
Korean shipbuilding news site Asiasis reports that Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and South Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding are…
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IRISL readies European network
With sanctions against it set to be lifted soon, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) is looking to open…
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Asia
Russian and Iranian shipyards sign agreement to build oil rigs
Iranian shipbuilder ISOICO and Russian yard Krasnye Barrikady have signed an agreement to jointly build rigs for oil and gas…
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