Japan
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MOL establishes ¥400bn venture capital fund
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), Japan’s largest shipowner by fleet size, has established a ¥400bn ($38.7m) venture capital fund called MOL…
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First Steamship joins Baurmarine pool
Baumarine by MaruKlav, the panamax pool managed by Klaveness and Marubeni, has welcomed Taiwan’s First Steamship as its latest member.…
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Seajacks awarded Japanese offshore wind contract
Seajacks International has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of 33 MHI Vestas 4.2…
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NYK participates in Papua New Guinea gas project
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will participate in the design, development and engineering work of a floating LNG…
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Japan’s mega yard joint venture fights to be competitive with Asian rivals
Japan’s mega yard joint venture is underway finally. Imabari Shipbuilding and Japan Marine United – the country’s two biggest shipbuilders…
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MOL makes waves with latest renewable energy partnership
At a time when there is a strong push for offshore renewable power generation in Japan, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL),…
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ONE clinches charter for six mega containerships
Japanese liner Ocean Network Express has signed a letter of intent with Shoei Kisen Kaisha for the charter of six…
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Sumitomo spins off its ship trading business
Effective April 1 next year Japanese trading house giant Sumitomo Corporation is spinning out its ship trading business to a…
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MOL comes clean on how this year’s most high profile shipping accident occurred
Japanese shipping major Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) today came clean on what most in the industry already knew – the…
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Japan sets ambitious offshore wind targets
The Japanese government has laid out plans this week to become one of the world’s top three largest users of…
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35 years on from the launch of Microsoft Windows, shipping gets its own Marindows
Thirty-five years on from the first release of Microsoft Windows, a Japanese shipping consortium has developed Marindows, a digital platform…
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MODEC awarded operations contract by Woodside for Sangomar FPSO
Japan’s MODEC has signed a contract with Woodside for the operations and maintenance of the FPSO vessel for the Sangomar…
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Drone survey suggests ONE Apus cargo claims could top $200m
Unloading of containers of the badly damaged is proceeding slowly at the Japanese port of Kobe with the operation to…
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Algae propels MOL tugboat on landmark voyage
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) today revealed it has conducted successful sea trials on one of its tugboats fuelled in part…
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S’hail Shipping adds another bulker to MaruKlav pool
S’hail Shipping has placed a sixth vessel into MaruKlav’s Baumarine Pool, adding the 2007-built panamax bulker which it recently acquired…
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MOL announces Ikeda’s successor
Japan’s largest shipowner, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), is shuffling top management with Junichiro Ikeda moving upstairs to chairman and Takeshi…
Read More » - Environment
MOL presses ahead with wind-powered coal carrier project
Japanese owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power, using a coal…
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Two commendable aspects arising from the ONE Apus box collapse
It’s clearly the most talked about, eagerly viewed shipping story of the month, but there are two commendable things I’d…
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Battered ONE Apus moors at Kobe
The battered moored at the port of Kobe today. The full scale of the box spill that occurred eight days…
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Japan promotes ammonia-fuelled shipping
Japan Inc, hitherto one of the greatest proponents of a hydrogen-powered society, has opened the door to far greater use…
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