Japan
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Offshore
JX Nippon to take over Japan Drilling
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration has reached an agreement with the funds related to Aspirant Group to acquire the…
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Containers
ONE orders 10 more boxships
Japanese containerline Ocean Network Express (ONE) has ordered ten 13,700 teu boxships to be delivered in 2025 and 2026, the…
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Operations
NYK sends first ship for demo in Bangladesh
Chattogram-based PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries said it has become the first ship recycling facility in Bangladesh to receive…
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Containers
ONE ‘actively pursuing M&As’
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), one of the world’s largest shipping companies, has unveiled its latest medium-term business plan through…
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Tankers
2005-built VLCC committed for $52m
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is on the cusp of achieving a new high for vintage tanker tonnage. Broking sources…
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Operations
NYK to sell air freight division
Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to sell its air cargo transportation business to compatriot airline All…
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Gas
NYK in for LNG carrier trio
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has been revealed as the owner behind an order for a trio of LNG carriers…
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Renewables
Inpex buys into UK offshore wind farm
Japanese oil and gas major Inpex has acquired a 16.7% stake in the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm…
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Environment
Net-zero voyage across the Atlantic completed using bio-methanol
Methanex Corporation and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have completed the first-ever net-zero voyage fuelled by bio-methanol. The Cajun Sun, operated…
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Shipyards
Imabari debuts low-carbon steel plate
Shipbuilding is entering a new green phase with Japan’s top yard debuting a low-carbon steel plate it will use in…
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Dry Cargo
Sea Pioneer returns to Japan with kamsarmax orders at Oshima
Greek owner Sea Pioneer Shipping has returned to Japan with a deal for the construction of three kamsarmax bulk carriers…
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Gas
Al Seer adds Kawasaki LPG/ammonia carrier to growing newbuild orderbook
Fast-growing Al Seer Marine has booked another gas carrier newbuild as part of its ABGC DMCC joint venture with Dubai-based…
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Bunkering
MOL redefines poop deck in alternative fuel search
Cattle manure. Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) exhaustive search for alternative fuels has now gone to the farm. Japan’s largest shipowner…
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Containers
ONE taps Sony to develop fleet-wide smart container solution
Following Hapag-Lloyd’s decision last year to equip all its containers with tracking devices, Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE) has reached…
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Renewables
NYK seals crew transfer vessel charter with Siemens Gamesa
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has sealed a crew transfer vessel (CTV) time charter contract with wind turbine maker Siemens…
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Containers
Maersk files claim against Evergreen and Shoei Kisen over Ever Given grounding
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk has filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the containership , which blocked the Suez…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling awarded jackup contract in Thailand
Tokyo-based offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a contract by Medco Energi for the jackup rig Hakuryu…
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Environment
Scottish sail project readies for testing
The Scottish government has detailed today a new round of £1.35m($1.63m) funding for Dumfries-based Smart Green Shipping with the Di…
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Bunkering
Mitsubishi joins the Japanese rush to develop ammonia bunker vessels
As ammonia continues to gain traction as one of the potential zero-carbon fuels for shipping, the development of bunkering vessels…
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Gas
Accident report published from maiden voyage of the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier
The difficulties of shipping liquefied hydrogen have been highlighted in a new report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which…
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