Japan
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Operations
Operation to find Gulf Livestock 1’s VDR on the cards
New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has backed calls to mount an operation to retrieve the voyage data…
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Families of the missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew urge authorities to resume search operation
Families of the missing crew on the sunk have urged authorities to resume their search and rescue operations. The Gulf…
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Environment
MOL sets aside $9.4m to assist in Wakashio clean-up
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), the charterer of the ill-fated newcastlemax, has pledged Y1bn ($9.4m) to help in the clean-up in…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling secures jackup contract from Mitsui Oil
Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded a drilling contract by Mitsui Oil Exploration for the provision of jackup drilling…
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Operations
Search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew ends
The search off southern Japan for the missing crew from the has been called off. The converted livestock carrier was…
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Dry Cargo
Ageing newcastlemaxes snapped up
Sales of ageing newcastlemaxes continue to fill up broker reports. This week the 14-year-old, 206,200 built was sold by Doun…
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Operations
Poor seamanship cited in Wakashio investigations
The Panama Maritime Authority has hit out at the level of seamanship onboard the Anglo-Eastern crew managed in the hours…
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Operations
Search resumes as final moments emerge of stricken livestock carrier off Japan
The Japanese Coast Guard resumed aerial search operations for missing crewmembers of the today after a typhoon-hit weekend made search…
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Litany of safety issues emerge as search for livestock carrier crew continues
A litany of past safety issues are emerging from archives relating to the sunken . The converted boxship, owned by…
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Asia
NYK to develop ammonia-powered tugboat
Japanese outfits NYK, IHI Power Systems and ClassNK have signed an agreement for the joint research and development on the world’s first ammonia-fueled…
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Operations
Livestock carrier goes missing with 43 crew onboard
Japan’s coastguard is searching for 2002-built livestock carrier after receiving a distress call from the vessel early this morning. The…
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Asia
Noma Kaiun orders ultramax pair at Tsuneishi Cebu
Japanese owner Noma Kaiun has placed an order at Tsuneishi Cebu Shipbuilding for the construction of two 64,000 dwt ultramax…
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Environment
K Line pursues CO2 capture project
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) will trial the world’s first marine-specific carbon capture equipment onboard one of…
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Environment
Island-wide protest planned as Mauritius PM feels the heat from the Wakashio disaster
A protest march is planned across the island of Mauritius tomorrow at midday as locals react with anger to the…
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Asia
Nisshin Shipping fixes charters with Clearlake for newbuild tanker pair
Japanese owner Nisshin Shipping has fixed charters for two newbuild 50,000 dwt product tankers it recently ordered at Hyundai Mipo…
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Asia
e5 Lab launches Roboship zero-emission electric vessel project
e5 Lab, a joint venture set up by Asahi Tanker with Exeno Yamamizu, MOL and Mitsubishi, has launched a project…
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Dry Cargo
Miyazaki Sangyo sells another cape
Japan’s Miyazaki Sangyo Kaiun has let go of two-thirds of its cape arm in less than a month. At the…
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Operations
Arrests made in Wakashio case as salvors prepare to scuttle part of the ship
The captain and first officer of the Nagashiki Shipping newcastlemax that ran aground and subsquently split in two off the…
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Environment
Wakashio bow under tow as UNESCO protected sites come under severe threat
The bow section of the bulk carrier is being towed eight nautical miles to an area with 2 km depth…
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Offshore
Japan Drilling Company awarded jackup extensions in Qatar
Tokyo-headquartered offshore driller Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has been awarded extensions by North Oil Company for two of its jackup…
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