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Yamamaru Kisen finally offloads supramax
Yamamaru Kisen is attempting to sell a 12-year-old supramax for the third time in six months. Data from VesselsValue shows…
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PaxOcean secures order from Penta-Ocean for offshore wind platform
Kuok Group company PaxOcean has signed a contract with Japanese general contractor Penta-Ocean Construction to construct a self-elevating platform (SEP)…
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Sea Japan falls victim to coronavirus
Organisers of Japan’s largest shipping exhibition have pulled the plug on the show with just 15 days to go. Sea…
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Japan’s engine power limitation plans gain widespread support ahead of MEPC
A host of shipping’s most powerful states and associations have come round to support Japan’s controversial ship power limiting proposals…
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MOL teams up with DSME for eco FSRU technology development
Japan’s MOL and South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have entered into an agreement to jointly develop a…
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Kumiai Navigation orders kamsarmax bulker at NACKS
Japanese owner Kumiai Navigation has placed an order at Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) for the construction of an…
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Modec acquires Aeolos VLCC for FPSO conversion
Japan’s Modec has acquired a 2001-built VLCC from Greek owner Epaminondas Embiricos-controlled Aeolos Management for FPSO conversion. Multiple shipbroking houses…
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Citing coronavirus, ONE and CMA CGM institute reefer congestion surcharges
Citing growing supply chain issues caused by the coronavirus in China, Japanese liner Ocean Network Express (ONE) is instituting a…
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Kumiai Navigation orders another dual-fuelled VLGC
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries has announced an order from compatriot Kumiai Navigation for an additional 84,000 cu m VLGC, set…
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World’s third largest steelmaker to close 10% of capacity
The world’s third largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel, will shut nearly 10% of its production capacity to staunch losses amid falling…
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NS United bulker captain goes missing
The US Coast Guard along with the US Air Force and several regional authorities are searching for the captain of…
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Fukujin Kisen sells modern ultramax
Japan’s Fukujin Kisen has decided to sell its oldest ultramax, the three-year-old Shin Kurushima-built . Sources say the ship fetched…
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K Line wins Petronas gas contracts
Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has penned contracts at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai for a pair of LNG carriers…
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Kawasaki Heavy debuts LPG fuel system
LPG as a marine fuel continues to see plenty of design developments with class societies ABS and ClassNK having just…
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Yamanishi Shipbuilding files for court rehabilitation in Tokyo
Yamanishi Shipbuilding might have survived 2011’s tsunami, but the Japanese yard has not been able to swim against the tide…
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MOL in for Hyundai Heavy VLGC trio
Japan’s largest shipping company by fleet size has decided to go to South Korea for its next ship order. Mitsui…
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Former Hitachi yard to exit merchant shipbuilding
A Japanese dockyard prized by many owners in decades gone by for its VLCCs and panamax bulkers is to quit…
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Toyota introduces fuel cell system for maritime applications
Japanese automaker Toyota has developed a fuel cell system for maritime applications and will install the system on the electrically…
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NYK contracts second LNG-fuelled PCTC
Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has concluded a contract with Shin Kurushima Dockyard to build a second LNG-fuelled pure car…
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Japan renews shipbuilding spat with Korea at the WTO
Japan has reignited its shipbuilding beef with neighbour South Korea, filing dispute proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over…
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