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Asia
Nisshin back at Nantong Xiangyu for dual-fuelled tankers
The fleet rejuvenation programme at Japan’s Nisshin Shipping proceeds at pace. Nisshin, which has sold much of its older tonnage…
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K Line confirms new Taiwan shipping JV
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) today confirmed a Splash exclusive, revealing details of a new Taiwanese shipping joint venture. The…
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MOL in Japan first, offering sustainability bonds to individual investors
Next month Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will become the first company in Japan to issue sustainability bonds aimed at individual…
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Fresh Carriers orders three reefers
Tokyo-based Fresh Carriers has placed orders for three conventional reefer ships at Japan’s Kitanihon Shipbuilding. Scheduled for delivery in 2020…
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Americas
Modec to supply FPSO to Petróleo Brasileiro for Búzios
Japan’s Modec has received a letter of intent from Petróleo Brasileiro for the supply, charter, and operations of an FPSO…
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MOL wins Indian LNG contract
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has secured a short-term charter agreement from India’s main natural gas company, GAIL, for one…
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MOL makes changes to cargo holds to come up with more efficient coal carrier design
Japanese shipping major Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has been working with domestic shipyards to come up with a next generation…
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Europe
D’Amico and Mitsubishi sell ten-year old MR tanker
D’amico International Shipping has announced the sale for $16.1m of , a 46,547 dwt MR product tanker built in 2009…
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Oshima debuts revolutionary bulker design
Oshima Shipbuilding, widely held to be among the finest bulker builders in the world, has debuted a new ultramax design,…
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K Line top management forced to defend themselves from irate shareholders again
As has now become tradition in the Japanese summer maritime calendar, for the third straight year top management at Kawasaki…
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NYK joins One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance
Japan’s NYK Group has announced that its research subsidiary Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) has joined One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance,…
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K Line swoops for Seawing’s kite system
Announced on Thursday at Nor-Shipping, Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to install a giant kite…
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Europe
Zodiac Maritime acquires MOL ore carrier
Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime has swooped to acquire 2004-built 233,600 dwt ore carrier , according to brokers. Seasure Shipbroking and…
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Two Japanese general cargo ships collide, one dead and three missing
Two general cargo ships collided off the coast of Chiba, Japan on Sunday, with three crew members still missing after…
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Tsuneishi’s Philippine ship recycling ambitions thwarted
Japanese shipyard giant Tsuneishi’s long-held plans to develop a ship recycling site in the Philippines have been put on hold,…
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K Line top management take pay cut
With a new CEO in charge and a displeased investor base, top management at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) today…
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Santoku Senpaku in for DACKS ultramax pair
Japanese owner Santoku Senpaku has gone to DACKS, the Dalian joint venture shipyard run by Cosco and Kawasaki Heavy Industries,…
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NYK develops Japan’s first additive for compliant fuel oil
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and subsidiary Nippon Yuka Kogyo have jointly developed a new fuel oil additive for low sulphur…
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MOL books another LNG carrier at DSME
Japanese owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has placed an order for a 176,000 cu m LNG carrier at South Korean…
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Americas
Houston Ship Channel reopens after collision involving K Line VLGC
The Houston Ship Channel reopened to limited traffic on Sunday after a collision on Friday, which resulted in the spilling…
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