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Fujitsu using AI to prevent ship collisions
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and Japanese technology firm Fujitsu have revealed details of trials of a…
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Asia
NYK diversifies into the geophysical survey business
A new joint venture company, Ocean Geo-Frontier, featuring Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a 45% stake, Norwegian marine surveyor…
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MOL boss warns of rough seas ahead
In a more sombre address than normal the head of Japan’s largest shipping line has warned the new financial year…
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Asia
Japan Drilling Company scores five-well drilling contract off Vietnam
Japan Drilling Company has been awarded a drilling services contract for jackup rig on a subcontract with PetroVietnam. The contract,…
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Europe
GasLog newbuild to go on 12-year charter with JERA
GasLog has signed a long-term time charter with LNG Marine Transport, the LNG shipping subsidiary of Japan’s JERA, for newbuild…
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Asia
Nisshin Shipping enters gas shipping with LNG carrier order at Samsung
Japanese owner Nisshin Shipping is entering the gas shipping market, having placed an order for the construction of a 174,000…
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Asia
Nissen Kaiun contracts four boxships at Shikoku Shipyard
Nissen Kaiun has turned its attention away from offloading bulkers to ordering boxships. The giant Japanese owner has ordered four…
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Greater China
Pacific Basin linked with another bulker buy
Hong Kong owner Pacific Basin has made its second acquisition in a week according to brokers. Seasure Shipbroking reports that…
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Asia
ONE too many?
When the three Japanese carriers announced to the world that their containerlines will be united under one brand, the world…
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Asia
K Line braces for dire results, initiates sweeping reforms
K Line has once again been forced to make changes to financial forecasts, warning today that its net loss for…
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Asia
Helsinki Bridge suffers another mishap
A boxship operated by Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) hit severe weather yesterday morning in the Atlantic resulting in…
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Asia
Zodiac linked to K Line VLCC transaction
Sources are dripping new information into last week’s sale of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha’s (K Line) oldest VLCC, the 2007-built ,…
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Asia
Nisshin puts kamsarmaxes up for sale as newbuilds start to flood in
Japan’s Nisshin Shipping is looking to offload three modern kamsarmaxes from its fleet as it makes way for an influx…
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Asia
JMU contracted to build revolutionary bunker tanker
Japan Marine United (JMU) has won a unique order from Eco Bunker Shipping to build Asia’s first bunkering tanker capable…
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Europe
Maestro Shipping takes Mitsubishi handy bulker
Japanese owner Mitsubishi Corporation continues to downsize its bulker fleet, having sold its 2014-built handysize bulker . According to shipbroking…
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Asia
Japan comes out in favour of open-loop scrubbers
Japanese authorities have declared washwater discharge from open-loop scrubbers to be not harmful to the environment, lending credence to a…
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Asia
Sinanju and MOL sign up for Singaporean LNG bunker ship
Singapore-based bunkering shipowner and operator Sinanju Tankers Holdings has entered into a shipmanagement collaboration agreement with Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines…
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Asia
K Line takes to the skies to inspect its ships
Japanese shipping firm Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) is trialling ship hull inspection and maintenance by a drone and image…
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Asia
Gas4Sea partners sign LNG bunkering deal with Equinor
Marine LNG Zeebrugge, a joint venture of Gas4Sea partners Engie, Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK, has signed an agreement with the…
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Asia
Divers beware: MOL deploys robot to check hull
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has tested the use of a subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to inspect the submerged…
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