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Asia
Kawasaki Heavy Industry unveils LNG-powered bulker design
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industry has completed the development of a design for a 200,000 dwt bulk carrier powered by…
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Asia
MOL creates chief safety officer position
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), which has been hit by more than its fair share of accidents over the past decade…
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Asia
Asahi Tanker shows off electric ambitions
Japan’s Asahi Tanker, along with its partner Exeno-Yamamizu Corporation Tokyo, has jointly developed a new domestic shipping tanker design which…
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Asia
Japan Drilling Company awarded semi-submersible contract in Indonesia
Japan Drilling Company subsidiary PT. Japan Drilling Indonesia, together with a shipping company in Indonesia, have entered into a drilling…
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Asia
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers secures biomass fuel transport contracts
NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers, the bulker unit of NYK, has secured long term biomass fuel transport contracts from two…
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Asia
MOL and Asahi Tanker form MR pool
Japanese shipping major Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has formed an MR tanker pool with compatriot Asahi Tanker. Asahi MOL Tankers…
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Ports and Logistics
IAPH initiates search for new secretary general
The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has initiated a global search to replace Susumu Naruse as secretary general…
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Asia
Oshima markets rare 2019 bulker resale
Oshima Shipyard is marketing a 60,000 dwt bulker for resale. The Japanese bulker specialist has a 2019 ship for delivery…
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Asia
Japan takes aim at Belt, Road with its largest port project destined for Angola
Japan is pushing ahead with its largest ever overseas port development, which flies in the face of neighbour China’s One…
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Asia
Burnt Sincerity Ace under tow back to Asia
The burnt , carrying around 4,000 cars, is on its way back to Asia, likely to a Japanese yard, nine…
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Asia
JX Ocean trims MR exposure
JX Ocean continues to trim down its exposure in the MR sector, selling its third handysize tanker in the last…
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Europe
MOL acquires Nordic Tankers
Mitsui OSK Lines’s Singapore subsidiary, MOL Chemical Tankers, has sealed a deal with private equity concern Triton to acquire Danish…
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Americas
Japanese-backed freight platform launches
A Japanese backed, US-based digital freight platform has finally launched out of Stamford. Initially scheduled to launch last June, maruFreight’s…
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Asia
Japan Drilling Company scraps jackup rig
Japan Drilling Company (JDC) has sold 1981-built jackup rig (formerly Hakuryu-7) earlier this week. JDC says the rig was sold…
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Asia
Japanese shipping majors decry growing protectionism
As is traditional at this time of year the heads of Japan’s big three shipping lines all published their New…
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Asia
K Line makes sweeping digital reforms
In his final new year’s address as president and CEO of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) Eizo Murakami has announced…
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Asia
Search for missing Sincerity Ace crew suspended
The US Coast Guard has suspended the search for the last remaining missing crew member from the car carrier ,…
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Asia
Five feared dead after massive car carrier fire forces crew to abandon ship
Five crew are feared dead after an enormous fire broke out on a Japanese car carrier in the middle of…
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Asia
Imabari wins first Greek VLCC order
Imabari, Japan’s largest shipyard, has received its first VLCC orders from a Greek owner. Angeliki Frangou’s Navios Group has secured…
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Asia
Myochin takes over as new boss of K Line
Yukikazu Myochin will take the reins at one of the world’s largest shipping lines, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), in…
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