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Asia
NYK finds Greek buyer for troubled VLCC
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has found a buyer for a long-idled VLCC. The 2002-built has been sold for just $15.5m,…
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Asia
ONE appoints Jeremy Nixon as CEO, highest ranked foreigner in Japanese shipping history
Jeremy Nixon has become the highest ranked foreigner at any of the Japanese big three lines in a history that…
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Asia
Santoku Senpaku orders capesize pair at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding
Japanese owner Santoku Senpaku has signed shipbuilding orders with CSSC-affiliated Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding for the construction of two 186,000 dwt…
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Americas
MOL chemical tanker runs aground on Columbia River in Washington
A chemical tanker owned by Japan’s MOL Chemical Tankers ran aground on the Columbia River near Skamokawa in Washington state…
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Asia
Japanese box shipping joint venture establishes corporate set-up
Six days later than planned Japan’s big three lines have managed to get both a holding and an operating company…
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Europe
Dynacom Tankers acquires VLCC from Kyoei Tankers
Greek owner Dynacom Tankers has acquired a secondhand VLCC from Japanese owner Kyoei Tankers. VesselsValue shows that Dynacom Tankers bought…
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Asia
Japan’s big three insist box merger is still on track despite missing key deadline
While they continue to speak as one, Japan’s largest shipping companies have failed to meet a July 1 date set…
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Asia
Kyoei Tanker orders VLCC at JMU
Kyoei Tanker announced has placed an order for a 311,000 dwt VLCC with compatriot yard Japan Marine United (JMU). The…
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Asia
NYK seals LNG partnership and charter deal with Kyushu Electric Power
Japanese owner NYK and Kyushu Electric Power have signed an agreement to establish an LNG transport partnership. Under the agreement,…
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Asia
MOL orders four LNG carriers at Hudong Zhonghua
Japanese owner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) signed shipbuilding contracts with China’s CSSC-affiliated Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding yesterday for the construction of…
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Asia
MOL wins Yamal LNG charter contracts
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a long-term charter contract for four 174,000 cu m LNG carriers for the…
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Asia
Boxship master lays the blame for deadly collision on USS Fitzgerald officers
The Philippine master of the NYK-chartered , which struck the starboard side of the US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald earlier…
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Asia
Kumiai Navigation returns to Kawasaki Heavy for a VLGC
Kumiai Navigation has returned to its favoured yard, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), for a VLGC. Kumiai Navigation is a 100%-owned…
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Asia
Shareholder revolts fails to unseat top brass at K Line
Top management at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) can breathe easier tonight having fought off a shareholder rebellion. A number…
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Asia
South African Competition Commission rejects Japanese boxline merger plans
Plans by Japan’s three largest shipping lines to merge their container divisions have been thrown into disarray again. The South…
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Greater China
China Steel Express confirms order for four capesizes
Taiwanese owner China Steel Express (CSE) has approved a plan to order four 208,000dwt capesize bulkers at Taiwanese and Japanese…
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Americas
Japanese authorities investigating deadly ship collision that killed seven US Navy personnel
Japanese authorities are now investigating how an NYK chartered boxship slammed into the side of a US Navy destroyer over…
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Americas
USCG airlifts ailing crewman from MOL chemical tanker in Gulf of Mexico
The US Coast Guard (USCG) medevaced a crewman from a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Mexico after the man…
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Americas
NYK Line boxship slams into side of US destroyer, seven sailors missing
Seven US sailors are missing after the a US Navy destroyer collided with a 2,900 teu box ship around 56 nm off…
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Asia
Statoil and Astomos studying the potential of LPG as a marine fuel
Could LPG make a late bid in the running as the next marine fuel? Two very big names in the…
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