Japan
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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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Asia
Mitsubishi Heavy forms alliance with Oshima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has reached a basic agreement with compatriot Japanese yard Oshima Shipbuilding towards the formation of an…
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Asia
K Line top brass fight for survival ahead of crunch shareholder vote
Senior management at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Japan’s third largest line, have hit out at detractors planning a shareholder…
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Asia
ClassNK starts issuing e-certificates
Japan’s ClassNK will commence operation of the world’s first comprehensive electronic certificate service for classification and statutory certificates from this…
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Asia
Japan yards and owners boast largest orderbooks in the world
Japanese yards and owners top the ranks in terms of orderbooks, according to data from Clarkson Research. On the changing…
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Asia
Kawasaki Heavy markets new LNG tank for the expanded Panama Canal
DNV GL has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries an approval in principle (AiP) for the Japanese yard’s newly developed non-spherical Moss…
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Asia
Kambara Kisen sells post panamax bulker to U-Ming
Kambara Kisen continues its large fleet sell off. It has found a buyer for the eight-year-old post-panamax bulker , with…
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Europe
Belships adds another ultramax at Imabari Shipbuilding
Norway’s Belships has added another 63,000 dwt ultramax to its newbuilding programme at Japan’s Imabari Shipbuilding. Belships says it has…
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Asia
Mitsubishi develops world’s first rectangular ship scrubber
Unveiled at Nor-Shipping this week, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems showcased their new large-scale rectangular marine…
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Asia
MOL wins India coal deal
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines has signed a coal transport contract with Thermal Powertech Corporation Thermal Powertech, owned by Sembcorp Industries…
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Asia
K Line boss sweats on his job prospects
In just over three weeks Eizo Murakami, the boss of one of the world’s largest shipping lines, will learn of…
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