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MOL’s Uruguayan FSRU project still intact
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has reached a basic agreement with Gas Sayago, a joint venture between Uruguay’s state oil company…
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Asia
Why there’s nothing surprising about Daiichi Chuo’s demise
The surprising thing for me about the demise of Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha was that we weren’t all talking about…
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Dry Cargo
Wisdom Marine highlights charter links with bust Daiichi Chuo
Taipei-listed Wisdom Marine has become one of the first shipping companies to comment on the record about its exposure to…
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Asia
Daiichi Chuo seeks US court protection
Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha has sought bankruptcy protection in the US as well as at home in Japan, it emerged…
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Asia
K Line fixes another VLGC with Gyxis
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has reached an agreement with fellow Japanese firm Gyxis Corporation to enter into a time…
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Asia
MES pays €164m for German gas tech firm
Some of the biggest names in Japanese shipbuilding are nailing their colours to the mast of gas carriers. With China…
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Asia
Daiichi Chuo files for bankruptcy
As first reported by Splash last week, Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha, Japan’s fifth largest shipping line, has filed for bankruptcy,…
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Asia
Chiyoda and Ezra move closer
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings’s proposed subsea services joint venture with Japan’s Chiyoda Corporation has moved a step closer with a binding…
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Asia
Nissen Kaiun sells its best cape
Several brokers report that the Japanese bulker specialist Nissen Kaiun has shed one of its best capesizes. The one-year-old Japanese…
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Asia
Mitsubishi Heavy streamlines Nagasaki operations
One of Japan’s most prestigious shipyards has outlined plans for the future of its Nagasaki operations, a move that will…
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Asia
Wisdom takes Namura handies
Ordering counter cyclically Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine is back in Japan for a pair of 34,000 dwt bulkers at Namura Shipbuilding.…
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Asia
Nikko Kisen sells cape
Several broking sources report Kobe-headquartered bulker specialist Nikko Kisen has just offloaded its oldest cape, the nine-year-old 177,656 dwt, Shagang…
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Asia
Shipping on alert as rumours swirl around Daiichi Chuo
Following hot on the heels of last week’s demise of Global Maritime Investments (GMI), shipping is braced for a potential…
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Asia
Japanese in for more LNG carriers
Shipping giants Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) are ordering two LNG ships each in partnership with…
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Asia
IMC secures Japanese financing for Oshima quartet
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed buyer’s credit agreements worth up to $60m to fund the purchase…
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Asia
Japan’s largest steel producer orders nine super-capesize bulkers
Japan’s largest steel producer Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) reportedly plans to replace its fleet of chartered-in capesize…
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Asia
Oshima branches out with feeder boxship design
Oshima Shipbuiulding, the Japanese yard widely regard as one of the finest builders of dry bulk vessels in the world,…
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Asia
Chiyoda Corp and Ezra establish subsea JV in billion-dollar deal
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings and Chiyoda Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the Japanese company buy…
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Americas
MOL settles price-fixing case in US court
Japanese international transportation firm MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd) has settled in the antitrust case brought against it in US…
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Europe
BP takes two LNG newbuilds
A joint venture between Greece’s Chandris and a UK-based gas shipping subsidiary of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has clinched…
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