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Augustea in negotiations to sell new Pakistan transhipment project
Naples-based Augustea Group is in advanced stages of negotiation with a Chinese counterpart to sell the contract to build and…
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Fire hits VLCC at Gadani
A major fire erupted onboard a decommissioned VLCC under demolition at Pakistan’s Gadani recycling area yesterday, just days after the…
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Pakistan restarts tanker scrapping
Pakistan is finally accepting tankers for recycling again. After a series of deadly accidents the Asian country had banned all…
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Pakistan to resume tanker scrapping
Sources tell Splash there has finally been a breakthrough in Pakistan with authorities signing off and consenting to the lifting…
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Dramatic boxship collision in Karachi caught on video
A video taken by a port worker has gone viral on social media, showing the remarkable moment when 8,000 teu…
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Cosco Pakistan head gunned down in Karachi
A senior official from Cosco Shipping Line Pakistan was shot dead in his car in Karachi yesterday. According to local…
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Asia
Gadani hit by another fire
Lessons have yet to be learnt from multiple fire incidents at Pakistan’s Gadani shipbreaking yard over the past year. A…
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Asia
Trafigura lines up another Pakistani LNG terminal
Commodities trader Trafigura has outlined plans to build Pakistan’s second LNG import terminal. To be based in Port Qasim in…
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Gwadar eyes new shipyard
Gwadar, the Chinese bankrolled port city near Pakistan’s border with Iran, is looking at building a massive shipbuilding complex to…
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Strike on the cards at Gadani
The local trade union at the Gadani shipbreaking area in Pakistan has warned its members will strike from the middle…
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Gadani scrap yards labelled ‘slaughter houses’
The ship scrapping sites along the shores of Gadani in Pakistan have been labelled “slaughter houses” by a leading local…
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Pakistani seafarers face deportation from Australia after failed asylum leap
Australia’s Immigration Department has ruled it will deport three Pakistani seafarers who jumped from their livestock carrier last week in…
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Europe
Consortium formed for Pakistan LNG project
Höegh LNG, Qatar Petroleum, Total, Mitsubishi, and ExxonMobil have together announced their commitment to develop a liquefied natural gas import…
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Asia
Tankers and gas ships banned from Gadani
Tankers and gas ships will not be allowed to be broken up at Pakistan’s prime ship recycling area, Gadani, until…
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Asia
Five confirmed dead following latest fire at Gadani
Five workers have been confirmed dead after yet another fatal fire ripped through a ship at Pakistan’s ship dismantling centre…
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Asia
Gadani hit by another major fire
A large fire has erupted onboard a vessel at Pakastan’s Gadani shipbreaking yard, the same LPG carrier which caught fire after an…
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Families of Gadani victims to receive $19,000 each
Authorities have finally decided to award Rs2m ($19,000) to the families of the victims from the November 1 fire at…
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Gadani rocked by another fire
The Pakistani ship recycling centre Gadani suffered another fire yesterday. Fortunately no one was killed when welders caused an explosion…
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Islamabad seeks repatriation of 17 abandoned crew in Egypt
Pakistani authorities are working to get 17 crew, suffering awful conditions in Egypt, repatriated. The men, working on the Kuwaiti-flagged…
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Europe
Höegh LNG signs 20-year FSRU deal in Pakistan
Norway’s Höegh LNG has signed an FSRU contract with Global Energy Infrastructure Limited (GEIL) for an LNG import project in…
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