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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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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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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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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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Asia
Tankers head back to Gadani for scrapping
Two tankers have been sent for scrap in Pakistan, as authorities finally reopen the Gadani ship recycling area, one month…
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Pakistan’s prime minister urged to lift shipbreaking ban
The Pakistan Ship Breakers Association (PSBA) has called on the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to lift the ban on ship…
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Asia
Final Gadani fire death toll still unknown
24 days have passed since the terrible explosion that ripped through a beached FSO at Pakistan’s ship recycling area of…
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Oil smuggling caused tragic Gadani fire
The tragic Gadani fire on a beached tanker that claimed many lives on November took place due to smuggling of…
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Asia
Pakistani PM inaugurates China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on hand yesterday to inaugurate a trade route linking southwestern Gwadar port to the…
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Calls grow for Pakistan to adopt shipbreaking code in wake of last week’s deadly inferno
Calls have grown for dramatic reforms at the Gadani shipbreaking area in Pakistan following last week’s tragic blaze on a…
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Deadly Gadani fire finally extinguished
After four days firefighters have finally managed to douse the terrible tanker blaze that killed many workers at a shipbreaking…
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