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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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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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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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Dire safety conditions revealed in wake of Gadani fire as death toll feared to surpass 100
A fire, which has now killed at least 21 people, is still raging at Pakistan’s Gadani ship recycling area with…
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Gadani tanker fire death toll climbs
The death toll has climbed to 18 following yesterday’s massive explosion on a beached tanker at the Gadani ship recycling…
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At least 10 workers killed as fire rips through beached tanker at Gadani
A giant fire engulfed a beached tanker today killing at least ten workers at the Gadani shipbreaking area in Pakistan…
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HPH set to open second Pakistan terminal in October
Hutchison Port Holdings will open a terminal in Karachi before the end of the year, Reuters is reporting, allowing mega…
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BW secures FSRU contract from Pakistan GasPort
BW Group has announced that it has signed a 15-year agreement with Pakistan GasPort Limited (PGPL) to provide LNG regasification…
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Indian prime minister visits Iran to sign Chabahar port agreement
Leaders from India, Iran and Afghanistan are due to meet in Tehran today to sign a trilateral agreement to develop Chabahar port…
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Pakistani shipbreakers form cartel as scrap prices heat up
Members of the Pakistan Shipbreakers’ Association (PSBA) have formed a cartel in order to control rising prices on tonnage bound…
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VLOC scrapped in Pakistan
Germany’s Neu Seeschiffahrt has sold its very large ore carrier (VLOC) vessel Rebekkah N (255,300 dwt, 36,615 ldt; built 1990)…
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PNSC looks to double fleet size
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has outlined significant fleet expansion plans. PNSC currently manages a fleet of nine ships, including…
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Pakistan looks at cleaning up Gaddani
Pakistan’s ship recycling industry is looking at following the lead taken by its neighbours in making the industry safer and…
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Pakistan voices concern at detention of seafarers in Gujarat
New Delhi: Pakistan officials are concerned about an alleged detention of Pakistani seafarers in Gujarat in neighbouring India. “The reports…
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Dry Cargo
Five more capes canned in Pakistan
London: Five more capesize bulk carriers were sold to demolition yards in Pakistan this past week, but prices there are soon…
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Pak govt’s dawdling would allow Engro to encash bank guarantee on April 21
Islamabad: Engro Corporation has become eligible to encash on April 21 a $50m bank guarantee provided by gas utility Sui…
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