Editor’s Picks
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Dry Cargo
Team Fuel linked to Daiichi Chuo handy buy
Team Fuel Corp has been linked to a handysize purchase. Sources say the Greek outfit has spent $9.4m for the…
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Americas
Panama Canal expansion deadline pushed back
The head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has said for the first time that the planned opening of the…
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Offshore
Report makes case for urgent scrapping of rigs
A new report from Icarus Consultants suggests another 100 rigs need to be scrapped to give the offshore market any…
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Contributions
Q2 rebound for dry bulk
In the first of three sectoral outlooks, Maritime Strategies International gives Splash readers a glimpse of what to expect for…
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Asia
Cochin Shipyard to sign with GTT and start LNG ship construction
Cochin Shipyard is expected to sign a deal with France’s Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) to become India’s first shipbuilder to…
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Europe
Fredriksen promotes daughters, ditches Lunder
John Fredriksen, 71, has made succession plans to get his daughters more involved in his diverse business empire, while officially…
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Dry Cargo
Emarat Maritime: Where rates will head in 2016
Dubai: This year marks the quarter century mark that Captain Jitendra Misra has worked for Emarat Maritime, including 17 years…
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Dry Cargo
Grim outlook for heavylift sector hit by too many speculative orders
SAL Heavy Lift, the German subsidiary of Japan’s K Line, admits it has witnessed a tough 2015 and foresees a…
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Europe
Latvian Shipping Company plans IPO
Latvian Shipping Company (LSC) will push ahead with an initial public offering next year in a bid to raise EUR80m.…
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Greater China
CSC Phoenix resumes stock trading, switches to dredging
CSC Phoenix, formerly the domestic dry bulk shipping arm of state-run logistics giant Sinotrans & CSC, has resumed stock trading…
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Containers
Down to the sea in ships
Paul French applauds a recent raft of books that look at life at sea, all of which could make good…
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Bunkering
International Bunker Industry Association: Challenges ahead
London: The bunker industry is facing some challenging issues at the moment and the very low cost of fuel is…
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Europe
Avance Gas hopeful for Aurora LPG deadline day deal
With the offer period made by Avance Gas to takeover fellow Norwegian LPG player Aurora LPG set to expire today,…
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Containers
Brodosplit Shipping Company in for 4 LNG-powered boxships
Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit will build four LNG-powered container vessels. The 2,000 teu vessels were ordered by Brodosplit Shipping Company and…
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Dry Cargo
Baltic Dry Index falls below 500 points again to lowest ever level
Today’s Baltic Dry Index has been assessed at 484 points, dipping below 500 points for the second time ever to…
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Environment
International Windship Association: Fighting perception barriers
Maidstone: With the Paris climate talks finishing over the weekend and shipping’s carbon footprint under the spotlight more than ever…
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Asia
With rivals circling Aurora’s chairman comes out fighting
With rivals BW LPG and Avance Gas circling, Aurora LPG’s chairman Leiv Askvig has said he’d be willing to offload…
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Americas
18,000 teu ship call a game changer for the transpacific
Transpacific trades are set for a huge change with news CMA CGM will deploy its newest megaship on a call…
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Europe
Odfjell Drilling beats the Norwegian taxman
Odfjell Drilling has announced that it has received a favourable verdict in the supreme court over a case involving the…
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Containers
CSCL – the chosen basket case
Arguably the highest profile change coming with China’s mega maritime merger is the demise of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).…
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