Editor’s Picks
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Europe
Harren & Partner sells Caribbean Feeder Services
Germany’s Harren & Partner Group has sold subsidiary Caribbean Feeder Services (CFS), a major feeder container shipping service provider in…
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Greater China
Top shipmanager warns on spiralling costs of scrubber maintenance
Had 30 refineries around the world spent $1bn each years ahead of the global sulphur cap the issue would have…
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Europe
Flex LNG splashes out over $900m on five LNG carrier newbuilds
Flex LNG has announced a $300m private placement, the proceeds of which will be used to acquire five LNG carrier…
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Containers
Weekly Broker: Q4 off with a bang
Investors’ wait-and-see approach has finally transformed into action with a strong start in S&P action in the fourth quarter. Activity…
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Europe
Gianluigi Aponte blasts China as arrogant
Gianluigi Aponte, founder and chairman of the Geneva-based MSC group, has made clear he is not enamoured with China as…
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Greater China
Bob Burke warns on risks of investors piling into shipping
Delegates attending last week’s by invitation only Maritime CEO Forum were warned by one of the world’s most famous names…
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Asia
BW puts its first two kamsarmaxes in the shop window
BW Dry Cargo, founded in April 2016, is looking to cash in on rising prices for kamsarmaxes, putting the first…
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Europe
Skou vows to return Maersk to former financial glory days
In an interview with Danish finance newspaper Berlingske Business, Søren Skou, group CEO of AP Moller-Maersk, has vowed to get…
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Europe
Fears grow oil will wash ashore from Med collision
French and Italian authorities have worked hard to contain a big spill in the Mediterranean, however the oil is spreading…
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Americas
Hadjipateras fires back as Sohmen-Pao spat rumbles on
Determined to have the last word in the four-month takeover tussle between BW LPG and Dorian LPG, John Hadjipateras, Dorian’s…
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Greater China
Morten Arntzen talks up the chemical trades
Chemical tankers were deemed one of the best segments for profit growth by multiple panellists at last week’s Maritime CEO…
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Europe
Fight to contain big spill in the Med
Italian and French experts are on the scene in the Mediterranean fighting a major oil spill. Two cargo ships collided…
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Europe
Europe hits out at Korean maritime state funding
SEA Europe and European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), the trade associations representing respectively European shipbuilding and maritime equipment and European…
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Tankers
VLCCs set for negative fleet growth for first time since 2002
VLCCs are set for their first year of negative fleet growth since 2002, offering some hope that the sector might…
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Americas
Hunter Maritime to merge with Chinese fintech company
Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corporation, a dry bulk vehicle created by the Saverys family two years ago, has entered into a…
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Europe
Grimaldi announces a new series of ship orders
Following the renovation of ACL’s fleet, new orders for Finnlines and Grimaldi Euromed’s short sea routes and the new car…
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Maritime CEO
Mission to Seafarers: There will always be bad owners
While the general picture about seafarer happiness might be better than two years ago at the nadir of the markets,…
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Greater China
Maritime CEO Forum: Fragile tanker recovery must be protected
Panellists at this week’s tanker session of the Maritime CEO Forum in Hong Kong stressed the need to protect any…
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Contributions
2020 HSFO-MGO price differential likely to rise, but scrubber case still uncertain
Ishaan Hemnani from BunkerEx has investigated where existing 3.5% HSFO bunker demand will go, how this will be replaced and…
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Greater China
Asia Maritime Pacific merges with Fenwick
Two famous names in Hong Kong dry bulk circles have merged in shipping’s ongoing era of consolidation. Asia Maritime Pacific…
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