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Keppel forms Russian joint venture
Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) has entered into a shareholders’ agreement with Russian national oil company, Rosneft, and Norwegian…
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Europe
Russia seeks extradition of former shipyard boss
Moscow is in touch with authorities in the US, seeking the extradition of the former head of state-run shipyard, Far…
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Europe
Russian tanker catches fire in Caspian Sea, one dead
Russian tanker Palflot-2 caught fire while voyaging in the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan waters on Friday. According to information from…
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Europe
Ukraine to ban crew who have called at Russian-held Crimean ports
Black Sea shipping could face a serious crewing conundrum with news that Ukrainian authorities are looking to hand out three-year…
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Europe
Polarcus vessel gets bareboat charter extension in Russia
SCF Sakhalin Supply has extended its bareboat charter of Polarcus’ seismic survey vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov by a further three years.…
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Europe
Rosneft and Pietro Barbaro form international shipping venture
Italian owner Pietro Barbaro has further cemented ties with Russian energy major Rosneft with the signing today of a Memorandum…
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Europe
Putin prioritises Sovcomflot IPO
With the Russian economy in trouble president Vladimir Putin has this week summoned the heads of a number of leading…
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Europe
DP World joins forces with Russia
Global container terminal operator DP World has launched a joint venture with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) that will…
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Europe
Nordea unhappy with Prisco Chapter 11 ruling
Swedish bank Nordea has attacked the terms laid out by a judge in Manhattan that will see Russian tanker firm…
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Europe
Prisco files for bankruptcy
Arctic tanker specialist Primorsk International Shipping (Prisco) has become the latest line to fold. The company has filed a voluntary…
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Europe
New Chinese fund targets Yamal LNG
A group of Chinese insurance firms and asset managers have clubbed together to raise funds for overseas energy and infrastructure…
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Europe
Drunk captain, first mate and engineer onboard Russian coastal vessel arrested
Three crew onboard Russian coastal vessel were arrested by Danish police after testing above the legal alcohol limit on Friday. The…
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Asia
Russian and Iranian shipyards sign agreement to build oil rigs
Iranian shipbuilder ISOICO and Russian yard Krasnye Barrikady have signed an agreement to jointly build rigs for oil and gas…
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Europe
Sovcomflot seals $340m credit facility
Sovcomflot Group and Sberbank CIB have signed a 14-year $340m credit facility agreement to finance the construction of three Arctic…
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Middle East
Russian yard in negotiations for Iranian rigs worth ‘billions of dollars’
Krasnye Barrikady, a Russian shipyard which translates as Red Barricades, claims it is in line for a bumper series of…
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Europe
Explosion at Russian yard kills one, wounds three
A shipyard worker died and another three were injured following a blast in the hold of a ship under repair…
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Tankers
Russian tanker runs aground off Nevelsk
Russian oil tanker has run aground after hitting a reef near the port city of Nevelsk on Russia’s Sakhalin Island…
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Europe
Black Sea will be able to welcome 10,000 teu boxships soon
The construction of a deepwater berth at the NUTEP terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk will allow Russia…
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Europe
Russia delaying drilling projects
Russian state-backed energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom have made plans to delay a number of offshore drilling projects by two…
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Asia
Dynagas fixes nine VLGCs for Yamal LNG Project
Dynagas has fixed nine of its VLGCs on “long-term” timecharters to transport LNG from the Yamal LNG Project, located on…
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