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Dry Cargo
Berge Bulk takes another cape
Berge Bulk is busy bolstering its cape fleet. Multiple broking reports link the James Marshall-led firm with the acquisition of…
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Containers
PIL sells two more ships to Seaspan
The dramatic fleet clear-out at Pacific International Lines (PIL) has seen Singapore’s top liner slip from 400,000 to 300,000 slots…
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Operations
Thome forms shipmanagement JV with Carsten Rehder
Singapore shipmanager Thome Group is forming a joint venture with German owner Carsten Rehder. Under the agreement, a new company…
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Maritime CEO
A9X Cyber Security: Shipping’s online vulnerabilities laid bare
A9X Cyber Security, a Singapore-based dedicated maritime cyber security firm, has its work cut out as shipping’s easy target status…
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Shipyards
Keppel Corporation looks at selling its yards
Singapore’s Keppel Corporation has suggested it could sell off its shipping facilities following a senior management meeting this week. The…
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Operations
Indian Coast Guard tackles boxship fire
The Indian Coast Guard spent the best part of 16 hours dousing a blaze from a containership, the latest in…
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Asia
O K Lim charged for forgery again
The founder of Singapore oil trading company Hin Leong was charged in court on Friday for the second time with…
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Tankers
Consort Bunkers linked to Xihe tankers
Singapore’s Consort Bunkers has acquired two small clean product tanker from financially troubled Xihe Group, according to brokers. Both Advanced…
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Environment
Trafigura submits its own carbon levy plan to IMO
Multinational commodity trading company Trafigura has detailed its own ideas of how a carbon levy might work for the shipping…
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Offshore
POSH secures accommodation vessel charters from Petrobras
Singapore-based offshore marine service provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH), has secured a contract from Petrobras for the long-term charter…
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Containers
PIL slides out of the top 10 liner list
Embattled Pacific International Lines (PIL) of Singapore has slid out of the top 10 global liner rankings with further sales…
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Contributions
Why the IMO should move its HQ from London to Singapore
There is a variant of Parkinson’s Law which says that once an organisation builds itself a grand headquarters it is…
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Maritime CEO
Omegra Shipping: Higher risk levels returning to dry bulk
Dry bulk shipping ought to prepare for a long period of higher risk levels, warns the chief operating officer of…
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Shipyards
Keppel Offshore & Marine seals pair of new contracts
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine has clinched a pair of contracts worth a total of around S$200m ($146.9m) via Keppel…
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Dry Cargo
Eastern Pacific confirms newcastlemax order for BHP charter
Idan Ofer’s Singapore-headquartered Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has placed orders with two Chinese yards for the construction of a total…
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Offshore
Ezion Holdings sells wind turbine installation vessel
Singapore-based offshore platform operator Ezion Holdings has entered into a memorandum of agreement with EBO Investment Holdings for the sale…
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Tankers
Raffles Shipping orders MR tanker pair at Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu
Singapore-based Raffles Shipping has entered into shipbuilding contracts with Chinese yard Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Shipbuilding for the construction of two…
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Operations
Eastern Pacific unveils more comfortable living quarters for its crew
With many crews now at sea for more than a year thanks to coronavirus travel restrictions and the sterile environment…
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Tankers
Hafnia bets on methanol
Hafina, the Michael Skov-led product tanker arm of the BW Group, is investing in a methanol production facility. Hafnia has…
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Containers
PIL’s owned box fleet ducks below 80 with latest trio of sales
Under pressure Pacific International Lines (PIL) from Singapore continues to divest itself of tonnage to help pay bills. The SS…
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