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Dry Cargo
Last SAM Shipping bulker sold at auction
The last ship owned by financially troubled Swiss owner SAM Shipping has been sold in a court-led auction in China.…
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Containers
MSC linked to another boxship deal
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) shows no sign of slowing down its hunger for secondhand tonnage with brokers this week linking…
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Bunkering
Cargill and Maersk Tankers partner up to launch bunker procurement service
Commodity trading giant Cargill and Maersk Tankers have formed a strategic partnership to combine their bunker volumes, offering a new bunker procurement…
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Containers
MSC topples Maersk at the top of the box rankings
For the first time in more than a quarter of a century Maersk is on track to lose its mantle…
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Offshore
Transocean awarded several new contracts and extensions
Offshore driller Transocean has revealed a series of new contracts and extensions in the company’s latest fleet status report. 2009-built…
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Containers
MSC accelerates secondhand boxship buying spree
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to snap up boxships in the secondhand market according to Alphaliner, acquiring eight…
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Containers
MSC latest liner to suffer box spill in the Pacific
Cargo claims specialist WK Webster has details of yet another box spill in the north Pacific – the fifth reported…
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Containers
MSC trials alternative HFO
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline, will trial emulsified synthetic heavy fuel oil on its ships this…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC establishes Antwerp towage company
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is developing a new harbour towage business. The Geneva-based boxline has formed MedTug Antwerp in the…
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Containers
MSC joins the Hydrogen Council
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined fellow shipping lines CMA CGM and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) on the Hydrogen Council,…
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Containers
MSC and ONE linked to 23,000 teu newbuilds
The year is closing out with some huge containership orders with multiple broking reports linking Ocean Network Express (ONE) and…
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Environment
Gunvor Group buys into green innovation firm Artemis Technologies
Energy commodity trader Gunvor Group has made an investment in Artemis Technologies as a part of the company’s commitment to…
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Containers
MSC continues secondhand boxship buying spree with $15m Lomar deal
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to hoover up secondhand boxships at pace. MSC has acquired the 2005-built 4,934…
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Containers
MSC linked to Borealis boxship pair
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to build its fleet at rapid pace according to the latest Shipping Intelligence…
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Europe
Glencore appoints new CEO
Commodity trading giant Glencore has appointed Gary Nagle as its new CEO, replacing Ivan Glasenberg who will retire as CEO…
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Containers
Soren Toft starts as CEO at MSC
Soren Toft starts today as CEO at the world’s second largest containerline, Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), nearly 13 months…
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Containers
MSC continues boxship buying spree
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to aggressively add secondhand tonnage to its fleet, this week being linked to…
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Offshore
Transocean awarded $297m worth of drillship extensions by Petrobras
Offshore driller Transocean has announced that Brazil’s Petrobras has taken extension options on two of its drillships worth around $297m.…
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Containers
MSC tipped to overtake Maersk at the top of the liner rankings
Maersk, the world’s largest containerline for the past quarter century, could soon lose its top spot on the global liner…
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Containers
MSC snaps up Euroseas boxship
Swiss-headquartered containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to grow its owned fleet having recently completed the acquisition of a sub-panamax…
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