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MSC pays emissions fine in California
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has been forced to pay $630,625 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for…
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Transocean completes Ocean Rig acquisition
Transocean has completed its $2.7bn acquisition of Ocean Rig. First announced in September, the deal grows Transocean’s fleet to 54…
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MSC details new bunker recovery charge
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has become the latest line to explain how it intends to get customers to pay for…
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Transocean’s acquisition of Ocean Rig gets shareholder approvals
Transocean and Ocean Rig have both announced the approval of their respective shareholders for Transocean’s $2.7bn acquisition of Ocean Rig,…
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CMA CGM outlines CEVA Logistics vision
French line CMA CGM and potential new acquisition CEVA Logistics have outlined how the pair intend to grow together, albeit…
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MSC boxship suffers fuel tank gash
The fuel tank of a 4,360 teu MSC boxship was badly ruptured yesterday morning as the vessel manouvered and hit…
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MSC’s CIO makes the case for carrier digital harmonisation
Container shipping is playing catch-up with other industries such as aviation and banking when it comes to having a common…
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MSC invests in real-time tracking of its containers
The head of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s second largest containerline, has predicted real-time tracking of all boxes around…
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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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IFM Investors buys into Trafigura terminals
Swiss commodity trader Trafigura Group has entered into an agreement with global fund manager IFM Investors to create a joint…
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Americas
Transocean drillship extended by Petrobras
Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded a 790-day contract extension by Brazil’s Petrobras for 2009-built ultra-deepwater drillship . The drillship…
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MSC and CMA CGM follow Maersk’s lead in readying sulphur cap surcharges
Having let Maersk take the brunt of shippers’ ire for the past week, the world’s second and third largest container…
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Transocean newbuild semi-sub awarded six-well contract by Equinor
Offshore driller Transocean has been awarded a contract by Equinor for semi-submersible rig for the drilling of six wells in…
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Trafigura takes first of 35 tankers
At a naming ceremony yesterday for a suezmax ship, commodities giant Trafigura revealed it has exercised options for three more…
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MSC awards scrubber conversion work for 29 ships to Huangpu Wenchong
Container shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has officially signed a contract with CSSC-affiliated Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the installation…
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Transocean to acquire Ocean Rig
Offshore driller Transocean has announced that it has entered into an definitive merger agreement to acquire Ocean Rig in a…
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MSC gets on board social media
MSC has taken to social media in a big way finally. This week the world’s second largest containerline has opened…
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MSC awards major scrubber deal to Chinese shipyards
Box shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a framework agreement with French bank BNP Paribas and China Export…
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Transocean semi-submersible awarded extension by Husky
Offshore driller Transocean has announced that 1985-built semisubmersible rig has been awarded a one-year contract extension by Husky Oil Operations.…
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Transocean secures series of contracts
Offshore driller Transocean has recently secured a series of new contracts according to the company’s latest fleet status report. The…
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