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Offshore
Transocean adds to semisub backlog with $113m worth of new deals
New York-listed offshore drilling contractor Transocean has fixed two of its harsh environment semisubs, adding around $113m to firm contract…
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Finance and Insurance
Greek shipping still coming to terms with sale of whale lender
Greek shipping is still coming to terms with the takeover of its largest lender. The swift buyout of troubled Credit…
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Finance and Insurance
UBS assumes leading Greek ship finance position with Credit Suisse takeover
UBS has taken on a very significant shipping portfolio following yesterday’s emergency takeover of compatriot bank Credit Suisse. UBS came…
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Environment
MSC gets onboard Singapore’s decarbonisation drive
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has partnered with the Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), committing to a five-year collaboration…
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Containers
24,346 teu: MSC sets new boxship record
The newbuild containership avalanche is now in full swing, and with it size records are being smashed on a monthly…
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Containers
MSC ship loses more than 40 boxes overboard in bad weather
An MSC panamax boxship has lost more than 40 empty containers overboard during bad weather some 350 nautical miles east…
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Containers
Five MSC ships detained in Australia in first two months of 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a refusal of access direction notice the Liberian-flagged 1,732 teu containership from…
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Containers
MSC adds another 10 newbuilds in China
An order for 10 dual-fuel 11,500 teu ships by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been confirmed in China. China International…
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Containers
MSC forges biofuels deal with DB Schenker
Swiss-based liner Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) and freight forwarder DB Schenker, a division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, have…
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Offshore
Transocean invests in DEME’s Global Sea Minerals Resources
Offshore driller Transocean has agreed to make an investment in Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), the deep-sea mineral exploratory division…
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Containers
FMC demands answers from MSC over congestion surcharges
Using its new found powers granted by president Joe Biden, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has taken aim at the…
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Offshore
Transocean scores drillship deal in Brazil
New York-listed offshore driller Transocean has secured a contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship, for work offshore Brazil. The contract, with…
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Dry Cargo
Bocimar to operate world’s first ammonia-powered newcastlemaxes
Swiss marine power company WinGD and Belgian shipping and cleantech group CMB.TECH have signed an agreement on the development of…
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Containers
Liner shipping digests the news of the 2M divorce
Liner shipping has had 24 hours to digest the “bombshell” news that the world’s two largest containerlines are to dissolve…
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Renewables
Allseas secures work on German North Sea wind converter platforms
Marine construction specialist Allseas has won a contract to install the high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platforms for the…
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Containers
MSC to appeal case with American furniture maker
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has decided to appeal a court decision in the US to fine it close to $1m…
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Containers
MSC loses case with American furniture maker
A judge in the US has ruled that Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) must pay a local furniture maker $944,655 in…
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Renewables
Allseas picks up work on Vattenfall’s UK wind farm
Allseas has won transport and installation work in the offshore wind sector for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas project off the coast…
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Renewables
Hitatchi and Petrofac to work on TenneT offshore conversion stations
Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT, technology group Hitachi Energy, and services company Petrofac, have entered into early works agreements in…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC buys Darsena Toscana terminal in Livorno
Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the ports arm of leading liner Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), has struck a deal with Gruppo…
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