Taiwan
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Finance and Insurance
Nobu Su: Out to shake up shipping
It’s easy to characterise Nobu Su as shipping’s malcontent. It’s been two years since Maritime CEO profiled the Taiwanese shipping…
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Asia
Sincere Industrial in for six Namura handies
Taiwanse owner Sincere Industrial has ordered six 34,000 dwt bulk carriers, at Namura Shipbuilding in Japan, continuing building up its…
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Asia
Wan Hai in for eight Japanese newbuilds
Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines has signed for eight 1,900 teu ships at Japanese yard Naikai Zosen. The ships will deliver…
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Europe
Minerva linked with TMT VLCC auction
The , one of the few the remains of Nobu Su’s shipping empire TMT, has ben sold at an auction…
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Dry Cargo
China Steel Express continues capesize clear out
Taiwan’s China Steel Express Corporation has offloaded a vintage capesize, the 1997-built 154,000-dwt , sending it to scrap at $290…
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Asia
‘Too many cooks’: Drewry’s verdict on THE Alliance
Shipping consultant Drewry has echoed comments made by other analysts on the potentially unwieldy nature of containershipping’s new grouping, THE…
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Asia
THE Alliance formed by Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, MOL, NYK and Yang Ming
Container shipping operators Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Yang Ming have confirmed the creation of a new…
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Asia
Details of new container alliance emerge
The make up of a third global container alliance has been revealed by the Wall Street Journal. Japan’s Nippon Yusen…
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Containers
TS Taipei cleanup to continue for another month
The oil spill cleanup work of the grounded containership TS Taipei is still ongoing and likely to take another month…
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Containers
TS Taipei oil spill cleanup to take one week
The oil spill cleanup of the TS Taipei in northern Taiwan will take another week to be complete, the ship’s…
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Containers
Bunker spill from split TS Taipei washes up on Taiwanese beach
Bad weather has hampered efforts by Taiwanese authorities to contain a bunker spill following the splitting in two of the…
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Dry Cargo
Su takes BHP Billiton to court for creating a ‘false and misleading’ iron ore market
Nobu Su, the embattled Taiwanese tycoon, is determined to take on some of the biggest names in the corporate world.…
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Greater China
One dead, one injured as helicopter crashes while assisting grounded ship
A man is dead and another critically injured after their helicopter crashed into the sea while assisting a TS Lines…
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Containers
Boxship aground off Taiwan
A containership belonging to TS Lines ran into severe difficulty on Thursday morning, leading to the crew being evacuated. The…
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Gas
Wisdom Marine diversifies with LPG buy
Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine has decided to branch out from its hard hit dry bulk mainstay. Brokers report the company, with…
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Containers
Chang Kuo-wei declares himself Evergreen boss amidst family power struggle
Taiwan’s EVA Airways has said internally yesterday that its chairman Chang Kuo-wei, the youngest son of the late Evergreen Group…
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Containers
Evergreen denies new container alliance speculation
Taiwanese container giant Evergreen has denied it is in discussions to create a new container alliance. Yesterday, Splash reported that…
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Containers
Posthumous presidential commendation for Chang Yung-fa
Taiwan’s outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou honoured Evergreen Group founder Dr Chang Yung-Fa with a posthumous commendation in recognition of his…
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Europe
Nobu Su locked in court battle with RBS trio
Nobu Su’s tirade against banks has been taken to a new level. The Taiwanese boss of bankrupt TMT has launched…
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Greater China
Winson in for another product tanker
Taiwanese tanker player Winson remains busy in the secondhand market, snapping up elderly MR tankers. Last week brokers reported the…
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