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Palmali tankers head for auction for the third time
The creditors of the bankrupt Rostov-based shipping company Palmali have put the company’s crude tanker and barge fleet up for…
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Shipyards
Turkish yard spent record 149 days installing a scrubber
When marketed in the run-up to the global sulphur cap, scrubber retrofits were meant to take as little as a…
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Europe
Dublin bans Turkish livestock carrier pair
The Irish government has banned the operator of two regular livestock carriers, the Atlantic M and the Express 1, from…
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Europe
Eko Shipping takes bulker from Nova Marine Carriers
Turkish company Eko Shipping emerged this week as the buyer of modern small bulker , sold by Switzerland’s Nova Marine Carriers.…
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Europe
Songa boxship grounding shuts Bosphorus strait
A containership owned by Arne Blystad’s Songa Container ran aground on Friday, leading to the suspension of shipping through the…
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Europe
Advantage takes Chinese VLCC duo
Turkish outfit Advantage Tankers has emerged as the taker of two 10-year -old VLCCs from China VLCC, adding the New…
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Europe
Yasa orders suezmax pair at Daehan
Brokers report Turkish owner Yasa has placed placed an order for two firm suezmax tankers at Daehan in South Korea.…
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Europe
Turkish owner Aksoy Denizcilik cuts bulker fleet in two
Brokers tell Splash that Aksoy Denizcilik’s $2.7 m investment from April 2016 has payed off in style. A couple of…
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Europe
Belships offloads supramax bulker via charter with purchase obligation
Norway’s Belships has agreed to sell 2006-built supramax bulker to Turkey’s Marti Shipping & Ship Management. The vessel, which is…
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Europe
Karadeniz takes aframax
Turkey’s Karadeniz Holding, the creator of increasingly popular floating power stations made from converted merchant ships, has bought an 18-year-old…
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Asia
MOL targets Turkey’s steel sector
Japan’s largest shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) is looking to make dry bulk inroads into Turkey. MOL has signed an…
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Asia
MOL and Karadeniz move ahead with floating gas power station venture
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Karadeniz Holding are pushing ahead with the first LNG powership project under new brand KARMOL.…
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Europe
Controversial Iranian VLCC enters Turkish waters
The Iranian VLCC , formerly known as Grace 1, entered Turkish territorial waters this morning and appears to be on…
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Europe
Iranian VLCC in the spotlight switches destination to Turkey
The , the world’s most tracked ship over the past week, has changed its destination. The Iranian VLCC, formerly known…
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Europe
Ten Turkish crew released after a month’s captivity in Nigeria
Ten Turkish seafarers who were kidnapped last month off the coast of West Africa have been released. The 10 men…
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Europe
Yasa finally finds buyer for kamsarmax
After more than a year on the sales block Turkey’s Yasa Shipping has finally sold the 82,000 dwt for $11.5m.…
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Europe
Yilport targets over two million teu for Taranto
Turkey’s Yilport Holding is targeting an annual throughput of over two million teu in ten years time at Taranto Container…
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Europe
Yildirim set to debut in Italy with container terminal at Taranto
Yilport Holding is set to make a debut in the Italian container market after Robert Yuksel Yildirim, president and CEO…
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Europe
Turkish owner establishes contact with pirates who kidnapped crew off Nigeria
Turkish shipping company Kadioglu Denizcilik has established first contact with the group of pirates who kidnapped 10 crew from the…
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Europe
Turkish tanker owner accused of knocking out Tonga’s communications system faces big bill
Istanbul owner DSM Gemi Isletmeciligi faces an especially large phone bill this month with one of its tankers accused of…
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