United Arab Emirates
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Offshore
ADNOC Logistics and Services secures 25-year service contract
Adnoc Logistics and Services (Adnoc L&S), the shipping and maritime logistics unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has secured…
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Ports and Logistics
Abu Dhabi Ports takes over MICCO Logistics
Abu Dhabi Ports has acquired MICCO Logistics as part of ongoing efforts to enhance its status as an international hub…
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Offshore
Polarcus stacks vessel redelivered by Sovcomflot
Dubai-headquartered seismic specialist Polarcus has taken redelivery of 2012-built survey vessel from Sovcomflot and immediate stacked the vessel, now renamed…
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Containers
Maersk opens up box link between Israel and the UAE
Maersk, the world’s largest containerline, is to ship boxes between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as ties between…
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Ports and Logistics
DP World in historic bid to run a port in Israel
The remarkable thawing of ties between some Middle Eastern nations and Israel has led to an unexpected port development with…
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Operations
Thousands mobilise in bid to try and save the 40 missing men from the Gulf Livestock 1
Thousands of people around the world are joining together to get more nations involved in the search operation for the…
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Asia
MSC’s secondhand splurge continues
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is busy scouring the market for secondhand tonnage. Brokers Braemar ACM link the Aponte family controlled…
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Operations
Operation to find Gulf Livestock 1’s VDR on the cards
New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Winston Peters, has backed calls to mount an operation to retrieve the voyage data…
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Offshore
Shelf Drilling terminates bareboat charter agreements with China Merchants
Dubai-based Shelf Drilling has announced that it has terminated agreements with an affiliate of China Merchants & Great Wall Ocean Strategy…
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Operations
Families of the missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew urge authorities to resume search operation
Families of the missing crew on the sunk have urged authorities to resume their search and rescue operations. The Gulf…
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Operations
Search for missing Gulf Livestock 1 crew ends
The search off southern Japan for the missing crew from the has been called off. The converted livestock carrier was…
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Operations
Search resumes as final moments emerge of stricken livestock carrier off Japan
The Japanese Coast Guard resumed aerial search operations for missing crewmembers of the today after a typhoon-hit weekend made search…
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Containers
Shreyas explains why feeder lines have to consolidate
It’s not just at the top of the container leaderboard where consolidation is necessary to survive; the world of feeder…
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Europe
Sovcomflot sells aframax tanker
Russian state-run shipping major Sovcomflot has sold its 2002-built aframax tanker to UAE-based Khor Al Zubair Shipping. Both Clarksons and…
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Middle East
Gulf Navigation shuffles management
UAE-based Gulf Navigation has had a management shuffle. Sheikh Theyab bin Tahnoon bin Mohammad Al Nahyan has been appointed chairman…
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Middle East
DP World and Canadian fund commit additional $4.5bn to port investment platform
Dubai-based port operator DP World and its Canadian partner Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), an institutional investor,…
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Middle East
US blacklists another 11 companies for facilitating Iranian petrochemical shipments
The US government has added another 11 companies to its sanctions blacklist for allegedly facilitating Iranian exports of petrochemical products…
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Middle East
Polarcus awarded 3D project in West Africa
Dubai-based seismic service provider Polarcus has been awarded an XArray 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa. The project will…
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Middle East
Nan Lian Ship Management behind Sonangol suezmax acquisition
UAE-based Nan Lian Ship Management has been confirmed as the buyer of the 2001-built 159,200 dwt suezmax tanker . Multiple…
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Offshore
Shelf Drilling reveals mixed fortunes with jackup contracts
Offshore driller Shelf Drilling has announced both good and bad news for its drilling contracts as the coronavirus continues to…
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