United Arab Emirates
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Gas
Adnoc Wanhua joint venture orders VLGC trio at Jiangnan Shipyard
AW Shipping, a shipping joint venture set up by UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and China’s Wanhua Chemical, has…
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Ports and Logistics
DP World takes over Korean NVOCC Unico Logistics
Dubai-based ports giant DP World continues its push to becoming an end-to-end supply chain logistics player with the acquisition of a…
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Contributions
The feeder game is changing
Santosh Patil reflects on the ramifications of terminal operators building their own box fleets. A couple of years ago I…
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Containers
DP World tipped to buy out Shreyas Shipping and Logistics
Two units of Dubai-based Transworld Group including a feeder boxline are being widely reported as close to being bought by…
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Operations
Missing Gulf Sky crew turn up in India having made sensational escape from the UAE to Iran
Twenty-six of the 28 crew of the controversial suezmax , which had been under arrest off Khorfakkan in the United…
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Operations
Dubai opens for crew changes
Dubai has finally come good on the crew change issue. A circular from Dubai Maritime City Authority issued yesterday and…
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Offshore
Polarcus streamlines operations with 20% headcount reduction
Offshore survey specialist Polarcus has implemented actions to streamline its operations further, following on from a $15m cost reduction plan…
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Middle East
Petrobel terminates Shelf Drilling rig contract
UAE-based drilling rig operator Shelf Drilling has received a notification for the early termination of the contract for jackup rig…
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Middle East
Saudi Aramco suspends Shelf Drilling jackup contract
UAE-based drilling rig operator Shelf Drilling has announced that has received a notification from its customer to suspend operations for…
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Europe
Transworld enters handysize pair into Hanseatic Unity pool
Hamburg-based Hanseatic Unity Handysize Pool (HUHP) has announced the entry of Dubai shipowner Transworld Group to its pool with the…
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Middle East
Abu Dhabi Ports launches Safeen Feeders with Bengal Tiger Line
As part of its strategy to facilitate growing trade demands within the Gulf region, Abu Dhabi Ports has teamed up…
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Asia
Norden ditching Mumbai office for Dubai
Danish owner Norden is opening an office in Dubai, while waving goodbye to its office in Mumbai. The Dubai office…
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Middle East
DP World joins blockchain platform TradeLens
DP World has announced that it has completed the early stages of integration with TradeLens, a blockchain-based digital container logistics…
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Middle East
Dubai Navigation lists entire tanker fleet for sale
Dubai Navigation is looking to clear out its tanker fleet, having just listed three 115,400 dwt LR2 tankers for sale.…
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Middle East
Gulf Marine Services secures new vessel contracts
Dubai-based liftboat operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has been awarded new contracts for two vessels in its fleet. The company…
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Greater China
Cosco Shipping Heavy fixes jackup rig deal with Selective Marine
Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has fixed a newbuild jackup rig, abandoned at its Dalian yard, to UAE-based Selective Marine Services.…
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Middle East
Gulf Marine Services awarded new renewable energy contract
UAE-based liftboat operator Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has been awarded a six-month renewable energy contract to provide support for the…
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Middle East
Kader Shipping bags aframax
Dubai-based tanker owner Kader Management and Shipping has acquired the 2000-built 105,900 dwt aframax tanker , a ship managed by…
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Middle East
Onex takes two Eastmed VLCCs
UAE-based oil trader and storage specialist Onex has emerged as the taker of two vintage Eastern Mediterranean Maritime (Eastmed) VLCCs.…
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Europe
UK court freezes assets of top Dubai demo executive
A court in the UK has frozen £62m ($76.37m) in assets belonging to a well-known name in Dubai ship recycling…
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