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Asia
V.Group acquires Selandia Ship Management
V.Group has announced the acquisition of Indian ship manager Selandia as part of its strategy to grow its offering to…
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Europe
Navig8 Product Tankers to raise $30m via rights issue
Navig8 Product Tankers has announced that it has launched an offer of 3m units, with a subscription price per unit…
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Asia
British fund eyes STX yards
Yonhap, South Korea’s official newswire, is reporting an unnamed British investment fund has submitted a letter of intent to a…
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Europe
Rolls-Royce and VTT team up to develop autonomous ships
The race to be top of the thought leadership chain when it comes to smart ships moved up a notch…
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Europe
Bibby Offshore wins Shell subsea work
Bibby Offshore has been awarded a second contract from Shell to provide inspection services on assets in the Corrib Natural…
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Europe
Prosafe to acquire newbuilds from Axis Offshore
Prosafe has entered into a letter of intent with Axis Offshore for the potential acquisition of two single purpose newbuild…
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Asia
SGX completes Baltic takeover
One of shipping’s most prestigious institutions is now officially in Singapore hands. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced it has…
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Europe
Repsol Sinopec extends Prosafe contract
Accommodation vessel operator Prosafe has announced that Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has exercised options to extend the charter of accommodation…
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Europe
Jens Martin Jensen returns to spearhead Pillarstone’s shipping drive
Jens Martin Jensen, formerly John Fredriksen’s right hand man, is back in shipping, heading up private equity vehicle Pillarstone. Jensen…
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Bunkering
Shell anticipates huge demand for LNG as a ship fuel
LNG as a growing ship fuel will be a source of big business growth for Shell, its head of integrated…
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Europe
New venture M2 Subsea acquires Harkand ROV fleet
M2 Subsea, a recently formed subsea services business, has acquired the entire remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) fleet from Harkand,…
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Europe
Navigator Holdings secures $220m refinancing
Navigator Gas and Navigator Holdings have entered into a secured facility agreement with ABN-AMRO, DVB Bank, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken and…
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Europe
Drunk captain jailed
A ship’s captain has been sent to jail for eight weeks and fined £150 for being drunk in charge of…
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Europe
IMO head makes case for lead role in cutting shipping emissions
Lim Kitack, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) made his position clear at the start of the crucial 70th…
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Americas
Wood Group wins long-term EPC deal off Canada
Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract for engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services at the Hibernia platform, offshore…
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Europe
Noble Corporation finds work for stacked jackup rig
UK headquartered offshore driller Noble Corporation has found work for jackup rig which has been stacked since early June. The…
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Europe
GasLog orders new LNG carrier to support Centrica charter
Greek LNG shipowner GasLog has ordered an 180,000 cu m LNG carrier from Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries to support a…
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Europe
Subsea 7 wins EPCI contract offshore Egypt
UK-headquartered subsea specialist Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Pharaonic, for work offshore Egypt in the Atoll field.…
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Asia
UK financial regulator approves Baltic Exchange sale
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved Singapore Exchange’s $107m takeover of London’s Baltic Exchange allowing for the deal…
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Europe
ODE secures Dong Energy contract
UK company Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), a subsidiary DORIS Group, has entered into an engineering services and consultancy framework agreement…
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