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Wood Group wins CNOOC subsea contract
Wood Group has been awarded a subsea and flow assurance services contract by China’s CNOOC to support their Lingshui 17-2…
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Contributions
Disappointing reflections on London International Shipping Week
Ed King, founding editor of Climate Home, lashes out at the outdated views on display this week across the British…
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Contributions
When London had international shipping, it didn’t need a Week
I started work in the City in 1974; within walking distance of my office in St Mary Axe were three…
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Europe
Regulators need mindset change to cope with pace of technological change
Maritime regulators need to change their mindsets from one of risk avoidance to focus more on risk management amid the…
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Bunkering
BunkerEx: Hybrid platform
Newly formed bunker broker BunkerEx is utilising its technology platform to save buyers both time and money. The London-based company…
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Europe
CMA CGM extends Global Ship Lease feeder pair
London-headquartered Global Ship Lease has sealed 12-month time charter extensions with CMA CGM for a pair of 2,207 teu containerships.…
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Maritime CEO
Faststream: Brexit uncertainty creating London talent strain
As London International Shipping Week (LISW) kicks off today there’s a big blue elephant with gold stars in the room…
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Europe
Bunkering platform launches with Richard Hext among its investors
In the space of just two weeks a couple of bunker broking platforms have launched in London. First came BunkerEx…
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Europe
Britain once ruled the waves: it can do again
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance outlines her wish list for the UK government to bolster the island’s…
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Europe
Braemar buys Hamburg financier
Braemar Shipping Services continues to diversify its business suite. Best known as a shipbroker, Braemar has today revealed it has…
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Europe
Wood Group awarded subsea engineering contract at Ichthys
UK offshore engineering specialist Wood Group has secured a five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia to provide subsea engineering services…
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Europe
One in five pilot transfers deemed unsafe
Fidra Films, the UK production company behind the recent Be Cyber Aware At Sea campaign, is turning its attention to…
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Europe
Berenberg swoops for more RBS loans
Hamburg bank Berenberg together with an unspecified Japanese financial institution has purchased a further $460m shipping performing loan portfolio from…
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Europe
PR firm Dunelm to close
One of the most famous names in maritime public relations will shut up shop next month. Dunelm Public Relations is…
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Europe
Debt restructuring for Bibby Offshore
Bibby Offshore is set to go through a debt restructuring, according to The Times newspaper. The company has hired consultants…
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Europe
Forth Ports and AF Gruppen to create decommissioning hub in Dundee
Forth Ports and AF Offshore Decom UK, part of AF Gruppen, have signed an agreement to establish a new joint…
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Europe
Bunker broking platform launches in London
The opaque world of buying bunker fuel is set to enter the 21st century with the official launch today of…
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Europe
Damage to seven-month-old grounded Lomar boxship ‘considerable’
Initial progress is being made to remove container units from the containership , following the successful removal of heavy fuel…
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Europe
Ensco drillship wins Mediterranean contract with Noble Energy
Offshore driller Ensco has contracted its ultra-deepwater drillship with Noble Energy to drill two wells and complete four production wells…
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Maritime CEO
Nick Elliott: High seas thriller
Merchant shipping – the favoured playground of tycoons and totalitarian states alike, low profile to the point of shady, with…
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