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Vietnam cracks down on boxline surcharges
Hanoi is trying to take control of surcharges put in place by containerlines calling at Vietnam. The finance ministry concluded…
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State stymied in retrieving missing Vinashin millions
Hanoi: Efforts to reclaim all the losses from corrupt officials at the nation’s state-run shipbuilding conglomerate have been thwarted. Vinashin,…
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Former Vinashin official bought 40 properties with embezzled money
Hanoi: Intriguing details have emerged of the scale of embezzlement by the latest man captured for his links to corruption…
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Former Vinashin executive arrested after 5 years in hiding
Hanoi: Vietnam’s public security authority has arrested a former executive of Vinashin Ocean Shipping, the shipping line run by state-owned…
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LPG carrier goes missing off Vietnam
Hanoi: Authorities in Southeast Asia are increasingly concerned about the disappearance of a small LPG tanker off Vietnam. The 1991-built,…
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Truong Phat Loc Shipping busy buying and selling
Hanoi: A Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered tanker player has been busy in the sale and purchase markets of late. Brokers…
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Hanoi willing to slash ownership in Vinalines in bid to drum up IPO support
Hanoi: In an unprecedented move for a large Vietnamese state-owned enterprise (SOE), Hanoi has said it is willing to hold…
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Odfjell secures drillship contract offshore Vietnam
Oslo: Odfjell Drilling has secured a contract with VietGazprom to deploy 2011-built drillship Deepsea Metro I to Vietnam. The drillship…
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Hanoi says $2bn must be spent on national fleet in next 5 years
Hanoi: Vietnam’s ageing fleet needs at least $2bn spent on it by 2020 the deputy head of the country’s maritime…
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Vietnam bans high-sulphur diesel fuel
London: Vessels using marine diesel with more than 0.25% sulphur content will be banned from Vietnamese waters from January 2016,…
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Vietnam to investigate legality of carrier surcharges
Hanoi: Vietnam’s ministries of finance, transport, and industry and trade have said this week that they will review all surcharges…
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Cam Ranh Port readies IPO
Hanoi: Cam Ranh Port in the central area of Vietnam has set a VND63bn ($3m) goal from at its initial…
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Hanoi favours airport construction, keen to divest its ports
Hanoi: Hanoi is switching transport infrastructure priorities. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) has ditched plans to build ports this year…
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Damen to purchase Cam River Shipyard stake
Ho Chi Minh: The Dutch shipbuilding company, Damen Shipyard Group, intends to buy at least a 70% stake of the Cam…
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