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LATEST NEWS StealthGas doesn't see trade war easing in third quarter NYK selling bonds worth $254m Idan Ofer lets it all hang out at €5m Mykonos anniversary party Koch Industries tycoon David Koch dies aged 79 CMA CGM rejects use of Northern Sea Route in green pledge Frontline 'open for business' after $675m Trafigura suezmax swoop Klaveness ship completes first switch from wet to dry Middle East war risks losses exceed $100m Sale boosts GC Rieber as fleet use hits 100% West African crude key to LSFO supply

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Frontline 'open for business' after $675m Trafigura suezmax swoop

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Idan Ofer lets it all hang out at €5m Mykonos anniversary party

UPDATE

Frontline to buy up to 14 suezmaxes from Trafigura

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Klaveness ship completes first switch from wet to dry

CMA CGM rejects use of Northern Sea Route in green pledge

Novoship goes to court in sex tape row

Koch Industries tycoon David Koch dies aged 79

NYK selling bonds worth $254m

Evergreen Marine selects yards for 11 ultra-large boxship order

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StealthGas adds two LPG carriers to its fleet

Irish Ferries eyes China for next ropax amid delays in Germany

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Comment

Crisis? What crisis? Shipping sails smoothly on amid world turmoil

Experts point to high level of demoralisation for cruise staff

Wavelength

Jakarta’s protectionism raises alarm for free and fair shipping

Profile

Hamburg hosts global court for settlement of maritime disputes

Profile

ITLOS decisions are final and binding, but cases can often take years to resolve

‘Go-getter’ Pilides helping to sell Cyprus as hub for global shipping

Profile

Flag state can pursue ITLOS claim on behalf of itself, owners and crew

CSL’s European joint venture makes it a pair at Chengxi

Just when you thought it was safe, downturn alarms flash red

Sweet Chinese crude could make scrubber retrofits a money loser

Pathy likes his assets heavy as Fednav rivals travel light

Boxships

LNG as a fuel not a 'dead-end' option despite slow uptake

CMB ramps up investment in hydrogen-fuelling projects

Interview

Clarksons and Enerjen Capital aim to put power back in the hands of bunker buyers

Interim boss Ron Series seeks to set Braemar up for the long run

Ardmore explains rare step of revealing net asset value

Case rules out newbuild 'shock wave' and eyes capital markets 'game changer'

Stevenson signals Diamond S Shipping set to renew its MR fleet

Market analysis

Naphtha matters more to LR product tankers than IMO 2020

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DryShips' pending exit from listing draws few tears in New York

Irish Ferries eyes China for next ropax amid delays in Germany

Ineos fires up project for VLEC newbuilding pair

Blaze hits Avenir LNG newbuilding in China

Trada scraps LR1 as it gets out of large tanker sector

Centrofin poised to exit VLCC segment with sale of duo

Cash-rich Zhoushan Changhong shipyard buys bankrupt Ouhua

First time lucky at auction for small chemical tanker

NGM Energy sells second VLCC to Dubai-based operator

Navios Acquisition unveils sale-and-leaseback deals for 10 ships

NOCC charters out entire fleet but avoids long-term contracts

Braemar revives Wavespec name to rebrand engineering arm

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Crisis? What crisis? Shipping sails smoothly on amid world turmoil

Blue Fin Tankers targets Valero for damages over tainted fuel

Nathalin returns to Chinese yard and saves VLCC from breakers

Mitsui & Co books another MR newbuilding at Samsung Heavy

Maersk Line ramps up charters ahead of 2020

Contchart boss John Freydag holds out hope for small boxships rise

ExxonMobil steams forward with LNG newbuilding project

Ship Finance International seals scrubber deal for seven boxships

DryShips' pending exit from listing draws few tears in New York

DP World sees profit jump despite geopolitical upheavals

Samsung Heavy Industries is on track to achieve its order target

TSM goes back to Jiangnan for another dual-fuel VLGC

Grieg Star sends another bulker for 'green' recycling

VLGC fundamentals align for Avance's Andersen

People

Marseille boulevard honours CMA CGM’s Jacques Saade

Teekay team goes to hill and back to gain revenge on Heidmar

OSCAR paddlers to pull hard for cancer patient Billy Bergsland

Saga's Robin Shaw: a workaholic who looks forward to Sunday evenings

People

Titan LNG turns up heat in LNG bunkering sector

Odfjell names world's largest stainless steel chemical tankers

Sun shines on McIlvaney’s 14th annual golf tournament

Cosco brings back political commissars on its ships

Carsten Mortensen seals comeback with private equity shipowning venture

Brokers seek to make predictions in an unpredictable market

Greek brokers in the limelight at Hellenic Shipbrokers Association event

Plato, Conrad, Bob Marley and high spirits: Euronav bids farewell to Rodgers

Veteran London litigator Marcus Bowman to leave HFW — but will not go far

People

Stars come out for Fredriksen’s 75th birthday party

Maritime women recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Video

Key shipping players party onboard the Christian Radich

Shipowner John Fredriksen to mark 75th birthday as 'richest Norwegian ever'

Hornbeck warned by New York exchange over share price

BW Group sells more Dorian shares

Avin nears exit of bulker market with sale of panamax

Angelicoussis returns to DSME for LNG carrier newbuild

Iran widens threat to other shipping lanes

ExxonMobil steams forward with LNG newbuild project

Business Focus

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Platsidakis goes on a straight-talk campaign over emissions regulation

Panos Laskaridis explains the sea change in Greek shipowners’ mindset

Greek shipowners dodge Brussels bullet over tonnage tax

How TEENS is rekindling seamanship in Greece

Greek shipping is stepping on the gas

Centrofin poised to exit VLCC segment with sale of duo

Olav Meling tells of confidence in future after bank deal

Norway and banks sue shipowner to recoup more than $250m

Ineos fires up project for VLEC newbuilding pair

Tankers stuck as Glencore and BP aim to sell tainted crude

CNC takes over APL short-sea services

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Tor Olav Troim: Golar's LNG evangelist

Sculpting the future of 150-year old Astrup Fearnley

Rickmers’ return: The son also rises

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IMO 2020: The tsunami that's heading your way

Troim, Golar LNG and a passion for power

Cefor signals return of high-cost losses for Nordic insurers

Hoegh aims to fix all its FSRUs long-term in next 12 to 18 months

Klaveness talks up role of interns

Bonheur completes upsized $89m bond issue

Commerzbank provisions rose as it quit shipping

Contchart's John Freydag holds out hope for small boxships

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Change is off the menu at Swedish Club AGM

Marseille boulevard honours CMA CGM’s Jacques Saade

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Richard Branson seeks 'rebels and rogues'

Norwegian golfers fall way below par in London

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