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Latsco Shipping books VLCC newbuilding pair at Hyundai Heavy Industries

Former Shell man admits Singapore bunker tanker oil theft

Scorpio Tankers adds $32m liquidity in leasing deal for product trio

Borealis charters Iino’s DSME VLGC newbuilding

China’s Oriental Energy to splash $300m on VLGCs at Jiangnan

New Fortress Energy buys Troim's Hygo and Golar LNG Partners in shock $5bn deal

Eastmed clinches deal to buy tanker newbuild trio from Evangelos Pistiolis

Twenty years after General Maritime, Peter Georgiopoulos takes a different view on public markets

Genco Shipping's top shareholder files to sell more than half of its stake

European recycling rules tied in knots with capacity cut off

Maran VLCC and Sinokor VLOC kick off Bangladeshi demolition derby

Scrap prices tipped to breach $500 barrier as interest spirals

Carnival to shed four ships as quick cruise recovery remains in doubt

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Carnival losses total $10.2bn during 2020 pandemic shutdown

Maersk Product Tankers sells wind-powered ship to Indonesian owner

Comment

Zim's asset-light IPO strategy might not be as watertight as outfit and analysts think

Energyfund Sweden reveals three tanker sales as it looks to wind sector

Cosmoship Maritime breaks into VLCCs with former Minerva Marine ship

Shell and Trafigura take product tankers on period deals to kick-start 2021

Coral Shipping linked to purchase of its youngest aframax ever as DSD sells

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Norwegian broker teams up with quarry group to charter bulkers

Kumiai Navigation orders ultramax bulker at Oshima Shipbuilding

Scorpio Bulkers sells 31st vessel with lease ties to Ocean Yield

Union Maritime makes capesize debut with Eregli and Nissen Kaiun ships

Union Maritime boosts LPG fleet with order at Hyundai Mipo

Lomar Shipping and Chinese yard lock horns over boxship sale cancellation

Maersk assembles new 50-strong team to transform its fleet

Jovo buys steam-turbine LNG carrier from Mitsui OSK Lines

MOL and Uniper put supersize FSRU project newbuilding on ice

BBC Chartering sued for $97m for calling at long-nationalised port in Cuba

CMA CGM third boxship company hit with patent infringement suit

Trafigura focuses on charters after cutting emissions from own ships

Interview

Joint European force aims to provide confidence in volatile Middle East Gulf

Lloyd’s Open Form awards for bulker incidents up threefold in 2020

South Korea fails to secure immediate release of seized Hankuk Chemi

Analysis

Hankuk Chemi seizure a diplomatic issue more than a shipping problem

Stolt Tankers approaches renewal decision after CTG fleet buy

Hiring thaw solves staffing issue as Stolt and Essberger seal merger

Disruption upside: Clarksons rate index ends only 2% down after year of turmoil

Tanker prices have further to fall after taking 15% hit since April

Wavelength

Enjoy the LNG spot-market ride before long-term gas reality bites

New lockdowns will have 'profound' effect on suffering tanker market, Cleaves says

Weak European oil demand during virus outbreak pressures suezmax and aframax tankers

AET’s Temi Binitie explains what it’s like to be a first in tanker shipping

Boxship scrapping tumbles as owners milk their cash cows