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DVB and Nordea cuts compound New York ship-lending slump

Ship Management

Shipmanagers face mounting challenges as coronavirus spreads

CMA CGM refinancing at risk after bonds hit by coronavirus fears

China's leasing houses to 'break billion-dollar mark' amid virus

Cruise And Ferry

NYK Line scraps cruises through to July due to coronavirus

Klaveness says worst effects of coronavirus 'may be behind us'

Cruise And Ferry

Miray Cruises launches in East Med as coronavirus strikes Italy

Venezuela tanker trade operators face risk from Rosneft sanctions

KSS Line adds VLGC newbuilding to Hyundai Heavy orderbook as values rise

LNG

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Golar LNG ‘remains committed’ to shifting fleet into new vehicle

Polish importer shortlists three owners to supply LNG carriers

LNG charter rates head lower as shipowners start to feel a floor

French tender seeks solutions to import LNG to Corsica

Yards offer in on 10 vessels for Novatek Arctic projects

Forgotten LNG carrier set for power project in Myanmar

New Fortress set to use FSRU for latest project in Nicaragua

Shell halts shipments from its Prelude FLNG unit off Australia

LNG spot charter rates slide further as ‘bloodbath’ continues

Four shipyards submit final LNG newbuilding offers to Qatargas

Poten: CNOOC pushes for force majeure on LNG cargoes

LNG carriers heading to China join coronavirus shipping fallout

K Line confirms double LNG carrier order for Petronas charter

ADNOC moves into floating LNG with Indian conversion deal

New Fortress Energy linked to order for small LNG carriers

Qatar in talks with shipyards for 80 LNG carrier newbuild haul

ExxonMobil reserves up to 14 LNG carrier berths at Samsung Heavy

Galp Energia issues tender for single LNG carrier in 2022

MPC Container Ships targets more sales after offloading duo

Heidmar-Signal pools hit by second wave of defections

Index change reflects shift in charter market to bigger boxships

Norwegian shipowner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen dies at the age of 82

Business Focus

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Clarksons lifts veil on ambitions to digitalise shipbroking and trading

Tanker captain shot in the head in raid off Venezuela

Seaspan bags four more neo-panamax boxships

SM Line joins 2M Asia-US loop as PIL exits transpacific trade

Market analysis

New refinery trade sparks MR2 buying despite timid S&P market

Hafnia 'craftsmanship' sees profit rocket as tanker owner launches buyback

Grieg Star swoops on bulker from open-hatch competitor

Greece's Transmed Shipping disposes of oldest bulker

Polish importer shortlists three owners to supply LNG carriers

Golar LNG ‘remains committed’ to shifting fleet into new vehicle

Yards offer in on 10 vessels for Novatek Arctic projects

Yangzijiang suezmax newbuild hawked to new buyers

Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering lands MR tankers from Eastern Pacific Shipping

Valles inks product tanker deal at South Korean yard

P&I clubs admit inability to right rate imbalance in tough renewal

Piraeus Bank reveals Orix as partner in Greek ship lending deal

Polaris boss sentenced over VLOC Stellar Daisy's defects

Aurora tanker crew safe after approach by skiffs in Gulf of Aden

Eagle Bulk's scrubbers bet poised to pay off big in dire market

Russia inks ambitious plans for Northern Sea Route navigation

Ship traffic figures for 2019 reveal increase in Northern Sea Route transits

Sovcomflot turns to MR tankers as clear-out gathers pace

Shipyards jostle as lines mull $2.4bn mega-ship orders

DryLog bulks up with purchase of freight trader ED&F Man Shipping

Navigare Capital fund splashes the cash in boxship move

Norwegian newcomer takes kamsarmax from BW Dry Cargo