VLGC rates fall below $25 per tonne for first time since November 2009 Large newbuilding deliveries and soft tonne-mile demand weigh on rates
Stolt-Nielsen on verge of placing multiple LNG carrier order New ships will serve Sardinian LNG project
Deutsche Bank $1bn shipping debt offload reports downplayed Private equity tabling bids at 80% of NAV for worst RBS loans
US gasoline glut strains MR tanker rates LR trades also show weakness after pre-Eid Al-Fitr bookings
Mitsui OSK Kinkai confirms order for three MPVs Order adds to six vessels booked at Honda Heavy Industries last year
European Commission closes investigation into carrier price signalling Update: Brussels ends five years of legal limbo by accepting commitments from container lines on price transparency
Landmark agreement brings an end to Rotterdam labour dispute Trade unions to advise members to vote in favour of new deal that guarantees job security through to July 1, 2020
Stolt-Nielsen benefits from robust COA demand Owner of world's largest listed chemical tanker fleet remains cautious over prospects for chemical tankers
New industry body for bulk terminals Association of Bulk Terminal Operators to deal with commercial and environmental issues
Hanjin starts talks to reschedule part of $2.2bn debt repayment Korean shipping line says part of $2.2bn debt repayment set to mature in second half of 2016
Arrested Chinese bulker sold for $8.6m Sale of five-year-old post-panamax Ao Hong Ma comes as secondhand dry tonnage buying heats up
K Line orders five tankers as part of fleet upgrading plan Japanese shipyards Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Namura Shipbuilding clinch contracts
Scorpio Tankers secures $300m loan facility to refinance debt Three banks to provide term loan of up to $200m and a revolving loan of up to $100m
Wärtsilä wins engine contract for six newbuild CSCL boxships The 24 nine-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 Auxpac generating sets will power six 21,000 teu ships
Maersk Line vessel refloated after running aground in Suez Canal Maersk Shams being assessed for damage at the Suez Canal anchorage
India to build major port in bid to be global transhipment hub Special purpose vehicle will be formed to develop new port at Enayam in country's southeast
Evidence spat over Flaminia death claim Stolt, Conti and NSB resist effort by lawyers for crewman's widow to put claims on separate track in containership explosion case.
ITF bashes Argentina 'control' of union Complaint filed with ILO over move to put pro-government lawmaker at helm of country's top maritime union.
Nigerian oil restart may help tankers Output from Africa's largest oil producer should grow as export terminals restart.
Seaport ratchets down tanker estimates But analyst Magnus Fyhr keeps positive stance on stocks on expectations that price disconnect will narrow.
Brussels accepts liners' anti-trust pledge The world's biggest liner companies are about to change the way they announce price increases.
Keppel strikes new deals; forms Shell JV Singaporean shipbuilder wins contracts worth $89m and starts new LNG business with oil major.
P&O sees rise in Anglo-Belgian business UK ferry operator reports record volumes on its Zeebrugge-Tilbury service.
Fixing frenzy boosts offshore rates Five rig moves deplete North Sea spot tonnage as earnings jump.
Xeneta: Expanded Canal means lower rates Freight exchange agency says the new Panama Canal could cause fierce competition with negative effects.
Rokke's move into Solstad gets green light Bondholders at Oslo-listed company provide full support to restructuring plan.
Stolt-Nielsen sees orderbook shrinking Chief executive sees yard troubles erasing or delaying newbuildings after strong second quarter.
Bibby Offshore wins BP charter UK owner's OCV to work for oil major in North Sea.
Smaller DSME could focus on LNG Korean yard's creditors want leaner restructured yard to build gas carriers.
GC Rieber sending OCV to Angola Norwegian owner shifting Polar Onyx from UK to Africa for new Technip charter.
Wisdom Marine interim results down by 26% Strengthening yen due to Brexit and weak freight rates take their toll at Taiwanese shipowner.
Hyundai Mipo to build LNG-fuelled bulker Posco will also be supplying newly developed high manganese steel for ship's fuel tanks.
K Line in five tanker newbuilding order spree Japanese shipowner giant spreads orders across domestic and Chinese shipbuilders.
Maersk Shams refloated in Suez Canal Vessel to be assessed for any potential damage that may have occurred from the grounding.
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