MR and LR rates show strength in pre-Easter booking Long-haul trades before holiday offer support to product tanker rates
Panamax bulker rates down on week, but recovering Renewed strength seen in ECSA trades ahead of Easter holiday
Pioneer Marine cancels five handysize newbuilding contracts Mutually agreed decision to free up to $30m in pre-delivery instalment payments
Laliotis emerges as buyer of two auctioned Turkish kamsarmaxes Allied Shipbroking says bulker prices now encouraging new 'scavenger' mentality
OSG withdraws share offering Withdrawal highlights difficulty of raising capital in today's shipping industry through IPOs and public debt transactions
CMA hears grim forecast for seaborne dry bulk demand Shift towards consumer-driven commodities and LNG as preferred energy source bad omen for dry cargo owners
BSM and Optimum team up for third-party passenger vessel management Schulte Group company re-enters passenger sector in league with Celestyal Cruises affiliate
Charter market slow off the mark Overcapacity and soft demand halts spring fixture frenzy
Hapag-Lloyd back in black with 2015 net profit of €114m Update: German container line now among the top performers, says chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen
US owner Tote confirms conversion of two vessels to run off LNG West coast Jones Act vessels need to have new dual-fuel engines installed rather than have gas conversion kits for existing engines
Stopford: Shipping is facing a fourth revolution and owners will not like it Leading analyst outlines upheaval that will emerge in shipping as modern technology is better utilised
Courage Marine extends deadline for acquisition of Chinese logistics firm Additional time needed to finalise terms of agreement
Precious Shipping offloads another handysize bulk carrier Vessel sold for $1.51m to company incorporated in Singapore
Pan Ocean secures 20-year iron ore shipping contract with Vale Company to transport around 32m tonnes of iron ore from Brazil to countries including China and Malaysia
China Ocean Industry Group scraps acquisition deal for stake in Jiangxi Gas Company decides to terminate acquisition agreements as market conditions in China have deteriorated
General Electric, HHI and Lloyd's Register launch project to develop new containership design Project aims to explore feasibility of creating gas turbine-driven ship designs for commercial cargo transportation
US and Cuba sign pact on maritime navigation safety Countries will collaborate in areas such as hydrography, oceanography, geodesy and related services of common interest
Australia's Woodside puts Browse floating LNG project on hold Decision comes amid sharp drop in LNG prices and massive oversupply
Pangaea Logistics trims quarterly loss US bulker operator ends year on positive note, with an annual profit as operating margins improved.
Lords take a look at Res Cogitans appeal Top UK legal minds review will be closely watched by shipowners facing double jeopardy in OW Bunker case.
Panama sets startup date for wider canal Inauguration scheduled for 26 June as expansion project reaches 97% completion.
Paddy Rodgers: A bull in the tanker shop Euronav chief executive rejects analyst predictions of a downward trend in VLCC rates.
Lolli-Ghetti and funds join Bugbee in buying Three more investors reveal increased interest in the New York-listed Scorpio Bulkers.
Pioneer cancels five, talks opportunities Chief executive Pankaj Khanna says deal clears runway for years and creates new firepower.
Bay Ferries sources ship for US-Canada run Sources says operator will bring in government-owned fast ferry Puerto Rico.
Hapag in the black after four years German boxship owner claims it has returned among top performers with $127.5m profit in 2015.
Chateauvieux: no plan to delist Bourbon French offshore group's chairman responds to report that he is considering making offer for rest of company.
Punctured cargoship refloated off Norway Selvaagslund heading to Floro for further damage assessments.
Multiple fractures suffered by bulker Significant damage reported to Japanese vessel that hit submerged object in Columbia River.
Frontline CEO Macleod mops up stock Robert Hvide Macleod spends $162,000 on shares in John Fredriksen-backed owner.
Pertamina cargoship sinks off Indonesia Cargoship goes down on Tagulandang island after running aground on reef.
Lolli-Ghetti and GRM join Bugbee in buying Two more investors reveal increased interest in the New York-listed Scorpio Bulkers.
ER Offshore wins term deal for PSV ER Georgina to work on up to three wells for UK's Zennor Petroleum.
OSG deletes IPO filing after finding alternate route US owner formally brings down the curtain on initial public offering.
Eagle Bulk given another week US-listed bulker owner misses deadline to finalise debt restructuring.
Farstad sends AHTS to Australia Norwegian owner moving vessel from Singapore for Woodside on 17-month deal.
Petrobras stretches Seadrill drillship contract Brazilian oil major will keep Norwegian company's vessel under its umbrella until late 2019.
Official: Panama Canal ready in June or July Problems surrounding the project now resolved but Seaspan boss doesn't see east US ports benefitting from it.
Man stabbed on ship at Marsa yard Libyan suffers serious neck injuries in argument on vessel at Maltese shipyard.
'Significant' water ingress in grounding Pumps working furiously to keep general cargoship afloat off Norway.
Bugbee buys up Scorpio Bulkers stock President dips into his own pocket to snap up stock in dry cargo specialist.
Ezra seeks to loosen bond covenants It wants to make amendments to trust deed to increase operational and financial flexibility.
Browse postponement could impact FLNG technology Decision suggests costs are not low enough to compete with conventional LNG developments.
Woodside Petroleum postpones Browse LNG project Current economic and market environment prompts backers to halt floating LNG development.
Ezra seeks to loosen bond convenants It wants to make amendments to trust deed to increase operational and financial flexibility.
Banks' wariness could get even worse Alternative lenders say bank lending will be harder to come by in coming years.
EIA says US fuel oil stocks up on large USGC build Stocks for the week totaled 45.977 million barrels, a build of 703,000 barrels from the previous week.
Singapore bunker fuel supplier Equatorial to offer low sulfur MGO in April Demand for low sulfur MGO is expected grow globally as ports implement emission control areas.
Panama Canal sets draft restrictions from April 18 due to drought In shipping advisory on Monday, the authority set the maximum allowable draft to 11.89 meters (39 feet).
US fuel oil prices highest since December despite lukewarm fundamentals USAC 1%S fuel oil has weakened to crude since December, as winter fuel oil demand for power generation has evaporated with warmer weather in the USAC.
Marine diesel sales in Panama triple in 2015 on ECA regulations The AMP also reported that total sales of fuel oil and marine diesel in Panama rose 16% to 3.7 million mt in 2015.
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