Seaborne Freight defends £14m UK government Brexit contract EXCLUSIVE: UK ferry firm contracted to provide additional freight capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit tells Lloyd's list...
SFI continues spree of containership acquisitions Purchase caps a year of boxship acquisitions that have added $1.2b to company's charter backlog
Colombo celebrates as 2018 throughput hits 7m teu Sri Lankan super-hub ranked 24th in Lloyd's List top 100 container ports last year
Iranian crude exports slump below 1m bpd mark Tehran is likely to seeks ways to circumvent the restrictions causing the fall in exports
Daily Briefing Seaborne Freight defends £14m UK government Brexit contract | Iranian crude exports slump below 1m bpd mark | Chemical tanker...
Two injured after chemical tanker catches fire off Cyprus The vessel will remain in place until the marine accident investigation committee determines the cause of the explosion
California ports eye boost in rice exports following opening of China's markets China's decision to receive imports of US rice creates new opportunities for these three US west coast ports
US-China trade truce promises bulk carrier soyabean boost US sales of soyabeans to China could rise to 3m tonnes in the coming weeks, but expert warns Brazil's early...
Petronas completes stake buy in Oman's giant gas field Petronas will receive a share of output in the producing Khazzan field that is increasing gas production to 1.5 bcf/d
Diana Shipping spends $15m on share buyback New York-listed bulker owner prorated number of units to accommodate major oversubscription.
Fredriksen's Ship Finance International strikes again for container vessels New Year's Eve deal is the company's fourth major investment in the sector during 2018.
Imabari confirms four VLCC newbuildings for Navios Order from major Greek owner mark's Japanese yard's first VLCCs from an international client.
Shell's Prelude FLNG moves a step closer to first exports Major says gas and condensate moving through giant floater off Australia.
Tanker deals on the rise during active 2018 Blue-chip owners and lease financiers led the way in a busy year for tanker transactions which saw more than 400 of the ships change hands. Rokke joins VLCC ranks as Ocean Yield pens Kyklades deal Tanker S&P activity spikes as owners seek bargain buys Zodiac Maritime's tanker swoop signs off $690m Toisa fleet sale Ocean Yield, China Merchants Bank, Zodiac Maritime and Delta Tankers each spent
Exmar's Tango FLNG hitches a ride to Argentina World's smallest floating LNG unit heads for new home port.
Global Ports Holding extends Bodrum contract London-listed Global Ports Holding has extended its concession to run the Bodrum Cruise port. It has paid $2.5m to stretch the deal until December 2067, a statement said. The original agreement was due to expire at the end of 2019. Global Ports Holding, the world's largest independent cruise port operator, has investments in 15 cruise ports and two commercial ports in nine countries.
Insurance broker Miller takes over rival Alston Gayler Consolidation continues in marine insurance broking space.
Seaborne Freight wins share of no-deal Brexit ferry plan A passenger shipping startup has won a share of a controversial UK ferry contract engineered as part of the government's no-deal Brexit planning. New English Channel ferry service hopes to benefit from Brexit boost French ferry veteran to head up Seaborne Freight's dream team Seaborne Freight, which came to the industry's attention in May this year, is a beneficiary of a government deal along
Samsung ends 2018 on a high with LNG carrier number 18 Samsung Heavy Industries has extended its LNG carrier newbuilding hot streak. Gaslog returns to Samsung for more LNG carrier newbuilds Seoul-listed Samsung has added a single KRW 210m ($189m) vessel at the end of what has been a busy December, it announced on New Year's Eve. While the identity of the shipowner behind the latest deal was not disclosed, the shipbuilder did say the client was from
Evergreen inks maiden newbuilding order in China Evergreen has downsized its initial plan for 2,500-teu vessels from 14 to four.
Transocean bags five-year contract for Jurong drillship Chevron has agreed to employ ship from delivery at a daily rate of over $450,000 per day.
Taizhou Kouan ends 2018 with bulker newbuilding double Domestic shipowner adds to dry cargo order backlog at Jiangsu-based shipbuilder.
Explosion rocks Greek chemical tanker off Cyprus Blast throws five men in the water; all recovered but two seriously injured crew remain in hospital.
BlueWater report: The gateway to America's heartland BlueWater Reporting takes a deep dive into the Mississippi River's importance in global commerce and the future deployment of container vessels on the waterway.
Fashion associations for shippers to merge The Fashion Jewelry & Accessories Trade Association will join the Fashion Accessories Shippers Association as part of Gemini Shippers Group.
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