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HSH Nordbank in Deal to Reduce Exposure to "Crisis-Prone" Shipping Industry
State owners of the shipping lender have two years to privatize the bank.
21 Oct 2015
Scottish Ferry Operator Inks £97 million Deal on Two Dual-Fuel Vessels
The vessels will be able to run on both LNG and marine diesel.
21 Oct 2015
Stolt-Nielsen Buys Stake in Sardinia LNG Terminal
The company has aquired a 10% stake in HIGAS, which will see an LNG terminal built in Oristano, Sardinia by 2017.
21 Oct 2015
Oil Spill After Two Tankers Collide off Japanese Coast
The collision is said to have resulted in a 14km long oil slick off Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.
21 Oct 2015
EC Grants €16.8 Million for "Near Zero Emissions" Marine Engine
The European Commission will be providing €16.8 million of the €25 million Hercules-2 project.
21 Oct 2015
West Coast Tanker Ban Looms Following Prime Minister-Elect Justin Trudeau's Sweeping Victory in Canada
Prime Minister-Elect Justin Trudeau's policies were said to reflect the "overwhelming opposition to tanker traffic in B.C."
21 Oct 2015
LNG Box Ship Conversion Said to be First of its Kind in the World
The Wes Amelie retrofit will commence in 2016.
21 Oct 2015
Brightoil Looks to Boost Bunker Business with Launch of Brightoil Online "Internet-Petroleum-Finance" Platform
"The platform can further boost the income of the Group's existing oil product trading and bunkering business," says Chairman Sit Kwong Lam.
21 Oct 2015
Southeast Asia Maritime Crime Up 38 Percent in First 9 Months, Set to Get Worse in Q4
The number of incidents reported in the last three months of the year is expected to grow substantially.
21 Oct 2015
Iraq Planning for $45 Per Barrel Oil in 2016 Budget
The country also expects to export 3.6 million barrels per day in the coming year.
21 Oct 2015
Brent Contracts for December Mostly Flat
This weeks EIA data should give the market some direction for the remainder of the week.
20 Oct 2015
Deltamarin Partners with Industry Players to Design LNG Powered Bulk Carrier
Deltamarin says the LNG-propelled vessel will comply with IMO Energy Efficiency Design Index 2025 standards, ECA regulations.
20 Oct 2015
Gibraltar Clarifies LNG Bunkering Plans as Being an Offshore Activity
The government says that bunkering facilities will be immediately available as a result.
20 Oct 2015
Norway Aiming to be the World Leader in Environmentally Friendly Ships
The ReCharge project is intended to expand Norwegian ports' shore power availability, and identify the most effective power systems for vessels.
20 Oct 2015
Dry Bulk Could Become "Even Worse" Next Year, Says JP Morgan
The poor outlook for the dry bulk sector has been attributed to China's transition from an "investment-heavy" economy to a "consumer-driven" one.
20 Oct 2015
Tote Takes Delivery of World's First LNG Powered Boxship
Builder claims United States is "leading the world" in the introduction of cutting-edge, green technology.
20 Oct 2015
Singapore's BW Pacific Plans Q4 2015 IPO
The company will list on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
20 Oct 2015
Mauritius Aiming to be 1 Million MT Per Year Global Bunkering Hub
The country also plans on employing 25,000 people across the marine industry.
20 Oct 2015
Parker Kittiwake Launches Cat Fines Test Kit
The tool will help alert owners and operators to cat fines in fuel oil, which will help prevent sediment buildup in storage tanks.
20 Oct 2015
AkzoNobel Promises Big Data Bunker Savings from New Hull Coating Analysis Tool
In addition to estimating fuel savings, the tool can perform a cost benefit analysis between different hull coatings prior to application.
20 Oct 2015