Indian offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore has received a letter of award for the deployment of its jackup rig offshore Malaysia. The contract is for a period of one year, with six three-month extension options. The rig is set to commence operations during the fourth quarter of 2018. Aban...
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Royal Vopak is expanding one of its liquid storage terminals in Singapore to meet the expected demand for marine gasoil as a result of the 2020 sulphur cap.
Singapore’s Jasper Offshore has sold its 1973-built drillship for scrap. According to rig broker Bassoe Offshore, the drillship was sold to cash buyer GMS for a price of $6.3m. The 45-year old drillship was renamed many times during its service life, and it has been stacked since March 2014....
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The third Hong Kong Maritime Week from November 18 to 24 with the theme “Propel Hong Kong” seeks to boost the city as a renowned international maritime centre.
Singapore outfit PCL, controlled by tycoon Robert Kuok, continues to buy. This week brokers tell Splash that the active outfit has added its fourth ship of the year, laying $27m on the table for the five-year-old, 52000 dwt , a price in line with MSI’s fair market value for the Betonix-owned ship....
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines’ (MOL) dogged pursuit of pioneering smart ships has taken another key step with news one of its ferries has completed a demonstration test, held in association with Rolls-Royce, on a ferry equipped with its Intelligence Awareness System (IAS), designed to aid watch keeping...
https://splash247.com/mol-takes-watch-keeping-into-the-future/
DCC Bulk Transport, a Singapore-based chartered bulker operator set up by the Halkiases, a Greek shipowning family, is being liquidated, less than two years since the company started operations. According to information from the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore, the status...
Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. (Trafigura), uno de las mayores compañías de transporte de mercancías, bautizó el pasado jueves 20 de septiembre, las primeras unidades de sus nuevos 35 buques para transporte de petróleo y productos que serán construidos en Corea del Sur y en China.
https://sectormaritimo.es/en-2019-35-nuevos-petroleros-al-mercado
The IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap that comes into force on 1 January 2020 and how to comply with it are the hottest topics in the shipping industry today.
BW Dry Cargo has bought its first ship of the year, taking a capesize. BW Dry Cargo has paid Japan’s Kambara Kisen $29.5m for the eight-year , a figure in line with MSI’s fair market value of for the 179,000 dwt ship. This marks the second cape for BW Dry Cargo, a company initially founded […]
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