Chinese group books four vessels at Fujian Southeast to increase its owned fleet
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/incoming/1889254/dalian-success-adds-to-bulker-orderbook-in-china
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Scrubbers result in two-tier market for containerships
Owners of scrubber-fitted boxships reap fuel savings under IMO 2020
Armator Shipping launches as new d’Amato-backed bulker operator
The company will start by operating supramaxes and kamsarmaxes from its offices in London, Lugano and Malta
Fugro to pay Tasik Subsea $27m in charter termination tussle
Arbitration panel rules Dutch contractor should not have ended OSV deal early
Master killed as more West Africa pirate attacks emerge
Landing craft captain murdered off Gabon, while Turkish suezmax evaded attack off Nigeria
Maersk Tankers launches digital spin-off in green software push
Danish owner’s spin-off led by Soren Meyer to focus on offering its SimBunker optimisation tool to the tramp industry
IMO 2020’s start sees bunker price spread hit record level
Owners of scrubber-fitted vessels make hay as price of high-sulphur fuel rises to twice that of low-sulphur
Clarksons rejigs indices as IMO 2020 kicks in
Broker’s research chief Stephen Gordon explains how the new fuel rules will be reflected in its data
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/incoming/1888539/clarksons-rejigs-indices-as-imo-2020-kicks-in
Four guards killed and three crew members kidnapped off Nigeria
Firefight broke out as dredger targeted by pirate gang off Forcados
Cleaves downgrades dry bulk stocks again as ‘weak’ 2020 gets underway
It wasn’t all bad news, however, with some dry bulk shipping stocks outperforming expectations since November