Maritime Economy
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2017 Sep 26
Cunard
Cunard to add fourth ship to fleet in 2022
Luxury cruise brand Cunard announced it is adding a fourth ship to its fleet.
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2017 Sep 14
Silversea
Silversea Cruises signs with Fincantieri for Silver Moon luxury vessel
Silversea Cruises and Fincantieri have announced the signing of a contract worth approximately €310 million for the construction of a new ultra-luxury cruise ship.
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2017 Sep 11
Gazprom
Mitsui & Co and Gazprom agree Sakhalin II and LNG-bunkering plans
Mitsui & Co and Gazprom have cemented their partnership, pledging to work together to develop small and mid-scale LNG projects, collaborating to produce, transport and market cargoes in Japan and promoting LNG bunkering in the Sea of Japan.
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2017 Sep 05
MOL
MOL to Participate in LNG Receiving Terminal Project in India - To Provide FSRU Operation/Maintenance, Supply of FSU and its Operation/Maintenance, and Terminal Operation
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the signing of agreements with Swan LNG Private Limited for the long-term operation / maintenance of a floating, storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and provision and long-term operation / maintenance of a floating and storage unit (FSU) that will serve as the core receiving facilities in an LNG terminal to be developed by Swan Energy Limited (Swan Energy) in Gujarat, India.
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2017 Sep 04
Kongsberg
KONGSBERG Wins EPCI Contract for Newbuild LNG Fuelled RoPax Ferry
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) contract with Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), a subsidiary of Siem Group.
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2017 Sep 04
Scorpio Tankers
Scorpio Tankers Inc. Announces Closing of Merger with Navig8 Product Tankers Inc.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) announced that it has closed the previously announced merger with Navig8 Product Tankers Inc..
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2017 Aug 11
Hanjin Shipping
Hanjin struggles to pay creditors
South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping, which faces credit claims totalling around US$10.5bn, has raised only a fraction of that amount from asset sales since its bankruptcy last August.
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2017 Aug 04
Bulk carrier
Firm demand will continue to support dry bulk shipping
Drewry expects that dry bulk shipping charter rates will continue to recover with firm demand and controlled fleet growth, according to the latest edition of the Dry Bulk Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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2017 Aug 03
Eastern Shipbuilding
Newbuilding Prices Expected to Fall Further
Some major market indicators are better, but yards remain underemployed and newbuilding and second-hand prices have not yet hit bottom.
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2017 Aug 02
Drewry
Chinese operators take advantage of improved global container port demand growth prospects
Drewry’s container port demand forecast is more positive than in last year’s report, exhibiting a 4% CAGR and adding a further 152 million teu of port throughput to the global total by 2021.
