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Diana Shipping has managed to seal a long-delayed exit from an ultramax after a previous sale collapsed, while also locking in a higher-paying charter for one of its capesizes. The New York-listed owner said the 2016-built 63,500 dwt DSI Drammen has been sold to an unrelated buyer for about $26.4m before commissions, with delivery due …
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https://splash247.com/diana-offloads-stalled-ultramax/Norway’s Aasen Shipping has expanded its orderbook once again, returning to Royal Bodewes for a sixth hybrid-powered, methanol-ready self-discharging bulk carrier. The Mosterhamn-based owner has signed up for another 119.95 m vessel at the Dutch yard, following its series of five 9,400 dwt battery-hybrid self-dischargers ordered across 2020–2023. Delivery of the latest newbuild is set …
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https://splash247.com/aasen-shipping-adds-another-hybrid-methanol-ready-bulker-at-bodewes/BW LNG is surfacing as the buyer behind a fresh order for two large LNG carriers at HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, after the South Korean yard confirmed a KRW741.2bn ($507m) contract last week. Clarksons’ weekly newbuilding report names BW Group’s gas arm as the party booking the 174,000 cu m vessels, which are slated …
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https://splash247.com/bw-lng-linked-to-two-ship-lng-carrier-order-at-hd-hyundai-samho/Dubai’s Emarat Maritime has made a move into tanker newbuildings, emerging as the owner behind a sextet of LR2 product carriers ordered at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding. Industry players said the Sharaf Group–owned company is the buyer of the six 114,000 dwt aframax/LR2 units recently revealed by the yard. Deliveries are slated for 2027. The deal …
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https://splash247.com/emarat-maritime-emerges-behind-henglis-six-tanker-series/Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has returned to the VLCC market with its first large crude carrier order, contracting two 306,000 dwt tankers at China’s Hengli Shipbuilding. Industry sources say the Singapore-based owner should see the vessels delivered in the fourth quarter of 2027. The move marks EPS’s first VLCC transaction since 2018, when it scrapped …
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https://splash247.com/eastern-pacific-makes-vlcc-comeback-with-newbuild-deal-in-china/The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published a report into the uncontrolled launch of a fast rescue craft during a training exercise.At 1645 on August 23, 2025, the crew of the passenger/car ferry Lord of the Isles were carrying…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/valve-error-led-uncontrolled-fast-rescue-532780Australian Border Force (ABF) officers posted overseas in Beijing have prevented over 600,000 illegal vapes from hitting Australia’s streets after information sharing led to the referral of almost 70 high risk containers.The majority of the…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/international-cooperation-uncovers-major-532781Professor Momoko Kitada, Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Gender and Innovation; Head, Maritime Education & Training at the World Maritime University (WMU), has been selected to receive the 2025 IMO Gender Equality Award, following her nomination by Japan.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/professor-momoko-kitada-selected-imo-532782The largest U.S. soybean sales to China in more than two years this week could be just the beginning of an accelerated buying program by Beijing after the world’s top importer shunned U.S. supplies for months due to a trade war with Washington. Even if purchases fall short of the 12 million metric tons that ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-largest-us-soybean-buy-in-2-years-buoys-prices-triggers-sales-by-struggling-farmers/Capesize The week delivered a broadly positive performance for the Capesize market, with early strength in both basins before momentum tapered into a quieter finish. The BCI 5TC climbed steadily from the high $27,000s to just over $30,000, reinforcing a firming tone despite Thursday’s slowdown. The Pacific provided consistent support, underpinned by steady miner demand ...
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