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HJ Shipbuilding set to take over HD Hyundai’s Gunsan yard
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has agreed to sell its Gunsan shipyard to HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC)…
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South Korean owners turn to Chinese yard for new boxship tonnage
South Korea’s Namsung Shipping and Dongyoung Shipping have turned to China for new tonnage, placing orders for four containerships at…
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Ammonia-fuelled engines edge toward service
Swiss engine designer WinGD has completed what is said to be the first type approval and factory acceptance testing programme…
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Sinokor now controls one in four compliant VLCCs
One in four compliant VLCCs are now controlled by Ga-Hyun Chung-led Sinokor, according to analysis by Norwegian broker Fearnleys, following…
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Hahn & Co sells 10 VLCCs from SK Shipping to Pan Ocean
South Korean private equity giant Hahn & Company is selling 10 very large crude carriers operated by SK Shipping to…
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Sinokor becomes the world’s ‘super operator’ of supertankers
Sinokor’s stunning raid in the tanker markets over the past two months is making the Korean shipowner the largest operator…
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Tsakos lines up return to LNG newbuilds in South Korea
Greece’s Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) is moving closer to a return to the LNG carrier newbuilding market, lining up its…
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Five-year-old VLCC fetches $112m
The secondhand tanker market has delivered yet another exceptionally active week, with VLCCs once again drawing strong interest from buyers.…
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HMM takes delivery of 10,800‑car record breaker
For the third time in less than a year, Chinese shipbuilders have broken car carrier size records, with the latest…
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JHI Steamship widens tanker bet with HD Hyundai suezmaxes
Greek shipowner JHI Steamship has stepped up its tanker expansion with an order for two suezmax newbuildings at HD Hyundai…
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