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MSC’s hidden hand behind Sinokor’s VLCC blitz finally confirmed
Months of market speculation have been laid to rest. Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is formally behind Sinokor Maritime’s…
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MSC strikes 45-year deal for Nigerian box terminal
Swiss shipping giant MSC Group has secured a 45-year concession to develop a new container terminal at Snake Island Port…
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Zurich buys rival insurer Beazley
Swiss insurance giant Zurich is buying British rival Beazley for £8.1bn ($10.8bn), having had an earlier £7.7bn bid rebuffed. Beazley,…
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Geneva Dry adds heavyweight panelists and new Hard Talk workshop
With the two-month countdown due this week, the third edition of Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference, is…
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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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Transocean bags more work for three semisubs
Swiss-based offshore drilling giant Transocean has secured additional work for three of its harsh-environment semisubmersibles. Transocean said in its fleet…
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Transocean snaps up Valaris in $5.8bn stock deal
Transocean is set to absorb rival offshore driller Valaris in a move that reshapes the upper end of the global…
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MSC tops up Jinglu orderbook with eight more 11,500 teu ships
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has moved to deepen its bet on LNG-fuelled tonnage, exercising options for eight more 11,500 teu…
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VLCC ordering spree pulls Mercuria back to Chinese yards
Mercuria is lining up its next move in shipbuilding, with industry sources pointing to a potential order for very large…
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Rio Tinto and Glencore walk away from revived mega-merger talks
Rio Tinto and Glencore have called time on renewed merger talks, abandoning plans for a deal that would have reshaped…
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