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SHIP sheds African Zebra

Dale Ploughman in the driver’s seat as US-listed bulker owner parts ways with ageing handymax at a loss of $2.4m.

21:32 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Ivar Lundh targets expansion

Swedish shipbroker celebrates centennial by spinning off management wing in a bid to cash in on chemical tanker upswing.

18:46 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Grand China feuds ignite

Norden and Oldendorff join fight to claw back cash from embattled Asian operator as judge orders asset freeze.

16:17 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Hijack sends FREE spinning

Nasdaq-listed owner sees market value drop by close to one tenth after one of its handies is snatched by Somali pirates.

16:16 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Business the Maersk way

Eighteen months off his centenary Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller speaks of the philosophy behind success as a shipowner and entrepreneur.

15:49 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Maersk cuts ship spending

AP Moller reveals more modest spending plans for its tanker and boxship arms as it battles cash burn.

15:48 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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EMGS pulls in record profit

Oslo-listed seismic owner roars back from big deficit last year to card a personal best.

14:44 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Toei sees rates thaw

Japanese reefer owner expecting profitable fourth quarter despite nine-month losses widening.

13:51 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Fisher wins BP work

UK shipping group to charter in three anchor-handlers to support oil major's tanker operations in Angola.

13:15 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Freeseas bulker hijacked

Nasdaq-listed owner sees one of its ships fall into pirate hands.

12:26 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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Clash captains held

Masters of PIL boxship and Russian cargo vessel arrested in Japan following collision that sank the latter.

12:07 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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SCF plots seismic orders

Russian owner’s boss Sergey Frank says $200m deal for two firm survey vessels being lined up at USC.

11:51 GMT, 09 Feb 2012
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