Marine ministry authorises three investor groups to purchase eight boxships and bulkers for charter to HMM, SK and Sinokor.
Costa Concordia just a “rare anomaly,” law abiding miners, plotters brought to justice and long waits at the barbers.
Diversified US brokerage taps Petrobras talent to lead latest Rio de Janeiro invasion.
DS Agility officer fell through hatch into engine room while vessel was transiting Kiel Canal.
Ofer and Angelicoussis head the list of owners standing firm and refusing to fix bulkers at basement levels.
US oil products output pushes barge owner to another earnings record.
Last crewman taken alive from Costa Concordia whacked windows with kitchen equipment to alert rescuers.
Braemar tips 2012 demolition derby to outrun the historic high set in 1985.
Greek magnate buys up an additional $5m worth of stock in New York-listed tanker owner.
Paris prosecutor's office to investigate claims filed in France over the cruiseship disaster.
Japanese shipbuilder's nine-month profit slips in the same week that it announced mega-merger.
HHI and SHI see market values backtrack following fourth quarter profit pain.
Japanese shipbuilder reports lower earnings but still sees full year improvement.
Investors in Korean bail-out fund could bag $870m of yard's shares if asset agency Kamco cannot sell them.
At least three more years of range-bound pain awaits bulker owners, analyst Jon Windham says.
Chinese giant forming two subsidiaries to oversee and own bulker and tanker fleets in efficiency boost.
Rates have halved for Persian Gulf voyages to Asia from last week's peak.
VLCC:
Suezmax:
Aframax:
Losing streak continues with Norden getting a supramax for free.
Capesizes:
Panamaxes:
Supramaxes:
Hamburg Shipbrokers' Association's new ConTex containership chartering index drops two points to 390.
4,250 teu:
2,700 teu:
1,100 teu:
......................and not very much happening, according to brokers.
AHTS:
Large PSV:
Small PSV:
Korean shipbuilder's annual profit stable, but earnings plunged 62% in final three months.
Shipbuilding arm of Japanese giant slips into the red in third quarter despite more orders and higher net sales.
Chinese oil giant signs first overseas term supply deals for Chinese vessels in Panama and UAE.
Titan and Smit Singapore win lucrative salvage deals with US government potentially worth up to $430m.
Cruise line invites ten salvage companies to bid for Costa Concordia wreck removal contract.
Norwegian LNG player increases FSRU order tally at world’s largest shipbuilder as extra funds come through.
Investment firm parts with one of shipping’s veteran equity analysts in tough finance market.
China Shipowners’ Association sheds light on specifics of bulker boycott while Brazilian mining giant breaks silence.
Private equity giant joins Gulmar Offshore in torpedoing allegations of fraud and tax evasion as police probe whistleblower.
Oslo-quoted owner tests market appetite for gas stocks with $200m fundraiser aimed at growing FSRU arsenal.
Team behind attempt to take British Marine’s P&I business by stealth suffer another comprehensive defeat.
Nineteen passengers file claim against captain of Costa Concordia, claiming negligence.
Insolvent German yard’s hopes of survival lifted by Van Oord renegotiating wind power order.
John Fredriksen-controlled drilling giant shuffles management structure as Esa Ikaheimonen departs.
Richard Fain-led Royal Caribbean will miss first quarter and 2012 estimates following Carnival’s Italian casualty.
Alaskan Navigator heads to repair yard after small hole found in hull off Oregon.
Credit rating agency cuts its view on MOL and NYK against backdrop of tough markets.
World’s largest shipbuilder sees its bottom line tumble by more than 90% as cheaper ships are built.
US offshore giant defies analysts’ expectations to hold steady course in the final quarter.
Oslo-listed shipbuilder and offshore firm wins subsea construction job from Norwegian oil and gas giant.
Remaining mooring lines severed before Taiwanese bulker smashed into cliff at Christmas Island.