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Precious hit by poor rates

Khalid Hashim-led owner has full year income cut by the weakening dry cargo market.
14:59 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Bulker blues hit a new low note

Zero charter rates confirmed today as dry-cargo pain intensifies.

16:30 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Korean funds go on buying spree

Marine ministry authorises three investor groups to purchase eight boxships and bulkers for charter to HMM, SK and Sinokor.

12:42 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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What shipbroking is all about is revealed

Costa Concordia just a “rare anomaly,” law abiding miners, plotters brought to justice and long waits at the barbers.

12:49 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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McQuilling rides Brazilian wave

Diversified US brokerage taps Petrobras talent to lead latest Rio de Janeiro invasion.

15:52 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Boxship engineer breaks leg

DS Agility officer fell through hatch into engine room while vessel was transiting Kiel Canal.

15:52 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Capesize armada fights fall in rates

Ofer and Angelicoussis head the list of owners standing firm and refusing to fix bulkers at basement levels.

10:56 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Kirby Corp high on petrochemicals

US oil products output pushes barge owner to another earnings record.

12:55 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Purser saved by a frying pan

Last crewman taken alive from Costa Concordia whacked windows with kitchen equipment to alert rescuers.

15:40 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Total scrap record to topple

Braemar tips 2012 demolition derby to outrun the historic high set in 1985.

12:14 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Captain tops up TEN holding

Greek magnate buys up an additional $5m worth of stock in New York-listed tanker owner.

11:48 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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French start Costa Concordia probe

Paris prosecutor's office to investigate claims filed in France over the cruiseship disaster.

11:34 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Cargoship sinks after grounding

Veteran Katrine Krog sprang a leak after dragging anchor off Haiti.

11:07 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Tanker blues bite Japan's Kyoei

Tokyo-listed VLCC owner turns to nine-month loss in weak markets.

09:55 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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IHI Corporation earnings take a dip

Japanese shipbuilder's nine-month profit slips in the same week that it announced mega-merger.

10:27 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Korean giants see shares sink

HHI and SHI see market values backtrack following fourth quarter profit pain.

11:01 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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MES dips but has bright outlook

Japanese shipbuilder reports lower earnings but still sees full year improvement.

11:16 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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The big Daewoo share giveaway?

Investors in Korean bail-out fund could bag $870m of yard's shares if asset agency Kamco cannot sell them.

10:18 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Barclays charts dry battle

At least three more years of range-bound pain awaits bulker owners, analyst Jon Windham says.

10:22 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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CSDC lines up management split

Chinese giant forming two subsidiaries to oversee and own bulker and tanker fleets in efficiency boost.

08:14 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
Chartering
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Tankers

Rates have halved for Persian Gulf voyages to Asia from last week's peak.

VLCC:

down

Suezmax:

down

Aframax:

even

15:05 GMT, 03 February 2012
Dry Cargo

Losing streak continues with Norden getting a supramax for free.

Capesizes:

down

Panamaxes:

up

Supramaxes:

down

14:48 GMT, 03 February 2012
Containers

Hamburg Shipbrokers' Association's new ConTex containership chartering index drops two points to 390.

4,250 teu:

up

2,700 teu:

down

1,100 teu:

down

16:14 GMT, 02 February 2012
Offshore

......................and not very much happening, according to brokers.

AHTS:

down

Large PSV:

down

Small PSV:

down

16:10 GMT, 03 February 2012
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Daewoo suffers in fourth quarter

Korean shipbuilder's annual profit stable, but earnings plunged 62% in final three months.

07:51 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Mitsubishi in operating loss

Shipbuilding arm of Japanese giant slips into the red in third quarter despite more orders and higher net sales.

06:05 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Sinopec makes bunker breakthrough

Chinese oil giant signs first overseas term supply deals for Chinese vessels in Panama and UAE.

09:11 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Top salvors hit pay dirt

Titan and Smit Singapore win lucrative salvage deals with US government potentially worth up to $430m.

00:50 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Costa salvage deal by March

Cruise line invites ten salvage companies to bid for Costa Concordia wreck removal contract.

03:41 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Hoegh takes Hyundai option

Norwegian LNG player increases FSRU order tally at world’s largest shipbuilder as extra funds come through.

05:06 GMT, 03 Feb 2012
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Lazard Capital cuts Urs Dur

Investment firm parts with one of shipping’s veteran equity analysts in tough finance market.

19:09 GMT, 02 Feb 2012

Fazel Fazelbhoy goes deep

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China clarifies valemax port ban

China Shipowners’ Association sheds light on specifics of bulker boycott while Brazilian mining giant breaks silence.

20:33 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Oaktree denies hacker’s claims

Private equity giant joins Gulmar Offshore in torpedoing allegations of fraud and tax evasion as police probe whistleblower.

22:18 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Hoegh LNG eyes expansion ammo

Oslo-quoted owner tests market appetite for gas stocks with $200m fundraiser aimed at growing FSRU arsenal.

18:28 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Lodestar losers pay the price of failure

Team behind attempt to take British Marine’s P&I business by stealth suffer another comprehensive defeat.

17:14 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Germans sue Francesco Schettino

Nineteen passengers file claim against captain of Costa Concordia, claiming negligence.

16:01 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Dutch courage boosts Siestas

Insolvent German yard’s hopes of survival lifted by Van Oord renegotiating wind power order.

17:12 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Seadrill CFO heads for the door

John Fredriksen-controlled drilling giant shuffles management structure as Esa Ikaheimonen departs.

21:15 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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RCCL crunches Concordia numbers

Richard Fain-led Royal Caribbean will miss first quarter and 2012 estimates following Carnival’s Italian casualty.

15:13 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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BP Alaska suezmax punctured

Alaskan Navigator heads to repair yard after small hole found in hull off Oregon.

15:11 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Moody’s drops rating on Japanese duo

Credit rating agency cuts its view on MOL and NYK against backdrop of tough markets.

12:45 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Hyundai Heavy hammered in Q4

World’s largest shipbuilder sees its bottom line tumble by more than 90% as cheaper ships are built.

12:10 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Tidewater trumps the street

US offshore giant defies analysts’ expectations to hold steady course in the final quarter.

15:26 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Statoil gives Bergen Group subsea work

Oslo-listed shipbuilder and offshore firm wins subsea construction job from Norwegian oil and gas giant.

13:23 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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Crew cut battered Tycoon’s ropes

Remaining mooring lines severed before Taiwanese bulker smashed into cliff at Christmas Island.

11:09 GMT, 02 Feb 2012
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