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George scores with Petrobras

Andy Pierce — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:02 GMT

Greek magnate George Economou expands his offshore empire after winning a slice of enlarged project with Brazilian powerhouse.

Harvey doubles Trinity order

Dale Wainwright — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:24 GMT

US offshore vessel operator books another pair of LNG powered PSVs at Mississippi shipbuilder.

Chandris torches tanker

Trond Lillestolen — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:54:22 GMT

Diversified Greek shipowner poised to make $8m as 1995-built vessel sails to beaches of Alang.

SHIP sheds African Zebra

Aaron Kelley — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:04 GMT

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

Maersk cuts ship spending

Andy Pierce — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:48:11 GMT

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

SCF plots seismic orders

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:12 GMT

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

MOL tests the waters

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:50:50 GMT

Japanese giant invites inspections for 2007-built LR1 Delight Victoria in Singapore.

CSIC earings soar

Gary Dixon — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:14:55 GMT

Chinese shipyard group boosted by share sales as 2011 profit jumps 190%.

TK nears ‘transformative’ deal

Aaron Kelley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:03 GMT

Teekay Corp may be lining up the sale of more than ten tankers to New York-listed spinoff, analyst says.

Knightsbridge not buying

Andy Pierce — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:23:10 GMT

John Fredriksen-backed owner is staying out of the sale and purchase game while prices continue to fall.

Volstad back at Bergen again

Andy Pierce — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13:38 GMT

Norwegian owner returns to its favourite shipyard with $140m newbuilding order.

Vigor to buy Alaskan yard

Gary Dixon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:17:28 GMT

US shipbuilder follows up Todd takeover with deal for ASD in Ketchikan.

WWS returns to Damen

Jason O'Connell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:17:56 GMT

World Wide Supply goes back to Dutch shipbuilder for another pair of PSVs after less than two months.

Drydocks eyes yard sale

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:06:39 GMT

Banks say Dubai group plotting disposal of south-east Asian shipyards to reduce debt burden.

Veteran handymaxes sold

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:05:23 GMT

Two mid-1980s bulkers offloaded for further trading at less than $5m each.

Samudera builds war chest

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:48:03 GMT

Jakarta owner lines up $90m to expand fleet as it predicts cargo growth this year.

Chinese deliveries increase

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:27:05 GMT

Shipyards handed over 8.5% more vessels in 2011 despite slowdown; ship imports also grew.

Korea's yard finance boost

Gary Dixon — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:14:07 GMT

Country's Export-Import Bank has $13bn available for owners to kickstart shipbuilding market in 2012 - and avoid delivery delays.

Austal seals ferry order

Dale Wainwright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:59:43 GMT

Australian fast ferry specialist secures newbuilding deal from repeat customer SNC Aremiti Ferry.

Demolition set for record year

Dale Wainwright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:15:40 GMT

It may be early days, but figures from Clarksons point to a possible bumper year for scrapping.