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Bunker barge bottlenecks cause VLSFO to rocket in price at ports

'Dynamic and intelligent' David Loosley a good fit for Bimco

Cerberus Capital Management gears up to offload $1bn of German shipping loans

Dynacom Tankers in advanced talks for $470m tanker splash at New Times Shipbuilding

Iran money troubles put Eastmed bulkers at anchor

Heidmar's Sigma Aframax Pool deal spooks shipowners

First VLCC demo deal for 2020 concluded as Bahri and Bihar scrap older tankers

Nissen Kaiun order at Hyundai Heavy takes VLGC newbuilding tally to six

Dry bulk shipping could benefit as Europe turns away from coal

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New Fortress Energy linked to order for small LNG carriers

Qatar in talks with shipyards for 80 LNG carrier newbuild haul

ExxonMobil reserves up to 14 LNG carrier berths at Samsung Heavy

Galp Energia issues tender for single LNG carrier in 2022

Medmar-linked bulkers arrested in India for unpaid bunkers

T&T Salvage secures Golden Ray wreck removal business

Chinese fund manager wins failed Dongguan Fenghai Shipping fleet

Mauro Balzarini bounces back with plans for LNG-powered livestock carriers

Insight & Opinion

Former naysayer Euronav moves to give scrubbers a second chance?

Fintech disrupters will fill ship finance gap — you can bank on it

US set to enforce IMO 2020 using global 'magic pipe' model

So far so good for major ship operators, but IMO 2020 switchover is just the start

VLCC scrubber payback time cut to five months as rates boom

CMA CGM must tackle its $20bn debt and liquidity, analysts say

Tanker and dry owners to take differing tacks over buy-backs

Tersan Shipyard goes in for the krill with high-tech hull

Nicolas Saverys says rejig will relaunch Exmar after challenging years

Lenders seek to sharpen teeth of green demolition sale contracts

Regional Container Lines sends two boxships to the breakers

Analysis

Scrubber users 'gloating' now, but not if high-sulphur fuel supplies dry up

Torm CFO: Markets were right to secure $496m refinancing

Evangelos Pistiolis back at Hyundai Heavy with order for scrubber-fitted tankers

Vincent Shipping sells bulker that becomes largest in King Ship fleet

Unisea Shipping sells newly built aframax in likely asset play

Champion Tankers emerges as buyer of arrested Alpha tanker

SK Shipping and Hyundai Glovis emerge behind $282m HHI order

Golden Union sells oldest cape in reviving demolition market

Bouchard Transportation hit by feds for retaliating against whistleblower

Psara Energy's appeal thrown out, but arbitration continues

SFL Corp poised to pay off maturing debt after $67.5m bond sale

Britannia P&I expands in US as UK P&I Club recruits in Greece

Christian Berg to oversee new regime at reborn Wilson Offshore

Exmar makes sweeping changes to company structure, C-suite