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Mercator mum

Indian owner confirms bulker and tanker purchases but keeps lips sealed on ship names.
16:11 GMT, 12 March 2010
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Bidding begins

Transpetro launches into the ethanol trade by inviting shipyards to compete for a 100 vessel order.

17:46 GMT, 11 Mar 2010
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Going low

Evangelos Marinakis’ new tanker IPO venture Crude Carriers prices at bottom of range, targeting $256.5m to buy three ships.

08:49 GMT, 12 Mar 2010
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Ow buys Boheme

Singapore Shipping back in buying mode with acquisition of Wallenius pure car truck carrier.

06:38 GMT, 11 Mar 2010
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Spar goes supra

Norwegian owner boosts orderbook with deal for five 58,000-dwt bulkers at Yangzhou Dayang.

17:17 GMT, 11 Mar 2010
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Clarksons up

End of legal spat with Russians and large cost cuts save Andi Case-led broker as sales slump in poor markets.

08:38 GMT, 11 March 2010
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Missing the boat

Window of opportunity for rock-bottom newbuilding orders has already closed, analyst says.

10:06 GMT, 10 March 2010
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MOL bulker sold

Japanese owner Mitsui OSK Lines collects nearly $20m from handysize sale, brokers say.

10:55 GMT, 10 March 2010
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Five sought

Pakistan National Shipping Corp (PNSC) in talks with government over finance for vessel acquisitions.

10:43 GMT, 09 March 2010
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Pac Basin bound

Tonnage-hungry Pacific Basin buys Cido Shipping bulker for $26m, brokers say.

12:50 GMT, 09 March 2010
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PDZ buys boxship

Malaysian intra-Asian feedership operator spends nearly $9m on Yamamaru-owned vessel.

11:08 GMT, 09 March 2010
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Norden eyes buys

Carsten Mortensen-led Dane mulls MR tanker buys as profit slides almost $500m on sales slump.

09:47 GMT, 09 Mar 2010
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Yard drop

Korea's Hyundai Heavy forecasts another drop in newbuilding demand this year.

09:28 GMT, 10 Mar 2010
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Order frenzy

Samsung Heavy announces deals to build nine tankers, an offshore facility and floating LNG platform.

08:31 GMT, 09 Mar 2010
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Cape cheer

Shoei Kisen collects $61m from modern capesize sale, a rise of over one tenth on recent deals.

11:00 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Stena takes four

Ulf Ryder’s Stena Bulk swells Samsung Heavy Industries orderbook to six after exercising suezmax options.

15:51 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Mipo order altered

Mystery European owner switches order for chemical duo into bulker trio at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

11:54 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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KOTC scraps trio

Kuwait Oil Tanker Co single-skin VLCCs head for demolition yard in Bangladesh, say brokers.

03:14 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Buying dry

Bulker sales stay strong amid expectation prices will not be dropping in the near term, broker says.

14:05 GMT, 08 Mar 2010

Demo doom

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Click here

Washington State Ferries puts two more elderly ferries up for sale on eBay in US.

15:28 GMT, 05 March 2010
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Double down

Two gambling ships are seized as hedge fund seeks $74m from insolvent Ocean Casino Cruises.

13:52 GMT, 08 March 2010
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Odfjell confirms

Norwegian owner says tanker Odfjell Fighter heading for Indian breakers at near book value.

11:28 GMT, 08 March 2010
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Pipavav prospects

Indian yard's chairman Nikhil Gandhi says talks are progressing well on big new offshore and defence orders.

11:20 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Fighter scrapped

Norwegian chemical tanker owner Odfjell sends another elderly vessel to the breakers’ beaches, brokers say.

04:01 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Four fall back

Supramax quartet at Cosco Zhoushan set for 2010 delivery are delayed by 18 months.

12:17 GMT, 05 Mar 2010
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Campbell orders

Bahamas-based Campbell Shipping pens up to four bulkers at small Chinese yard.

11:08 GMT, 05 Mar 2010
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Wind double

UK owner Seajacks readies order for two more wind farm installation ships.

11:48 GMT, 05 Mar 2010
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Azeri debut

Caspian Shipping’s new shipyard in Baku wins first business, from friendly neighbour.

09:53 GMT, 08 Mar 2010
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Teekay sells trio

Offshoot Teekay LNG returns to profit and takes suezmax pair and handymax from parent in $160m deal.

14:07 GMT, 04 Mar 2010
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$45m VLCC deal

Mystery owner shells out for trio of Kuwait Oil Tanker Co single-skin vessels.

15:45 GMT, 05 Mar 2010
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Japan jumps

JSEA member yards have seen export newbuilding orders go up 50% year-on-year in tonnage terms.

01:15 GMT, 03 March 2010
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STX's yard splash

Europe’s largest shipbuilder to invest $100m in new Brazilian shipyard alongside partner PJMR.

13:14 GMT, 04 March 2010
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Strike at Hanjin

Workers down tools in protest at Hanjin Heavy’s proposal to axe jobs as newbuilding orders slump.

15:45 GMT, 01 March 2010
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Thor Sea scrapped

Thailand’s Thoresen Thai Agencies has offloaded another of its elderly general cargo vessels.

06:43 GMT, 05 Mar 2010
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Diamond deal

South African mining ship to go under the auctioneer's hammer in Namibia.

10:06 GMT, 04 Mar 2010
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Turkish delight

Tuzla's Istanbul Shipyard bags five-ship order from Romania's border police.

09:29 GMT, 03 Mar 2010
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Talks back on

Greek government negotiating defence order with new owner of Hellenic Shipyards, Abu Dhabi Mar.

08:45 GMT, 03 Mar 2010
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