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Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) will operate two 210,000-dwt ore carriers for Vale under a 25-year contract, introducing tri-fuel propulsion to the long-haul iron ore trade. MOL Ocean Bulk, the group’s Singapore-based capesize bulker operator, signed the agreement with Vale International for vessels…
Anthony Inglessis-led Carlova Maritime has ordered two 114,000 dwt aframax tankers at Imabari Shipbuilding, marking the Greek owner’s first newbuilding contracts in Japan since emerging from the break-up of Samos Steamship. Carlova’s newly updated fleet list shows the ships scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter…
Ocean Network Express is consolidating its Asian regional management in Singapore, folding its Hong Kong-based East Asia headquarters into a new Asia Pacific operation from April 1, 2027. The Japanese containerline said the new Asia Pacific regional headquarters will combine its current East Asia operation in Hong…
Like climbers entering the death zone above 8,000 metres en route to the summit of Everest, VLCCs have entered their own peak: the moment where prices for secondhand tonnage surpass newbuild prices, and sell signs flash hard. These moments tend to be fleeting and have historically been associated with the hottest…
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company has suffered its second VLCC strike in four days, while a separate projectile attack at Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port briefly disrupted loading operations, piling fresh security pressure on two of the Middle East’s key oil export routes. Maritime security firm Vanguard Tech identified the latest…
For an industry that has spent much of the 2020s making extraordinary money from things going wrong, this week brought an unfamiliar threat: things starting to go right. Some of shipping’s most important pressure points showed signs of easing. At the Panama Canal, for instance, improving rainfall allowed the…
Dry bulk shipping has entered the final quarter of 2026 in considerably better shape than most owners expected, with industry leaders at last week’s Splash Singapore conference arguing that increasingly fragmented trade could keep vessel demand elevated even without spectacular growth in cargo volumes. G2 Ocean chief…
ConocoPhillips is considering selling its Norwegian operations and the Teesside terminal in the UK after receiving an unsolicited offer for the linked North Sea assets. The US producer has informed employees, partners, and regulators that it is reviewing the approach. It has not identified the prospective buyer or…
A tanker has been struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a string of attacks that have emerged over the past several days…
The Trump administration expanded its economic campaign against Iran on Thursday, targeting the country’s rail system, major industrial companies and a Russia-linked shadow banking network that U.S. officials say has…
Strait of Hormuz transit data for the month of September reveals how the oil and container markets are tactically adjusting to the U.S./Israel war on Iran.
October will see almost all global ocean carriers make a tentative return to Suez transits on Asia-Europe sailings, after revised pro forma shipping schedules show the Premier Alliance is set to send one of its vessels on the route through the Red Sea and Egyptian waterway.
A nuclear-powered LNG carrier could cost roughly 2.5 times as much to build as a conventional vessel, but lower fuel costs could significantly change the economics over the ship’s operating…
Alternative-fuel ship orders rebounded sharply in the third quarter, with September delivering the strongest monthly total in nearly two years as LNG remained the dominant choice for new vessels. Shipowners…
Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Maritime Development has built up a sizeable LR2 programme at China’s Jiangsu Haifeng Shipbuilding as the Ren Yuanlin-led group continues one of this year’s most aggressive tanker investment drives. Shipbuilding database information seen by Splash shows Yangzijiang Maritime behind six firm…
Thai dry bulk owner Precious Shipping has fixed its recently delivered ultramax Rossarin Naree to Asyad Shipping for up to 14 months in the latest index-linked deal for its larger bulker fleet. The Khalid Hashim-led company said the 63,500 dwt ship started a 12-to-14-month charter with Asyad on October 1 at a gross…
Danish product tanker giant Torm has been linked to another fleet disposal, with brokers reporting the sale of one of its oldest MRs to China’s Seacon Shipping group for $22.5m. Splash understands the 2008-built Torm Laura has been picked up by Seacon Tankers Shipping. The 50,000 dwt scrubber-fitted vessel was built…
Rio Tinto’s owned-vessel sell-down appears to be extending beyond the newcastlemax fleet it cleared out this year, with a pair of 2013-built post-panamax bulkers reported sold en bloc for $42.8m. Broker reports list the 89,892 dwt RTM Dias and RTM Flinders, both built by Namura in Japan, at $21.4m each. The ships are…
