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The recent Alphaliner newsletter reports that carriers continue to apply extra slow steaming to their long haul loops as the FO prices stay above the $400 mark. Five more services are in…

SinoPacific Shipbuilding, China, is to build six gas carriers for Jaccar Holdings. The six vessels will be built at the shipbuilder's yard in Dajiang and will be delivered between December 2011 and…

US-based cruise and d hotel operator Utopia Ocean Residences has signed a letter of intent with Samsung Heavy Industries for a 105,000 gt residential condominium cruiseship for delivery in 2013.The total value…

Governments must resist giving state aid to shipping lines as this will never benefit shippers or global trade, says Andrew Trail, Managing Partner of www.shippersvoice.comShipping lines made bad decisions before and should…

Poland said it had again failed to sell off two struggling shipyards, after receiving tenders for only a slice of what was on offer, three months after a deal with Qatari investors…

Despite the continuing global shipping recession, the Bahrain-based shiprepairer ASRY is pushing ahead with its $188m facilities expansion programme at pace, and has even added an extra 180m repair quay to its…

How can shipyards and suppliers address the challenges arising from the new International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships ("Hong Kong Convention") after its development has been finalized…