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Eitzen Chemical still losing cash Eitzen Chemical reports a net loss of $154.0m for 2011, worse than the $113.8m recorded a year earlier. |
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Scanjet acquires Ariston Scanjet has acquired Ariston, manufacturer of cargo and ballast control systems, which has now been renamed Scanjet Ariston. |
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Lessor wants BLT ships back FSL Trust has confirmed that subsidiaries of Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) have defaulted on lease agreements covering three chemical tankers. |
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Kirby reports banner year Kirby Corporation, the largest tank barge operator in the US, reports marine transport revenues for the 2011 fourth quarter of $335.1m, a 44% increase compared fourth quarter 2011. |
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Odfjell enjoys spot market improvement Odfjell SE reports “encouraging developments” in the chemical tanker spot market in the latter part of 2011 in its latest financial results. |
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Intercargo strengthens nickel ore warning Intercargo has issued formal guidance on the safe loading and carriage of nickel ore in bulk carriers. |
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New structure for Lehnkering Imperial Logistics International has announced how its newly acquired Lehnkering operations will fit into its overall structure. |
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Stealthgas builds and charters The Vafias group of companies last month named the last two newbuildings in a series of 10 gas carriers ordered from the Kanrei shipyard in Japan. |
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More oil, less spilt SPILLS ITOPF’s annual tanker spill survey reveals that operators are doing a much better job of keeping oil in the cargo tanks, with only one significant spill during 2011 |
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Colder than cold LNG SHIPPING Reboring the LNG supply chain is going to be a long job. One option being looked at is using LPG tanker designs to move small parcels of LNG over short distances. Germanischer Lloyd has been looking at the practicalities |
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A fleet for energy PROFILE Harsh shipping markets may have pushed MISC Berhad out of the liner trades but it remains a global player in the LNG and chemicals shipping segments. |
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Demand holds the aces MARKETS The VLGC sector seems to be enjoying the forecast upturn but demand for product tankers has been hit by a shift in trade patterns and disappointing consumption figures |
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Many happy returns RESULTS A clutch of recent financial reports casts some light onto shipping finance, at a time when market behaviour and fleet replacement programmes seem to tell a very different story, as Julian Macqueen reports |
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China opens up CONFERENCE China offers the biggest motor for growth in the global petrochemical industry but also major logistics challenges. A new event in Shanghai aims to help |
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A change is gonna come LNG The advent of LNG as ship fuel is upon us, but the first LNG-fuelled bunker barge launched at Rotterdam is proof that it is hard to convince European legislators and oil companies that LNG is safe enough |
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