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| Astra Books Korean Gasoline With Option for Delivery to Chile | |  | | Astra Oil Trading NV chartered a medium-range tanker to carry gasoline from South Korea that may land in Chile, which has been importing additional fuel since an earthquake last month.
The Dutch trader fixed the Nord Swan to load 30,000 metric tons of
unleaded gasoline on March 28, based on a fixture report from Millennium
Chartering Pte. |
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| Kaptanoglu Shipping gets 2nd Aframax oil tanker from Hanjin Heavy | |  | | Turkey based Kaptanoglu Shipping Group received the second Aframax oil tanker that Hanjin Heavy Industries Corporation Philippines Inc has built in this free port. Kaptanoglu officials,
led by company president Mr Engin Kaptanoglu named the 114,000 DWT crude
oil tankers M/T Eser K after the shipping tycoon’s youngest daughter
Eser. |
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| APL takes $300m loan | |  | | APL is taking a $300m term loan from a syndicate of banks led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. The $300m term loan is guaranteed by APL’s parent NOL and will be used for “general corporate funding purposes”.
NOL said the loan was not expected to have any impact on net asset
value. |
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| Somali Pirates Release Tanker | |  | | Somali pirates released a chemical tanker and its North Korean crew on Tuesday, after holding the vessel for four months.
A maritime official says the 23,000 deadweight ton "Theresa VIII" was
seized on November 16 last year in the south Somali Basin, with 28 crew
members on board. |
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| Idle fleet continues to slide | |  | | The number of idle containerships continued its slide over the last two weeks with 474 units for 1,22 Mteu recorded to be idle on 15 March, based on Alphaliner’s fortnightly survey.
This is the lowest level recorded since February 2009 and it compares to
495 ships for 1. |
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| Venezuela to export 80,000 barrels of crude per day to Belarus | |  | | Belarus will be able to buy up to 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez told a news conference after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart. |
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| Fisherman\'s Landing Gladstone LNG Project Update | | | Ship Equip continue strong growth in 2009 | |  | | In the financially turbulent climate of 2009 Ship Equip Group continued to perform well and had a turnover of 268,9 MNOK( 45 M USD) versus 207,9 MNOK (35 M USD) in 2008. This represents a growth of 29,3% in turnover from 2008 to 2009. |
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| New containerline linking Southeast Asia and Australasia | |  | | A Malaysian backed shipping line is set to link distant parts of Southeast Asia with Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific and Australasia. |
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| Havila Shipping ASA - Charter agreements | |  | | Statoil has declared the first of three one year options for the each of AHTS vessels Havila Mars and Havila Mercury. The firm period for Havila Mars is extended until June 2011 and for Havila Mercury until November 2011. |
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