by end 2017:
            
            Bahri aims to register all its fleet of 39 VLCCs with the Saudi national flag by year-end as its latest large tanker joins the registry.
                            News ID: 75854                       Publish Date                    : 2017/08/24
                            
                            
            
            As tanker and bulker newbuilding vessel orders begin to rise, there has still been an overall drop in newbuilding orders in first-half 2017 across shipping segments compared to the same period last year. This as it maybe, Greek  shipowner s have doubled their contracting in the first half, according to data from VesselsValue.
                            News ID: 75434                       Publish Date                    : 2017/08/06
                            
                            
            
            Greek ship owner and operator Euroseas Ltd. has signed a memorandum of agreement to purchase the EM Astoria, a 2004-built feeder-size containership.
                            News ID: 74267                       Publish Date                    : 2017/05/31
                            
                            
            
            "K" Line (India) Shipping Private Ltd (KLISP), affiliated company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., joined Indian National Shipowner's Association(INSA) at the end of January 2017.
                            News ID: 72645                       Publish Date                    : 2017/02/27
                            
                            
            
            "K" Line (India) Shipping Private Ltd (KLISP), affiliated company of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., joined Indian National Shipowner's Association(INSA) at the end of January 2017.
                            News ID: 72645                       Publish Date                    : 2017/02/27
                            
                            
            
            Dry bulk  shipowner  Taiwan Navigation is looking to expand its fleet by taking delivery of four new ships this year and another four next year, according to chairman Liu Qingjin.
                            News ID: 70164                       Publish Date                    : 2016/11/15
                            
                            
            
            Dry bulk  shipowner  Taiwan Navigation is looking to expand its fleet by taking delivery of four new ships this year and another four next year, according to chairman Liu Qingjin.
                            News ID: 70164                       Publish Date                    : 2016/11/15
                            
                            
            
            China’s Cosco Qidong Offshore and  shipowner  Axis Offshore have mutally agreed to re-extend the delivery date of a semi-submersible accommodation rig.
                            News ID: 69294                       Publish Date                    : 2016/10/03
                            
                            Infographic:
            
            The infographic below, released by VesselsValue, shows the change in ship ordering, selling and scrapping activities in the first half of this year, when compared to the same period in 2015.
                            News ID: 68109                       Publish Date                    : 2016/08/10