Readers’ Picks of the Week (6-10 of Apr)

Qatar Navigation (Milaha) Q.S.C, a shareholding company with core interests in maritime transport and logistics, ended the 2014 fiscal year on a very profitable note… Read more

Cruise ship MV Azores with nearly 500 British passengers aboard was stranded overnight in Lisbon having been prevented by the harbor master to leave due to allegedly unpaid debts…. Read more

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) will build the world’s largest containerships yet having received an order for the construction of 21,100 TEU units…. Read more

China Cosco Holdings Co. is gearing up to order at least ten 19,000 TEU containerships, an investment worth around USD 1.4 billion, the Wall Street Journal writes citing sources with direct … Read more

Sixteen sailors have been left to their own devices for months after their vessel MT Surya Kuber got seized in Bahrain due to unpaid debts…. Read more