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  • Seaman Guard Ohio Crew Sentenced to Five Years

    11 January 2016

    An Indian court has sentenced members of US security company AdvanFort to five years of prison for carrying weapons aboard an anti-piracy ship in 2013. The 35 sailors, including British, Estonian and Ukrainian nationals, of Seaman Guard Ohio were intercepted by Indian Coast Guard off the coast of Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu in October 2013. The group was arrested […]

  • Yang Ming Adds Five More Boxships to the Tally

    11 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese container shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport has returned to Japanese builder Imabari Shipbuilding with an order for five more 14,000 TEU containerships. The five newbuilds are slated for delivery in 2018 and 2019 and will be chartered out to Japanese liner company Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. The order is priced at USD 625 million, with Yang […]

  • Mercator Lines Inks Deals to Sell Five Bulkers

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    Singapore-incorporated Mercator Lines has entered into Memoranda of Agreements to sell five bulk carriers, the company’s judicial manager said. The vessels in question are M.V. Sri Prem Veena, M.V. Garima Prem, M.V. Garv Prem, M.V. Gaurav Prem and M.V. Aarti Prem which are secured to the syndicate lenders. Mercator said that the vessels are sold on […]

  • Euroseas Takes Newbuild Bulker, Hires Out Containership

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Euroseas Ltd, a Greece-based shipping company, took delivery of its newbuilding Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier Xenia and entered into a two-year time charter for its container carrier Evridiki G. The M/V Xenia was delivered from the China-based Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. on February 26. Xenia is an “eco” design Kamsarmax fuel efficient bulker with a carrying […]

  • BC Ferries Looking for Builders of Five New Ferries

    27 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    BC Ferries has issued Requests for Expressions of Interest for the procurement of five new ships.

  • Fjord1 Orders Five New Ferries from Havyard

    9 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian transportation company Fjord1 has placed an order for construction of five new ferries at Havyard Ship Technology’s shipyard in Leirvik i Sogn. The ferries, featuring design from Havyard Design & Solutions,  shall be delivered in 2018 and 2019, and the total contract value is in excess of NOK 1 billion (USD 117 million).  “With […]

  • Spanish Maritime Services Firm Joins DP World

    9 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dubai-based terminal operator DP World has, through its subsidiary P&O Maritime, acquired the Spanish maritime services company Remolques y Servicios Maritimos (Reyser). Reyser has long-term agreements in 10 ports in Spain and contracts with 2 international liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals at Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada and Point Fortin in Trinidad and Tobago. […]

  • EXMAR Ship Management Hires ISS for Maritime Services

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and logistics service provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has entered into a new global contract with marine infrastructure specialist EXMAR Ship Management (ESM). The new deal would see ISS provide husbandry services for all EXMAR Ship Management port calls across the globe including crew handling, transportation, CTM, spare parts and launch hire. In 2016, […]

  • MSC Hires MacGregor to Upgrade 31 of Its Ships

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has hired MacGregor, part of Cargotec, to optimise the container carrying capabilities of the company’s 31 vessels from six different ship series. Upgrade work on the vessels will be carried out under a MacGregor Cargo Boost service, part of its PlusPartner concept, which is designed to improve the earning potential of […]

  • Novatek, Japanese Firms to Work on Kamchatka LNG Complex

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Russia’s Novatek has partnered up with Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Marubeni Corporation on developing an LNG complex in the Kamchatka Region. The parties signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding that defines their intentions and includes a specific action plan. Under the plan, the companies will explore the opportunities to establish a liquefied […]

  • Japanese Firms Join Forces on LNG-Fueled Ferry

    6 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Japan-based K Line Kinkai and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) have decided to team up in a joint study related to a newbuilding passenger ferry being fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The work would focus on specifications, engine types and related technical verifications for LNG handling aboard the vessel, according to the companies. K […]

  • Chinese Firms Partner Up to Develop LNG Carriers

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Jiangxi Jiangzhou United Shipbuilding Company Limited (JJUSCL), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group (COSIG), has entered into a strategic cooperation with Jianglian Heavy Industries Company to develop LNG carriers in China’s Jiangxi province. The parties have agreed to to jointly develop LNG carriers, LNG fueling stations, carriers adapted for ship-to-ship LNG […]

  • USA: Jordan Cove Files for LNG Export Permit

    30 September 2011

    Jordan Cove Energy Project last week told the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is seeking to export domestic liquefied… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, September 30, 2011

  • BMT Consultants India Celebrates Five Years in Business

    15 August 2011

    BMT Consultants India, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, is celebrating five years in business. To date, 145 ports and logistic projects at 35 coastal locations across India worth an aggregate value of Rs 72,000 Crore, approximately US$16 billion, have benefited from the consultancy’s specialist […]

  • SwissMarine Hires Newcastlemax Duo from Diana Shipping

    26 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Diana Shipping signed time charter contracts with SwissMarine Services for two of its Newcastlemax bulkers.

  • MV Werften to Expand Design Capacities with Rostock Firm

    17 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    MV Werften is expanding its design capacities with the acquisition of the Rostock-based Neptun Ship Design.

  • Maersk Only to Hire Ships with ITF Agreements for Crews

    12 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Danish shipping giant Maersk has agreed to ensure that any vessel it charters has an International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) or similar agreement – which puts in place protections for crews on flag of convenience ships – covering it, according to the ITF. The company announced the decision at a meeting of the ITF Maersk network, made […]

  • China Shipping Bulk Carrier Hires Nine Bulkers

    4 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    China Shipping Bulk Carrier has entered into two charter agreements with sister companies China Shipping Haisheng and China Shipping Industry, the parent company China Shipping Development revealed in a stock exchange filing. The charter deal with Haisheng Shipping relates to six 57,000 dwt bulkers for a period of eight months. China Shipping Industry has agreed to […]

  • Five Costa Cruises’ Guests Killed in Tunis Attack

    22 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Costa Cruises confirmed that five guests, 4 Italians and 1 Russian, of the Costa Fascinosa are among the victims of the horrific attack that took place on March 18th at Museo Bardo in Tunis. In addition, the cruise liner company said that 8 guests, 7 Italians and 1 Russian, are injured and currently hospitalized. With the twelve […]

  • UK: Elf Exploration Hires Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig

    7 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Elf Exploration UK Ltd for the provision of the Safe Bristolia accommodation support rig at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 173 days with on-site operations planned to commence 1st May 2013. Total value of the […]

  • France: Scorpio Tankers Hires Two Product Tankers

    30 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Scorpio Tankers Inc.  announced Thursday that it has agreed to time charter-in two product tankers. The terms of the contracts are summarized as follows: A 2003 built LR1 product tanker will be time chartered-in for two years at $11,250 per day with a 50% profit sharing provision whereby the company splits any of the vessel’s […]

  • Esnaad orders five new vessels worth $60m

    21 September 2006

    Abu Dhabi: Adnoc subsidiary Esnaad, a marine and supply base services company, has ordered five new vessels from Singapore at a cost of $60 million as part of its fleet replacement, a top company official revealed. Darwish A. Al Qubaisi, General Manager, said that the fleet replacement process is ongoing to meet the expansion needs […]

  • Vietnam yard and Korean firm produce steel for shipbuilding

    20 December 2006

    State-run shipbuilder Vinashin has joined forces with Republic of Korea’s Songsan Company to form a joint venture to produce steel structures for shipbuilding. The Songsan-Vinashin JV will invest US$35 million to build a factory in the northern Hai Duong Province.

  • Korean Shipbuilders Sweep Global Top Five Rankings

    18 December 2006

    Korean shipbuilders hold the world’s top five spots in order backlog. London-based shipbroker Clarkson said the world’s biggest shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries retained the top spot last month, with an order backlog of 13.47 million compensated gross tons.

  • Sumatec orders 2 tankers from Chinese firms

    20 October 2006

    SUMATEC Resources Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Semua Shipping Sdn Bhd, has entered into two shipbuilding contracts with Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard Co Ltd and Jiangsu Guotai International Group Co Ltd for the construction of two 8,000-tonne product oil tankers for RM43.9 million cash each. The purchase will be funded by internally generated fund and bank […]