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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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Gupco Hires VOS Apollo AHTS for Ops in Egypt

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Offshore Services has announced that its VOS Apollo vessel will start a two-year charter with Gupco this week. Gupco (Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company) is a 50% BP joint venture with Egypt’s national petroleum company. VOS Apollo, currently in Port Suez awaiting the start of this charter, is an anchor-handling tug-supply vessel built for […]

  • Lamprell Handed £2.4 Million Fine by FSA (UK)

    18 March 2013

    Lamprell , a provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, confirms that it has concluded a settlement with the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) in relation to the FSA’s investigation into the Company’s handling of inside information. As a result, the FSA has found that Lamprell […]

  • Eirik Raude Rig Hired for Drilling in West Africa

    5 February 2013

    Ocean Rig, an international offshore drilling contractor, has entered into definitive documentation for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs, the Eirik Raude, with a major oil company. The drilling contractor did not reveal the name of the client. The drilling contract is for a firm four-well program plus options, with an estimated duration of about […]

  • Ocean Installer hires Grand Canyon for UK ops

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Ocean Installer has signed a short term charter for the OCV/ROV Grand Canyon in order to meet project requirements. Due to an increasing order book Ocean Installer is experiencing high utilisation of its current fleet and recognises the need for increased vessel capacity in the UK. “We have seen the need for additional vessels and […]

  • Seanergy Inks Deals to Install Scrubbers on Five Bulkers

    1 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    Seanergy Maritime signed contracts with dry-bulk charterers to install scrubbers on half of its Capesize fleet.

  • All Five Second-Hand MRs Transferred to Bahri

    27 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The National Chemical Carriers (NCC), a subsidiary of the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), has taken delivery of STI Powai, the fifth of five Medium Range tankers bought in February this year.  The vessel was delivered on May 26 and the ownership was transferred to NCC. The tanker was subsequently named to NCC Bader. Bahri says the […]

  • China: CSCL to Build Five Triple-E Containerships

    30 April 2013

    After triple-E container vessels orders made by A.P. Moller-Maesk A/S, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) announced the plan to order up to five vessels of the same type and become the second operator to add the new huge fuel-efficient vessels to its fleet. As it was announced on Shanghai stock exchange on Saturday, CSCL said […]

  • New US Shipping Firm to Launch First Services

    17 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Coastal Shipping (ACS), a newly-formed shipping company based in Miami, Florida, plans to start trading soon with a domestic RoRo/container vessel. As informed, the vessel is planned to be deployed on a weekly cabotage route along the US Atlantic East Coast corridor between the Port of Miami and Port Newark. Additionally, the company intends […]

  • CalMac Sees over Five Million Passengers in 2016

    15 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has reported that its annual passenger carrying figures exceeded five million for first time in 20 years. During 2016, the company handled a total of 5,055,827 passengers and 1,356,396 cars, which increased by 9.2 percent and 15.9 percent year-on-year, respectively. “Many routes saw very significant rises in both passenger and car […]

  • MPA Singapore Suspends Licences of Five Bunker Tankers

    15 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has temporarily suspended the harbour craft licences of five bunker tankers due to irregularities with the vessels’ piping fixtures, an MPA spokesperson said. Investigations are currently being carried out, however, during the suspension these bunker tankers will not be allowed to conduct any bunker deliveries, ship-to-ship operations or leave the port […]

  • German Shipping Firm Sells Four Post Panamaxes

    11 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    German shipping company NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft has sold four of its Post Panamax dry bulk carriers to an undisclosed European buyer, according to data provided by VesselsValue. The vessels in question are the 92,500 dwt Tana Sea and Tonda Sea, and the 93,000 dwt Tango Sea and Tonic Sea. The bulkers were sold for a price of […]

  • Dutch Firms to Visit Iran, Explore Economic Opportunities

    21 October 2016

    Port development and maritime technology will be in focus of the visit of the Netherlands’ Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus and a delegation of Dutch companies to Iran from October 23 to 28, 2016. During the visit, the trade delegation will meet with Iranian ministries in Tehran, and Dutch companies […]

  • Euronav, International Seaways in Five-Year FSO Contracts

    17 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Antwerp-based tanker owner and operator Euronav has, through a joint venture with International Seaways, signed a contract for five years for the FSO Africa and FSO Asia in direct continuation of the current contractual service. The contract was signed with North Oil Company (NOC), the future operator of the Al-Shaheen oil field, whose shareholders are […]

  • BP Fails to Reduce Maximum Deepwater Horizon Fine

    20 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The New Orleans District Judge Carl Barbier has ruled against BP’s appeal to lower the USD 13.7 billion maximum civil fine the company might pay for its involvement in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Reuters. Back in September, Judge Barbieri found BP guilty of gross negligence and willful […]

  • Coal & Oil enters into shipping contract with Korean firm

    4 May 2010

    The $600 mn Coal and Oil has entered into a long-term shipping agreement with $5 billion Korean company STX Pan Ocean to carry coal for Coastal Energen. The ten-year-contract will commence from 2012 and STX Pan Ocean is in the process of placing new building ship orders for three to four geared ‘kamsarmax’ bulkers (82000 […]