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VIDEO: Costa Luminosa Calls at Rostock Warnemuende
As we tend to keep track of big cruise ships and their port calls, the latest video brings you a timeline of Costa Luminosa’s maiden call at port Rostock Warnemuende on May 13th. The ship made a stop at Warnemünde, a seaside resort and a district of the city of Rostock in Mecklenburg, Germany, while
Viking Cruises Christens Its First Ocean Going Ship
River cruise company Viking Cruises has christened its first ocean going cruise ship, the 930-guest Viking Star in Bergen, Norway. “This month heralds a new chapter for Viking and for ocean cruising as we expand our fleet from the world’s rivers to the world’s seas,” Viking Cruises said in a stateme
Drewry: Transatlantic Trade Buoyant on Westbound Growth
For years the sleeping dog of container trades, the Transatlantic is now waking up as strong westbound traffic is attracting new services, the UK-based shipping consultant Drewry reports. The Transatlantic westbound trade continued to motor along in the first quarter with volumes rising by 8.4% agai
DCT Gdansk Starts Work on Second Berth
Construction of the second berth at the Polish Port of Gdansk’s Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) was officially kicked off on Friday, May 15. The new terminal berth will be ready for operations in the third quarter of 2016. It will be equipped with 5 STS cranes, delivered by Liebherr Container Cra
Dynagas Eyes Five More LNG Tankers
Dynagas LNG Partners is looking into the opportunity of acquiring five LNG carriers currently owned by the company’s sponsor, Dynagas Holding Ltd. Namely, the tanker owner, which has increased the size of its fleet by approximately 69% on a cubic meter capacity basis in 2014, said it was continuing
Greece Opens Bidding for Majority Stake in Piraeus Port
The government of Greece has invited China’s Cosco Group, Maersk Group’s APM Terminals, and Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) to present their bids for a 51% stake in the Piraeus port, Reuters reports. The companies are to present their bids by September, with an op
Image of the Day: Dockwise Vanguard Off to Indonesia
The world’s largest semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Dockwise Vanguard has embarked on a journey to Indonesia from Rotterdam this morning carrying a special cargo. Namely, the ship-shaped Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Armada Intrepid has been loaded onto the semi-submersi
MyFerryLink Stays in Business
The English Channel ferry operator MyFerryLink is set to resume its operations on the Dover-Calais route past July 9, after the UK Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to ban the company’s owners and operators Eurotunnel and SCOP from operating fe
Moody’s Upgrades CMA CGM
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded to B1 from B2 the corporate family rating (CFR) of French container shipping company CMA CGM. At the same time, Moody’s has upgraded to B1-PD from B2-PD its probability of default rating (PDR) and to B3 from Caa1 its senior unsecured rating. The outlook on all
Maritime Unions Call on UK to Seize Opportunity for Growth
The new government in the UK needs to recognize the importance of the maritime industry and step up its support to the sector, maritime professionals’ union Nautilus said. The call for grater support comes in the wake of a new research that shows that maritime sector is worth almost £10bn a year to
Port of Hull’s 40-Year Old Gates Revamped
The Port of Hull’s set of gates at King George Dock have been replaced with a £3 million (USD 4.3 million) investment by Associated British Ports (ABP). The project follows a £5 million project to replace the inner and outer gates at Grimsby’s Royal Dock. The new inner gates, which each measure over
Bremerhaven Crane Operator Dies in Boom Collapse
A 52-year-old crane operator died last night at the German port of Bremerhaven when a boom of the crane he was operating collapsed and crashed onto a container ship being handled 50 meters below, the local police said. The unfortunate operator was loading and unloading the 6,674 TEU Maersk Karachi w
Gallery: Mein Schiff 4 Makes Maiden Call at Port of Kiel
Only six days after her delivery from the Meyer Turku shipyard, the youngest vessel in the TUI Cruises’ fleet, Mein Schiff 4, arrived at the Port of Kiel on May 14th, marking her first passenger port call. In the early morning of May 14th, the Port of Kiel’s workers had a chance to watch the [&helli
Why Containers Get Lost at Sea?
Containerization has reformed the ocean transportation of cargo becoming the standard method of moving goods across the globe today. Although the containers have simplified the shipping of large quantities of goods all round the world, there have been a number of incidents, which involved the loss o