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Euroseas Warned for Stock Non-Compliance
Nasdaq Stock Market has given notice to owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels Euroseas saying that the company is not in compliance with Nasdaq’s listing requirements. Namely, the closing bid price of the company’s common stock over a period of 30 consecutive business days was
Diana Shipping Charters Out MV Houston
Dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH from Essen, Germany, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Houston. Under the deal, the gross charter rate is USD 12,750 per day minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period
Readers’ Picks of the Week (Dec 29th – Jan 2nd)
Update: Burning Norman Atlantic Evacuated, Death Count Rises Italian and Greek rescue crews on Monday completed the air evacuation of 427 people from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, a roro/passenger ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Sunday. 10 people died …Rea
Update: Burning Norman Atlantic Evacuated, Death Count Rises
Italian and Greek rescue crews on Monday completed the air evacuation of 427 people from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, a roro/passenger ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Sunday. 10 people died in the accident, with the number of missing still to be determine
Concordia Maritime Extends Charters for Tanker Duo
Swedish tanker shipping company Concordia Maritime has renewed its contract with Stena Bulk for a consecutive voyage charter arrangement for the P-MAX tankers Stena Provence and Stena Polaris. The agreement will run until the summer of 2015. The vessels’ LOA is 183 meters, the same as conventional M
Two Dead After Ships Collide in Adriatic
Two men died and four are missing after the Turkish general cargo ship M/V Gokbel collided in poor visibility with the Lady Aziza, the container ship flying under the flag of Belize, one mile from the Italian port of Ravenna, on Sunday, December 28, the Italian authorities reported. M/V Gokbel, carr
Readers’ Picks of the Week (22nd-26th of Dec)
World’s Biggest Containership Drops Anchor in Singapore The world’s biggest containership CSCL Globe paid a maiden call at Pasir Panjang port, Singapore, the Strait Times writes.…Read more Egypt Charges Al-Safat’s Captain, First Officer with Manslaughter Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ord
Russian Cruise Operators Launch St. Petersburg Association
Russia’s cruise operators Arctur Travel, Baltic Travel, Inflot Worldwide, St. Peter Line and Passenger port of St. Petersburg established the Cruise Industry Leaders Association of St. Petersburg to develop cruise tourism in Russia, raise awareness about cruises among citizens of the country and to
Oil Spill Threatens Black Sea Coastline
A leak on Tikhoretsk-Tuapse-2 pipeline caused an oil spill in the Black Sea, close to Russia’s port of Tuapse, covering some 70,000 square meters, according to preliminary estimates, IAA PortNews reports. According to Rescue & Environmental Operations Centre OJSC (ECOSPAS), the photos show that the
Top 5 Interviews of 2014
The end of December and coming holidays are traditionally the time when we look back at the highlights of the ending year. World Maritime News is kicking off the 2014 retrospective with its Top 5 series, the first of which is the list of our 5 most read interviews of the year. All about Piracy Pirac
First Container Ship Calls at Maasvlakte II
The 4,360 TEU capacity Sealand Eagle became the first container vessel to call the new Maasvlakte II expansion of the Port of Rotterdam. The vessel made the short journey from the existing APM Terminals Rotterdam terminal to the deep-water quay at the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II terminal to repo
CMA CGM Doubles Europe-West Africa Services
The third largest container shipping company in the world CMA CGM has introduced two weekly sailings from Europe and the Mediterranean to Africa instead of one on its EURAF 1 and EURAF 2 services. The EURAF 1 service will deploy six 3,500 TEU vessels on the following direct weekly rotation: Dunkirk,
Diana Shipping Charters Out Myrto
NYSE-listed owner and operator of dry bulk carriers Diana Shipping has through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary entered into a time charter contract with Glencore Grain B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels, the M/V Myrto. The gross charter rate is USD 9,850 per day minus a 5%
Marseille Fos Sets Out Ambitious Growth Strategy
The Marseille Fos port authority has set out a vision for growth over the four years to 2018 in a strategic plan that puts developments costing EUR 360 million (USD 440.5m) at the heart of measures to offer clients a dynamic Euro-Mediterranean logistics and industrial cluster. The key aim is to posi