Monday, 06 May 2013 12:27
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced the Company won a USD 700 million order for five 18,400 TEU containerships from China Shipping Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
Read more: Hyundai Heavy wins order to build world’s largest containerships
Monday, 06 May 2013 09:34
COSCON, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming will launch a jointly-operated Russia - Finland service from the middle of May. Named as RFS (Russia - Finland Service), this new service
Read more: COSCON, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming to jointly launch Russia - Finland service
Monday, 06 May 2013 08:46
Rickmers-Linie has added a tenth vessel on its eastbound Round-the-World Pearl String Service as part of its continuing programme of investment in its services.
Read more: Rickmers-Linie adds tenth vessel to R-T-W Pearl String
Monday, 06 May 2013 08:37
Diana Containerships Inc. has announced thatit signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party the 1990-built vessel
Read more: Diana Containerships announces the sale of a Panamax container vessel
Friday, 03 May 2013 13:14
The face of seafarer training in South Africa and Africa has changed permanently. The newly acquired Dedicated Training Vessel, ‘SA Agulhas’ provides seagoing berths for
Friday, 03 May 2013 12:40
The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board has made a report about a collision at the eastern part of Singapore Strait on 5 June 2012.
Read more: Marine accident report on collision between Spring Glory and Josephine Maersk
Friday, 03 May 2013 10:02
“In a favorable context for the oil & gas and related services industry, BOURBON is continuing to grow. Daily rates for vessels with contracts renewals continue trending upwards,”
Read more: Bourbon announces revenues of EUR315.1m for 1st quarter 2013
Friday, 03 May 2013 09:24
Höegh LNG has signed an agreement with GDF SUEZ (the Charterer) which will form the basis for facilitating their use of the GDF SUEZ Cape Ann (the Vessel) as the first floating storage and
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:58
After more than 2 years of captivity, the six seamen, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates in connection with the seizure of the Danish coaster M/V Leopard in January 2011,
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:08
Seadrill and SapuraKencana have completed the previously announced transaction pursuant to the conditional SPA. The agreed upon acquisition price is for an enterprise value of US$2.9 billion,
Read more: Seadrill completes US $2.9 billion tender rig deal
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:25
Egypt has raised toll fees by 5% for oil tankers and petrochemical products and 2% for container ships and car carriers, said the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).
Thursday, 02 May 2013 13:14
Smaller container shipping lines are pulling out of the East-West trades, no longer being able to compete in the closed-shop, big ship dominated markets.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:36
The current issue of the International Maritime Human Element Bulletin Alert! provides all the connections required to link issues of fatigue to the safe manning of ships and the way they are operated.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 09:21
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announces that it has received in South Korea, a new vessel specialized in general cargo with a size of 26,000 DWT.
Read more: Bahri announces receiving a new general cargo vessel (Bahri Hofuf)
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 08:48
On Friday 26 April 2013 at a formal ceremony, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has taken delivery of the modern and casual luxury ship EUROPA 2 from the STX France shipyard in Saint Nazaire.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 08:38
On April 28th, the 10,000TEU container ship whose ship owner is China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (CSCL) began to construct in China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (CICJS).
Read more: Construction of China’s 10,000TEU container ship begins
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 08:18
Kuma Shipping has ordered two ships of the new P128 design, a design developed to serve the general PSV market related to work-over barges and jack-up rigs.
Monday, 29 April 2013 10:05
Two seafarers drowned and eight are still missing after two cargo ships collided off south-western Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said.
Read more: Cargo ships collide off south-west Greece, two dead
Monday, 29 April 2013 10:31
Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. has newly developed 33,000M.T. D/W Type Bulk Carrier named "IS" TRI-STAR. Its share of handy size bulk carrier is ranked among the top in the world.
Monday, 29 April 2013 12:35
Leading classification society ClassNK has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Government of Myanmar granting ClassNK authorization to carry out statutory surveys on its behalf.
Read more: ClassNK signs authorization agreement with the government of Myanmar
Monday, 29 April 2013 08:37
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN), a leading product, crude and LNG tanker operator announced the successful delivery of its second fully coated DP2 suezmax shuttle product tanker,
Read more: Tsakos Energy announces delivery of second DP2 shuttle product tanker