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Hyundai Heavy wins order to build world’s largest containerships

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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.

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COSCON, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming to jointly launch Russia - Finland service

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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

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Rickmers-Linie adds tenth vessel to R-T-W Pearl String

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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.

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Diana Containerships announces the sale of a Panamax container vessel

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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

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West African Cadets up for Grabs

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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

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Marine accident report on collision between Spring Glory and Josephine Maersk

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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.

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Bourbon announces revenues of EUR315.1m for 1st quarter 2013

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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,”

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Höegh tanker to be first FSRU in China

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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

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Seamen released after two years in Somalia

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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,

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Seadrill completes US $2.9 billion tender rig deal

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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,

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Suez Canal toll fees rise

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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).

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Drewry: Container Insight Weekly

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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.

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Dealing with the menace of fatigue

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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.

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Bahri announces receiving a new general cargo vessel (Bahri Hofuf)

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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.

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EUROPA 2 now in service with Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

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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.

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Construction of China’s 10,000TEU container ship begins

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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).

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ULSTEIN delivers PSV designs to Kuma Shipping

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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.

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Cargo ships collide off south-west Greece, two dead

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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.

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Newly developed Bulk Carrier "IS" TRI-STAR

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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.

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ClassNK signs authorization agreement with the government of Myanmar

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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.

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Tsakos Energy announces delivery of second DP2 shuttle product tanker

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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,

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