Bulk Carriers News


American Club Strengthens Asia Presence

Dec 05, 2014

Katherine Wang, who is well known in Asian P&I circles, has joined the American Club as assistant vice president and marketing manager for Greater China and Northern Asia. In the first instance she will be stationed in the Hong Kong office of the club's managers…

300 kilos Cocaine Intercepted in Portsmouth Port

Dec 04, 2014

The drugs were seized following the search of the cargo vessel Star Stratos at Portsmouth port yesterday evening.Approximately 300 kilos were discovered concealed within a shipment of bananas which had originated in Colombia.Investigations…

Mundra Port Handles Largest Bulk Carrier

Dec 03, 2014

Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd, India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group, today said its Mundra Port successfully berthed the largest bulk carrier to call at any port on the west coast of India, thereby making history in the Indian maritime sector…

COSCO to Build Livestock Carrier

Dec 02, 2014

The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited have informed that COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd, has secured a contract valued at approximately…

Concordia Maritime Charters 2 P-MAX Tankers

Nov 29, 2014

Concordia Maritime signed time-charter contract for two P-MAX tankers and launched a pool with four vessels.The time-charter contracts are with Stena Bulk and cover the wholly owned Concordia Maritime tankers Stena Perros and Stena President…

Third Strike, Mansour Is Out

Nov 27, 2014

The M/V 'MANSOUR M' with IMO number 7600586 has been banned for the 3rd time after subsequent detentions after the second refusal of access order in the Paris MoU region.The ship was detained on 31 October 2014 in the anchorage of Rhodes…

Fednav Celebrates Anniversary Trio in Cleveland

Nov 26, 2014

Fednav Limited held a reception on board one of its vessels, the Federal Mayumi, at the Port of Cleveland yesterday to celebrate a trio of anniversaries: the 70th year since the founding of the company, 55 years of continuous general cargo liner…

Stena Bulk Joins World Ocean Council

Nov 26, 2014

Stena Bulk reports it is the first Swedish shipping company to join the World Ocean Council (WOC), a global organization that converges a diverse range of maritime operations to promote the sustainable use of the world’s oceans.  The World…

DNV GL Examines Container and Bulk Shipping Trends

Nov 25, 2014

DNV GL’s latest Container Ship Forum and Bulk Carrier Forum looked at a broad spectrum of topics including environmental regulations, trends in ship design as well as the new DNV GL rule set. Some 150 representatives from the container and bulk…

Thompson Joins Rand Logistics’ Board of Directors

Nov 24, 2014

Rand Logistics, Inc. announced that its board of directors has appointed Kirk Thompson as a Class II director. Thompson, the current chairman of the board of JB Hunt Transport Services Inc., brings the number of directors to six and is the first…

Dryships Achieves Refinance of 5% Convertible Notes

Nov 19, 2014

DryShips Inc. global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes, and through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., off-shore contract drilling oil services, today announced the following:  *…

ClassNK-NAPA GREEN Wins IBJ Awards

Nov 19, 2014

Vessel performance monitoring and optimization solution ClassNK-NAPA GREEN was named the maritime industry’s top IT system by earning the IT Solutions Award at the International Bulk Journal (IBJ) Awards held at the Beurs-World Trade Center in Rotterdam on 17 November…

Bruyninckx Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Nov 19, 2014

Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of Antwerp Port Authority, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Monday at a ceremony in Rotterdam. The distinction forms part of the IBJ Awards which are presented annually by the International Bulk Journal…

Stolt-Nielsen Initiates Shares Buyback Program

Nov 18, 2014

Stolt-Nielsen Limited’s board of directors has resolved to initiate a buyback program to purchase up to $50 million worth of its common shares, the company announced today.The buyback program will comprise up to 3,100,000 common shares, representing up to 4…

Genco Names Wobensmith President

Nov 18, 2014

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (OTCBB: GSKNF) has announced that John C. Wobensmith, the company's CFO has been appointed as President effective December 19, 2014. He succeeds Robert Gerald Buchanan, who will retire as of the same date. Buchanan has served as President of Genco since June 2005…

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