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Nordic American Tankers Fixes Suezmax on Timecharter

Jun 17, 2016

Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NYSE:NAT) entered into a 30 months charter contract with a subsidiary of ExxonMobil (EM) for one of the NAT suezmaxes.  The firm period is 18 months with an option of further 12 months. The gross revenue from the contract of 30 months is about $25 million…

Dredging Begins in Milford Harbor

Jun 16, 2016

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be dredging MIlford Harbor over the next two weeks, says a press release from Milford Mayor Ben Blake’s office. Army Corps will be using a 150-foot vessel called the Currituck, which is a special purpose dredge barge…

GE, Technip Ink LNG Project Deal

Jun 14, 2016

TGE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) and Technip (Euronext: TEC) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry, with a particular focus on the design and build phase of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects…

East-West Shippers See Acceleration in Container Contract Rate Cuts

Jun 14, 2016

Ocean freight rates for cargo moving under contracts on the major East-West trade routes fell by another 18% between February and May, according to Drewry’s Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers who closely monitor their contract freight rates…

East-West Shippers see Acceleration in Container Contract Rate Cuts - Drewry

Jun 13, 2016

Ocean freight rates for cargo moving under contracts on the major East-West trade routes fell by another 18% between February and May, according to Drewry’s Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers who closely monitor their contract freight rates…

Diana Shipping Contract for Thetis

Jun 12, 2016

Diana Shipping Inc. through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a time charter contract with Transgrain Shipping B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Thetis.  The gross charter rate is US$5…

Portugal, Turkey in Ship Repair Deals

Jun 12, 2016

Shipyards in Turkey and Portugal have struck deals for major ship repair projects during Posidonia Exhibition at the Athens Metropolitan Expo in Greece. Portugal’s Lisnave and Turkey’s Gemak, have also inked repair deals with fleet owners…

Nippon Yusen to Invest in EMAS Chiyoda Subsea Services JV

Jun 11, 2016

Japanese shipper Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to invest in EMAS Chiyoda, a subsea services joint venture between oilfield services firm Ezra Holdings Ltd and Chiyoda Corp, Ezra said in a statement late on Friday.Singapore's Ezra…

Tsakos Orders Tankers at Sungdong

Jun 11, 2016

South Korean shipyard Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (Sungdong) has won an order from Greece’s Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) for two 74,000 deadweight tonnage (DWT) crude-oil carriers with an option for two more.TEN has already ordered three tankers from Sungdong…

Successful SOV Sea Trial

Jun 10, 2016

Yno 309 from Ulstein Verft, the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOV) for Bernhard Schulte Offshore, left the yard for sea trials on Tuesday, 7 June. The results so far are highly satisfactorily. “We are underway in testing for speed and manoeuvring…

ISS Roll-out of its Cargo and Agency Platform, YourISS2

Jun 09, 2016

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world's leading maritime and logistics service provider, is driving a global roll-out of its new cargo and agency platform, YourISS2.Designed to increase efficiencies, standardise processes and documents and enhance service delivery…

DP World Wins New $1bln Port Project in Ecuador

Jun 08, 2016

DP World has won a 50 year concession for the development of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65 kilometres from the country’s main business city of Guayaquil. The $500 million initial investment (Phase 1) will include the purchase of land…

DP World Wins $1bn Port Project in Ecuador

Jun 07, 2016

DP World has won a 50 year concession for the development of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65 kilometers from the country’s main business city of Guayaquil.The $500 million initial investment (Phase 1) will include the purchase of land…

Amec Foster Wheeler Bags LNG Terminal Work in India

Jun 07, 2016

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Indian Oil LNG Private Ltd. Co. (IOLPL) for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Ennore, Tamil Nadu, on the east coast of India.  This award follows the successful completion of…

Esvagt Deepens Relationship with Hess

Jun 06, 2016

Purpose built ESVAGT vessel to perform additional tasks for Hess at the South Arne field. ESVAGT and Hess, who have collaborated at the South Arne field for 17 years, have agreed to extend their relationship for an additional twelve years…

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