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Otto Marine 2Q Losses Lower

Aug 14, 2015

• Marked improvement in performance as losses after tax for 2Q2015 reduced to US$2.5 million from US$13.3 million in 1Q2015.• Group secured new chartering contracts worth a total of US$132.2 million in 2Q2015 and that brought total order book to US$307…

Rickmers Maritime in Red

Aug 14, 2015

Rickmers Trust Management (Rickmers Maritime) suffered a loss of USD15.7 million for the second quarter ended 30 June 2015 from a profit of USD16 million in 2Q14. Rickmers Maritime recorded a net loss after tax of US$15.7 million in 2Q2015…

Taiwanese Contract for Van Oord

Aug 13, 2015

Van Oord has been awarded the dredging contract for the Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Center Phase II in Taiwan. The client is the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC). The contract value amounts to approximately EUR 130 million…

Kalmar Bags Colombia's SPRBun Order

Aug 13, 2015

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A. (SPRBun) as they gear up for growth at their operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S…

CFO Slettebø Quits Noreco

Aug 13, 2015

Odd Arne Slettebø, CFO of Noreco since November 2014, has handed in his resignation and his employment will cease on 31 October.Since Mr. Slettebø joined Noreco in 2012 he has played a central role within accounting, compliance and the restructuring processes during the past years…

Shell Arctic Drilling "Risky"

Aug 13, 2015

Former BP PLC Chief Executive John Browne said fellow FTSE 100 giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC is risking its long term reputation and finances by deciding to drill n the Arctic, the BBC reported. But the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell says he decided…

Barakah Offshore Gets Contract from Petronas

Aug 13, 2015

Barakah Offshore Petroleum’s subsidiary, PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV), has received a Letter of Award from Malaysian oil company Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, for the supply, refurbishment and maintenance of cleaning pig and associated services in Sabah and Sarawak…

Norwegian Cruise Line, Port of Seattle Ink 15-year Lease

Aug 12, 2015

Cruise contract is port’s largest ever, cruise line homeports at Seattle's Pier 66 for 15 years The Port of Seattle signed a 15-year lease with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) parent company of Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises…

GAIL Tenders for LNG Cargoes

Aug 12, 2015

GAIL (India) Limited has launched two tenders for up to 17 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery in western India reports Reuters quoting trade sources. The company is seeking five cargoes for deliveries in October to December…

Keppel Shipyard Wins FPSO Conversion Contract

Aug 11, 2015

Even as world energy prices continue to maintain low pricing levels, offshore contracts are there to be won.Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd has secured a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contract as well as three repair…

Tidewater Logs 1Q 2016 Loss

Aug 11, 2015

Tidewater Inc. announced today a first quarter net loss for the period ended June 30, 2015, of $15.1 million, or $0.32 per common share, on revenues of $304.8 million. For the same quarter last year, net earnings were $43.7 million, or $0…

Kinder Morgan Buys Four Newbuilding Resales

Aug 11, 2015

Kinder Morgan, Inc. is expanding its growing fleet of Jones Act product tankers having signed a definitive agreement valued at an all-in price of $568 million with Philly Tankers LLC to take assignment of contracts for the construction of four…

Evergreen Orders Ten Boxships

Aug 11, 2015

Evergreen Group signed an agreement with CSBC Corporation, Taiwan to build ten 2,800 TEU class B-type vessels. Witnessed by Evergreen Group's Second Vice Group Chairman Bronson Hsieh, the contracts were signed by EMC Chairman Anchor Chang and CSBC Chairman Sun-Quae Lai…

G E Shipping to Sell New Building Dry Bulker

Aug 11, 2015

The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) signed a contract to sell, a new building Kamsarmax Dry Bulk Carrier “Jag Aakash” (81,600 dwt). The vessel is being built at Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) Inc., Philippines and will be delivered to the company in August/September 2015…

JNPort Takes Steps to Regularise Traffic - GTI Shutdown

Aug 10, 2015

As Gateway Terminals India (GTI) (one of the private terminal at JNPort, a JV between APM Terminals (APMT) and state-owned rail operator Container Corporation of India) is facing shutdown in operations due to the strike of contractor's employees…

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