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Maersk Line to Stay at Houston Port

Jun 25, 2015

The world’s biggest shipping company, Maersk Line, and its affiliated shipping services, SeaLand and Safmarine, has agreed to continue to call at the Port of Houston after APM Terminals, a unit of Maersk Group, said it was permanently terminating its operations there…

Varun Splits into Two

Jun 25, 2015

Mumbai-based shipping firm Varun Shipping Co. Ltd  will be split into two listed entities after the Bombay high court approved a demerger scheme. The Company announced that according to the Composite Scheme of Arrangement and Amalgamation…

Globus Maritime Reports Q1 Loss

Jun 25, 2015

Greece-based dry bulk shiping company, Globus Maritime has been pushed back into the black by miserable dry bulk rates, but the company has said that it is awaiting market improvements within 2015.  George Karageorgiou, President, Chief…

New DCF Valuations on VV‏

Jun 24, 2015

VesselsValue.com is launching Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuations to its existing portfolio of daily, automated valuations for the shipping industry.Discounted Cash Flow vs Market ValuationsDiscounted Cash Flow Valuations is the…

Singapore Opens $3.5bln Phase 3 and 4 of Pasir Panjang Terminal

Jun 23, 2015

The $3.5 billion Phase 3 and 4 expansion of Pasir Panjang Terminal was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (June 23). The expansion will add 15 berths with a 6 km quay length to the container terminal's existing 52 berths…

TransCanada Axes 185; Touts Economic Service

Jun 23, 2015

TransCanada Corp, the backer of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, said on Tuesday it has eliminated 185 jobs following a restructuring of its major projects department.The company said 100 of the cuts came from its full-time staff while the remainder were contract employees…

MICCO to Invest in Khalifa Port's Industrial Zone

Jun 23, 2015

Abu Dhabi Ports sees MICCO establish a world-class logistics business center at Kizad.Abu Dhabi Ports, operator and manager of ports and industrial zones in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has signed a standard Musataha agreement (SMA) with Al…

Striking French Ferry Workers Blockade Calais

Jun 23, 2015

Striking French ferry workers blockaded the port of Calais on Tuesday morning, disrupting maritime traffic and Eurotunnel's undersea rail link with Britain in protest at restructuring at its MyFerryLink division, port officials said.Shipping halted early in the day…

Nicaragua Canal No Threat to Panama

Jun 23, 2015

The Nicaragua canal project, which is being built by Chinese billionaire Wang Jing and his Hong Kong-based Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. (HKND Group), is not a threat to Panama, but a complement to the demand of world maritime trade…

Argentine Grain Worker Union in Wage Talks

Jun 22, 2015

Port workers who run Argentina's Rosario grains hub met on Monday with export companies for wage talks aimed at avoiding an open-ended strike that labor leaders had announced for Tuesday, a union official said.A strike at Rosario would slow…

China Ship Building Looks Up

Jun 22, 2015

88 medium-size and large shipbuilding enterprises in China realized an aggregate gross industrial output value of RMB 163.0 billion ($26.3 billion) during the January-May period this year, up 5.5 percent year on year, says China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI)…

NLNG Eyes $1.5 bln Debut Shipyard in Nigeria

Jun 21, 2015

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in Africa's biggest economy at the cost of $1.5 billion, in its attempt to turn the country into a hub for maritime operations on the continent…

ISO Certification for MOL Ship Management Company

Jun 20, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., today announced that its group ship management company for dry bulkers, Magsaysay MOL Ship Management, Inc. has acquired certifications from Nihon Kaiji Kyokai, for Energy Management Systems (ISO50001*1) and Environmental Management Systems (ISO14001*2) on June 18…

Sale of m.v. Star Mega

Jun 20, 2015

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.  a global shipping company providing transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector, today announced the sale of M/V Star Mega, a 170,631 dwt Capesize vessel, built in 1994, to an unaffiliated third party.   The Company delivered the Vessel to the Buyers on June 18…

Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project on the Anvil

Jun 20, 2015

The Gulf LNG Liquefaction Project proposed by Kinder Morgan and minority partners officially filed Friday for federal approval to add exporting capabilities to an existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.  The $8 billion LNG export project near Pascagoula…

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