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ICBC Signs Financing Deal with F.Laeisz

Nov 12, 2015

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has signed a financing agreement with Germany shipping company F.Laeisz GmbH.  Under the agreement, the ICBC will provide 65 million U.S. dollars in export buyer's credit for F.Laeisz GmbH's…

Nasdaq's Second Delisting Warning to Globus Maritime

Nov 11, 2015

Nasdaq-listed Greek dry bulk shipowner Globus Maritime has received notification from Nasdaq indicating it is in breach of Nasdaq Global Market requirements because the closing bid price of the company’s common stock has been under $1 for the last 30 consecutive business days…

Hanjin-Hyundai: No Merger or Only Restructuring?

Nov 10, 2015

South Korea’s government is discussing whether to merge or sell  Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine in an attempt at state-led industrial restructuring.  But the two lines in question belong to different container alliances, are…

Nordic Tankers joins forces with Borealis Maritime

Nov 10, 2015

Nordic Tankers and Borealis Maritime Ltd has announced the intention to form a jointly held company, Crystal Nordic A/S – a strong player in the short-sea, ice class chemical tanker trade in the Baltic and North-Western European market. Crystal…

K-Line Rolls Out UAE Logistics Firm

Nov 10, 2015

Japan-based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) and Sharaf Group have established a new firm, K Line Shipping & Logistics (KLSL).  Based in Dubai, UAE, KLSL will carry out businesses in the fields of marine transportation, logistics, land transportation…

Shippers call for EU to Stop Over Regulation

Nov 10, 2015

The UK’s £10bn shipping industry has called the push toward closer union in Europe “distracting” and told the European Commission (EC) to stop interfering with the sector’s globally produced regulations. This is the gist of study on the…

Overseas Shipholding Profits Up by 31%

Nov 10, 2015

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG, a provider of oceangoing energy transportation services, reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.  Adjusted EBITDA was $113.7 million, up 31% from $86.6 million in the same period in 2014…

Kyra Roca Earns Thomas Crowley Award

Nov 09, 2015

Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Kyra Roca, vice president, customer care, was presented with the 2014 Thomas Crowley award, the company's highest honor, at a ceremony held yesterday at the company’s Jacksonville, Fla., office. Roca joins Capt. David Ridge…

Over-Capacity Crisis, Next Year Will be Worse

Nov 09, 2015

'The container shipping industry is in the midst of an over-capacity crisis which will worsen next year,' Neil Dekker, director of container shipping research at Drewry said in a note accompanying the release of its 2015 edition of the Container Market Annual Review and Forecast 2015/16…

Maersk Q3 Profit Falls

Nov 09, 2015

Danish shipping and offshore energy conglomerate, Maersk Group, kept a reduced forecast made two weeks ago for a 2015 underlying profit of $3.4bn, down from the $4.0bn previously expected.   The Danish  shipping giant  said on Friday that…

Nils Andersen, CEO Maersk: “Global Growth Slowing Down”

Nov 09, 2015

Nils Smedegaard Andersen, chief executive officer at A.P. Moeller-Maersk qoted by Bloomberg as saying: 'We believe that global growth is slowing down. Trade is currently significantly weaker than it normally would be under the growth forecasts…

NOL in Acquisition Talks with CMA CGM, Maersk

Nov 09, 2015

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL)  has officially confirmed that it is a takeover target of two separate companies: French shipping company CMA CGM and Danish conglomerate AP Moeller-Maersk.  As per a report in the Business Times, NOL said…

Changes in Asian Refining Bodes Well for Product Tankers: Poten and Partners

Nov 09, 2015

Refining capacity in Asia has been growing rapidly for many years. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of this growth took place in China, which more than doubled its refining capacity over the last 10 years.  The other significant growth engine in Asia has been India…

ABS Exec Speaks at World Shipping Summit

Nov 06, 2015

ABS announced its participation in the World Shipping (China) Summit 2015, November 5-6, in Guangzhou, China, where ABS Senior Vice President and Chief Technology officer Howard Fireman spoke about changes in the global shipping industry.In…

essDOCS Names Toet Board Chairman

Nov 06, 2015

essDOCS announced that Non-Executive Board Member, Andre Toet, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors, succeeding Barry Williams, who is standing down after chairing the board since 2013, having previously served a term as Chairman from 2006 to 2011…

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