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UPS Plans $184 Mln Facility at London Gateway

Nov 02, 2015

UPS announced plans to construct a new 32,000-square-meter package sorting and delivery facility at the DP World London Gateway logistics site in the south east of England. At close to $184 million, this project constitutes one of UPS’s largest…

Dorian LPG Takes Delivery of Five Newbuilds

Nov 02, 2015

Dorian LPG Ltd took delivery of five vessels under our ECO-design VLGC newbuilding program, the Continental, the Constitution, the Commodore, the Cresques and the Constellation. John Hadjipateras, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer…

Gulf Navigation Posts 123pct Profit Growth

Nov 02, 2015

Dubai-based Gulf Navigation Holding (Gulfnav), a leading maritime and shipping company, has reported a substantial 123 per cent profit growth at the end of the third quarter of 2015 compared to the same period the previous year. The company…

China Shipping 21,000 teu Order for SWS

Nov 02, 2015

China Shipping Group's CSCL has agreed a deal to bareboat charter up to 11 units of 21,000 teu containerships, of which five will be options exercisable after six months of charter for the first six ships, says local media reports. It has confirmed the 21…

Ministerial Round Table at Felixstowe Port

Oct 31, 2015

Transport Minister Robert Goodwill MP has taken part in a round table discussion with transport leaders from the ports, road, rail freight and shipping industry at the Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain. Mr Goodwill’s responsibilities…

Oil Union to Strike Against Petrobras

Oct 30, 2015

Brazil's largest oil workers union said on Friday it will start an open-ended strike against Petrobras on Sunday in a bid to overturn moves to shrink the state-run oil company.FUP, which represents platform, refinery and other workers, will join a number of smaller unions already on strike…

Husky Energy in Q3 Loss, Cuts 1,400 Jobs

Oct 30, 2015

Husky Energy Inc, Canada's No.3 integrated oil company, swung to a quarterly loss due to a C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion) after-tax impairment charge.The company said it has cut about 1,400 jobs till the end of the third quarter ended Sept…

Box Ship Demand Down

Oct 30, 2015

While, weak spot prices and higher futures prices created demand for oil tankers has boomed, bulk carriers have been hit by massive overcapacity, as Chinese demand for such commodities has collapsed, says latest report from the Economist. The…

Dry Bulk in Dimlight

Oct 30, 2015

Worse is still to come for many bulk carriers, warns a report in the Economist that claims that the dry-bulk cargo shipping has hit the bottom. Between the start of the financial crisis and January this year Baltic Dry Index - a measure of bulk freight rates—had fallen by 95%…

GasLog Posts Good Results

Oct 30, 2015

GasLog Partners LP, an international owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers,  increased quarterly cash distribution by 10% to $0.478 per unit for the third quarter of 2015, equivalent to $1.912 per unit on an annual basis…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Revises Business Outlook

Oct 30, 2015

Looking at the Company’s business performance for the first half of FY2015, operating income and ordinary income improved as the tanker division enjoyed favorable market conditions, backed by a decline in bunker prices, says Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL)…

GAC Facilitates Swedish Boats Delivery for Sea Rescue

Oct 29, 2015

Two high-speed boats from Sweden have joined the sea rescue effort in the Eastern Aegean, and it was GAC that coordinated their delivery to Greece.The craft were sent by the not-for-profit NGO, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), in…

Maersk Lays-Up Triple-E

Oct 29, 2015

Maersk Line has laid-up one of its 18,000-teu Triple E containerships.  It cannot rule out that it will have to anchor another of its massive Triple E ships in connection with the Chinese New Year. The Danish carrier will anchor Triple- E 18…

Hyundai and Hanjin Deny Merger Talk

Oct 29, 2015

While merger talks between South Korean shipping companies Hanjin and Hyundai Merchant Marine lines hit the newspapers, the latter has refuted rumors that the government asked the carrier to merge with the former. HMM said, 'With regards to the report in Korea Economic News…

China Cosco Posts Q3 Loss

Oct 29, 2015

China Cosco, the flagship unit of state conglomerate Cosco Group,  swung to a net loss in the third quarter of calendar 2015 at 1.7 billion yuan. Its revenue fell 19 per cent to 14.1 billion yuan in the third quarter.  For the first nine months of 2015…

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