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Viking Supply Ships Completes Restructuring

Feb 02, 2018

Swedish OSV owner Viking Supply Ships (VSS) has signed a final agreement to complete the restructuring of its finances as credit committees of all its senior lenders have approved the completed programme. According to the agreed and approved restructuring…

Houlder Recruits Walker for Marine Assurance Business

Feb 02, 2018

Marine consultancy and engineering provider, Houlder has announced the recruitment of Neil Walker to develop a Marine Assurance Services business.Walker was previously Europe Regional Manager for Global Maritime Consultancy Ltd. His experience…

Bahri Adds VLCC 'Lawhah' to its Fleet

Feb 01, 2018

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) received a very large crude carrier (VLCC) named “Lawhah” on Thursday, the company said. 'Continuing its strong start to 2018, Bahri accepted the delivery of ‘Lawhah to further cement its market-dominant position in crude oil transportation…

Dorian LPG Sells, Leaseback Concorde

Feb 01, 2018

The Stamford, Connecticut-based Dorian LPG  has reached a sale and bareboat charter arrangement for its 84,000 cbm carrier Concorde.  The liquified petroleum gas shipping company entered into the USD 70 million deal that closed on January 31…

Chemical Tankers Face Challenging Year: Stolt-Nielsen

Feb 01, 2018

Chemical tankers are sailing into another challenging year, according to the London based chemical carrier, tank container and terminals group Stolt-Nielsen's Chief Executive Officer, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen. 'Our outlook for the first half of 2018 remains essentially unchanged…

Hapag-Lloyd North America President Freese Retires

Jan 31, 2018

Wolfgang Freese, President Region North America, will be retiring after almost five decades with Hapag-Lloyd.  Freese began his career in the shipping company in 1971 with an apprenticeship to become a shipping agent. In recent decades…

Maritime Shipping Market Brightened: NYK Line

Jan 31, 2018

Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) said that conditions in the maritime shipping market were positive overall during the nine-month period of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.  In the container shipping market, an upswing…

Hamburg Süd to Launch New Asia-Americas Service

Jan 31, 2018

Beginning in April, Hamburg Süd is launching a new service network between Asia and South America West Coast, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.Concealed behind the service names ASPA and ASCA will then be a completely new product…

United Arab Stevedoring H1 Loss Widens

Jan 31, 2018

Egypt's United Arab Stevedoring Co. reported a H1 net loss after tax of EGP 13.7 million ($775,000) versus a loss of EGP 12.8 million ($724,000) a year ago.The company’s H1 revenue was EGP 7.6 million ($430,000) versus EGP 5.3 million ($300,000) a year ago.

Spectra Logistics Opens New Container Yard in Sri Lanka

Jan 30, 2018

GAC Logistics Sri Lanka and Hemas Transportation have opened a new 30,000m² container yard with a capacity of 6,000 TEUs at their joint integrated logistics facility in the Muthurajawela Industrial Zone, Wattala. It is the latest development in the partnership between the two companies…

CMA CGM Unveils Startup Incubator Ze Box

Jan 30, 2018

French container shipping giant CMA CGM has set up a new global startup incubator to drive its digital strategy. Based in Marseilles, France, the incubator Ze Box is set to house a dozen of startups from around the world, starting in June this year…

[Brief] Ningbo Marine Sees FY 2017 Net Profit Up 70%

Jan 30, 2018

Ningbo Marine Co Ltd: * Says it sees net profit for FY 2017 to increase by 70 percent * Says the net profit of FY 2016 was 88.4 million yuan * Comments that increased waterbailage income and toll related income of unit as main reasons for the forecast

Cosco Shipping Expects to Swing to Net Profit in 2017

Jan 30, 2018

Cosco Shipping Holdings Co Ltd says it expects net profit of about 2.7 billion yuan in 20117 versus net loss of 9.9 billion yuan a year ago. (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom)

Hapag-Lloyd to Commence Middle East-Africa Service

Jan 29, 2018

Ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will commence a new weekly service between the Port of Jeddah and the east coast of Africa in April. With the East Africa Service (EAS), the liner shipping company will be calling at the ports of Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) for the first time…

[Brief] Canal Shipping Agencies H1 Profit Falls

Jan 29, 2018

Canal Shipping Agencies Co:   H1 net profit after tax EGP 79.5 million versus EGP 153.7 million year ago   Sees FY 2018-2019 net profit of EGP 155 million

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