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Nakilat Net Profit Down for the Last Nine Month

Oct 22, 2017

Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), the largest LNG ship owner in the world, concluded its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2017, with a net profit of QR 607 million compared to QR 749 million of the same period last year in 2016…

Alpha Bank Securitize Shipping Loans

Oct 20, 2017

Greece's Alpha Bank has successfully completed its second financing transaction of $250 million through shipping securitization with Citi, following the inaugural shipping securitization issuance of $500 million in 2014. 'Alpha Bank has successfully…

Scorpio Gets Financing for Kamsarmax Vessel in Japan

Oct 20, 2017

Scorpio Bulkers Inc announced that it has entered into a financing transaction in respect of one of the Company’s Kamsarmax vessels with unaffiliated third parties in Japan.   The cost of the financing is equivalent to an expected fixed interest rate of 4…

CMA CGM among the Top Companies for Trainees

Oct 20, 2017

French based CMA CGM Group is one of the world’s largest maritime transport firms. It is also a top company for trainees, a recent survey found.After ranking 11th last year, CMA CGM reached 7th place in the Happy Trainees ranking, which…

Rodriguez Takes Americas Chairman Role at PONANT

Oct 20, 2017

Luxury cruise industry veteran Edie Rodriguez will serve as Americas Brand Chairman and Corporate Special Advisor at French-owned cruise line PONANT.With more than 30 years of experience in the cruise industry, the former Crystal CEO and…

Hyundai Vinashin Launches d'Amico LR1

Oct 19, 2017

d’Amico International Shipping (DIS) has launched the first three LR1 (long-range) vessels in its history, at the Hyundai Vinashin shipyard in Vietnam, ANSA reported. The company invested USD 131 million in the construction of the three 75…

Antwerp Port in Full Sustainable Transition

Oct 19, 2017

The first Sustainability Congress was held on Tuesday 10 October with the launch of the fourth Sustainability Report which fully incorporates the 17 Sustainability Development Goals of the United Nations.  On this occasion the Port of Antwerp…

Global Ship Lease New Time Charter with CMA CGM

Oct 19, 2017

Global Ship Lease (GSL), a containership charter owner, announced that it has agreed to a new time charter with CMA CGM for an 8,063 TEU containership, the 2005-built OOCL Tianjin, which will be renamed GSL Tianjin.  The vessel will be…

TOTE Shipments to Puerto Rico up 20% since Maria

Oct 19, 2017

Since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 19, TOTE Maritime’s vessels have brought cargo to the island nine times delivering more than 7,200 containers of food, water, oxygen, generators and other essential relief and recovery items…

Odfjell Divests Share in Singapore Tank Terminal

Oct 19, 2017

Odfjell Terminals B.V. has entered into an agreement with a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets to sell its 50 percent ownership in Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd for a price around $300 million. This implies…

Subsea 7 Acquires Normand Oceanic

Oct 18, 2017

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% shareholdings in its equity accounted joint ventures, Normand Oceanic AS and Normand Oceanic Chartering AS, from Solstad Farstad ASA for a nominal cash consideration.  Effective from the date of the transaction…

Bahri Reinforces Americas Commitment

Oct 18, 2017

Reinforcing its three-decade-long presence in North America, transportation and logistics firm Bahri took part in Breakbulk Americas, being held from October 17-19, in Houston. The Bahri booth at Breakbulk Americas was opened by Mr. Sultan bin Abdullah Al-Angari…

Pirate Attacks Still a Major Concern -Sailors’ Society

Oct 18, 2017

Global piracy continues to be a concern in the Gulf of Guinea, Southeast Asia and Venezuela, according to statistics released yesterday by the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB). In the first nine months of 2017…

Genco Opens Singapore Office

Oct 17, 2017

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited said it has opened an office in Singapore and has appointed Ivo Kempenaer as Vice President and Commercial Director, Head of Major Bulks. “Genco continues to take important steps to optimize our commercial…

Pasha Hawaii to Deploy Jones Act Vessel to Puerto Rico

Oct 17, 2017

Pasha Hawaii will provide the U.S. Jones Act vessel Horizon Spirit to ship hundreds of containers from the West Coast in support of hurricane relief and rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico. The Horizon Spirit serves as a drydock reserve ship in…

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