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Renewal of Bunker, CLC, Athens and WRC Certificates

Dec 13, 2015

Time has come for most shipowners to apply for renewal of Bunker, CLC, Athens and Wreck Removal Certificates from the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA). Certificates must be renewed when the underlying insurance expires. Ships subject to…

Finland's New Icebreaker Polaris Named in Helsinki

Dec 11, 2015

A naming ceremony was held today for Finland’s new-generation icebreaker, Polaris, built at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. Presently under construction at Helsinki Shipyard, the vessel is designed especially for icebreaking operations in the…

Korean Shipbuilders May Fail to Achieve Targets

Dec 11, 2015

South Korea's big three shipbuilders - Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. -  may miss this year's order targets as a global economic slump and lower oil prices sharply reduce shipbuilding demand…

Cosco, China Shipping Merger Gets Green Signal from Beijing

Dec 11, 2015

China State Council has given the go-ahead for country's two largest shipping conglomerates to merge, continuing a trend in the industry to trim down state-owned enterprises, reports Caixin Media. The China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO Group) and China Shipping Group Co…

Global Ship Lease Announces Sale of Remaining 4,113 TEU Vessel

Dec 11, 2015

Global Ship Lease, Inc has  completed the sale of its 1997-built, 4,113 TEU containership, Ville d'Orion, following redelivery from its previous charter.  The vessel was sold for $328.25 per ldt, for estimated net proceeds of $4.5 million…

Idling Container Fleet Continues to Surge

Dec 11, 2015

Carriers are intensifying their capacity-withdrawal activity, with November seeing a big rise in the number of idle containerships, says Drewry Maritime Research. The size of the idle fleet swelled by 52% from October to November to reach 900…

Prince of Wales' Final Section Sails for Rosyth

Dec 10, 2015

The final section of aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales began its delivery voyage from Glasgow to Rosyth today, 10 weeks ahead of schedule. As part of the the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier program, newbuilds HMS Queen Elizabeth…

Cattle Ship Stranded in Port Phillip Bay

Dec 10, 2015

A large live cattle ship on its way to China has been stranded in Port Phillip for days after breaking down on the weekend, reports AAP. The Singapore-flagged Girolando Express left Geelong for Huanghua in China on December 6, but only made it as far as Portarlington…

Norwegian Authorities Release Murmansk Trawler

Dec 09, 2015

The detained Norwegians Murmansk trawler 'Dolgoschele' returned to its home port and was preparing to set sail again.As reported today by the CEO-owner of the vessel of 'Perseus' Alexander Chumakov, the Norwegian authorities did not agree to their explanation…

GIA Wins in Admiralty Proceedings

Dec 09, 2015

Clasis LLC has successfully gained costs for the arrest, appraisement and sale of a vessel for client GOH IGS Automation Pte Ltd (GIA).GIA was being represented by Clasis LLC in relation to monies due and owing to them in the High Court of Singapore…

Hempel Appoints Boyer-Søgaard as CFO

Dec 09, 2015

Hempel A/S announces that Anders Boyer-Søgaard, CFO and member of Executive Management of GN Store Nord A/S, will succeed CFO Kim Junge Andersen who will join Rockwool as CFO as per January 1, 2016.In 2007, Anders Boyer-Søgaard joined…

NYK's Environmental Management Conference

Dec 09, 2015

On November 30, NYK welcomed about 60 environmental supervisors from 46 NYK Group companies to the group’s annual Environmental Management Conference in Tokyo. NYK holds this conference once a year with NYK Group companies to share information…

OSV Owners Face Bankruptcy Risk

Dec 09, 2015

More than half of the public companies in the offshore supply-vessel industry face a high probability of restructuring or bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported quoting a research released from the consulting firm AlixPartners. Even before crude…

Diana Shipping Time Charter Contract for Seattle with SwissMarine

Dec 09, 2015

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels,  has announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva…

Maersk Saigon Runs Aground in Brazil

Dec 09, 2015

The container ship Maersk Saigon left the fairway and grounded near near buoy 2A at Santos port channel during departure from the terminal.  Maersk Saigon was grounded during her departure manoeuvre at the BTP Terminal in Santos, Brazil…

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