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Adriatic LNG Receives 600th Cargo

Jun 07, 2018

Adriatic LNG, the company which operates the regasification terminal located off the Veneto coastline, announces the arrival of the 600th carrier, the Al Jassasiya. The carrier left Ras Laffan Port in Qatar, delivering a cargo of about 140…

Call for Development of Holistic Corridor in Baltic

Jun 07, 2018

Development of transport corridors ensures smart and innovative cross-border transport and logistics services on the core transport network of the Baltic Sea Region.  The ways to develop the smart North Sea–Baltic, Baltic–Adriatic and Scandinavian…

Diana Shipping Signs TC Contract for m/v Baltimore with Koch

Jun 06, 2018

Diana Shipping through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Koch Shipping, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Baltimore.  The global shipping company specializing…

Scorpio Tankers Sells, Leaseback Six Tankers

Jun 05, 2018

Scorpio Tankers  announced  that it has agreed to sell and leaseback six MR product tankers (STI Battery, STI Milwaukee, STI Tribeca, STI Bronx, STI Manhattan, and STI Seneca) to CMB Financial Leasing.  Upon completion, the Company’s liquidity…

Navios Maritime Containers Adds 10,000 TEU Vessel

Jun 04, 2018

Navios Maritime Containers announced that it took delivery of the Navios Unison, a 2010-built, 10,000 TEU containership on May 30, 2018. As previously announced, the vessel was acquired for a price of $50.25 million. The vessel is chartered out at a net rate of $26…

Hyundai Merchant Marine Selects 3 Yards to Build Eco-Friendly Mega Containerships

Jun 04, 2018

South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has selected the shipbuilders who will build the eco-friendly mega containerships it is to order under its 'Capacity of 1 Million TEU Strategy.' Since HMM sent out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to shipbuilding companies on April 10…

Oil Tanker Scrapping to Hit Multi-year High

Jun 04, 2018

The shipping industry will this year scrap the largest number of oil tankers in over half-a-decade, driven by weak earnings, firm prices for scrap steel and the need to prepare fleets for strict new environmental regulations.The surge in scrapping…

BW Adds KVH Connectivity Services to 45 More Vessels

Jun 04, 2018

KVH Industries, Inc. announced that BW Group has chosen KVH’s connectivity services for 45 additional vessels in its fleet. The two companies will also continue with a connectivity contract for the LPG and LNG vessels in BW’s fleet that have had KVH’s VSAT systems and services since 2013…

First Magenta-Color ONE Ship Makes a Call in China

Jun 03, 2018

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced that the ONE Commitment, the company’s first magenta-color  containership with a carrying capacity of 8,560 TEU, successfully arrived at the Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) on 24 May 2018…

LNG Carrier CESI Lianyungang Delivered

Jun 01, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the delivery of the LNG carrier CESI Lianyungang, which was ordered by the joint venture of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (CCSC) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Hudong) on May 31…

SFL Acquires Four 14,000 TEU Vessels

May 31, 2018

Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) informs it has agreed to acquire four large container vessels in combination with long-term time-charters to a leading container line.The vessels are modern eco-design built in 2014 with approximately 14…

Diana Containerships TC for m/v Rotterdam with Wan Hai Lines

May 30, 2018

Diana Containerships announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Wan Hai Lines (Singapore) Pte Ltd. for one of its Post-Panamax container vessels, the m/v Rotterdam.  The…

DryShips Acquires Two Vessels

May 29, 2018

DryShips, a diversified owner and operator of ocean going cargo vessels, announced that it has agreed to acquire one 2013-built Newcastlemax drybulk carrier and one 2017-built Suezmax tanker, each constructed in China. The vessels will…

Intermarine Enters Joint Venture with Zeaborn Group

May 29, 2018

Maritime Holdings Delaware, LLC, parent company of project, breakbulk and heavylift cargo carrier Intermarine, LLC has entered into a joint venture agreement with Zeaborn Group.The joint venture entity, ZeaMarine GmbH, will include the transfer…

Maersk Taps ABS to Help Improve Cargo Safety

May 29, 2018

Ocean carrier Maersk Line has selected classification society ABS to help identify and evaluate potential hazards posed from dangerous cargoes stowage on containerships.In order to better understand key risks associated with cargo, ABS lead…

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