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VSDV Group Comes to Amsterdam Port Premises

Apr 05, 2018

Netherlands- based Van Straalen De Vries (VSDV) Transport Group began work of new building on the Port of Amsterdam’s Beiraweg. The ceremony was attended by VSDV Group family members, shareholders and employees. The company’s directors…

KOTUG Buys Teekay’s Stake in Australian Towage JV

Apr 05, 2018

KOTUG Australia and Teekay Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. have reached a deal to reshape KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Ltd. (KTM) from a 50/50 joint venture to a full subsidiary of the KOTUG group. KTM was incorporated in 2012 to serve the Australian towage market…

Oceanographic Icebreaker Kronprins Haakon Delivered

Apr 05, 2018

A new icebreaking research vessel built for the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing, was delivered this week in Norway. After the building process was completed at Fincantieri’s Integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso and Muggiano in Italy…

Diana Shipping TC for m/v Los Angeles with SwissMarine

Apr 04, 2018

Diana Shipping  announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Los Angeles.  The global…

MPC Buys Secondhand Feeder Vessel

Apr 04, 2018

Oslo based ship owner MPC Container Ships ASA said it has reached a deal to acquire SITC Makassar, a 2,496 TEU vessel built in 2006 in Germany. The vessel, to be renamed AS Patricia, will be acquired for $9.9 million, including initial working capital…

Euroseas Announces Time Charter Contracts

Apr 04, 2018

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today the following chartering arrangements for two of its container carriers:   a) EM Athens…

Hapag-Lloyd Ships Gain MacGregor Cargo Boosts

Apr 04, 2018

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is upgrading and optimising the container stowage systems on board seven Hapag-Lloyd C-class (Samsung 9,300 TEU series) container vessels. A contract for four vessels was signed in December 2017 and was shortly followed by a further three in January 2018…

Maersk Line New Services at Kakinada Port

Apr 03, 2018

Maersk Line India announced the introduction of Export and Import service offerings at Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh. This End to End service (Store Door) will enable customers in the region to reach global touch points.   With this first time offering in Kakinada…

Scorpio Bulkers Gets Loan for Kamsarmax

Apr 03, 2018

Monaco-based international shipping company Scorpio Bulkers said it has received a commitment for a loan facility of up to $12.75 million from a leading European financial institution to finance the Company’s Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The…

ABS Unveils e-Certificates

Apr 03, 2018

ABS announced the launch of e-Certificates. Continuously available, tamper-proof, independently verifiable and secure digital equivalents of traditional ABS paper certificates, e-Certificates are now available to ABS’ entire classed-fleet, subject to individual Flag Administrations’ authorization…

General Dynamics NASSCO Builds Second Matson Containership

Apr 02, 2018

General Dynamics NASSCO has started construction on the second ship in a two-ship series of Kanaloa-class containerships for Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Construction of Matsonia began with a ceremonial first cut of steel at NASSCO's San Diego shipyard where the first ship in the series…

ONE Stakeholders Announce Completion of Investment Payment

Apr 02, 2018

Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha have announced the completion of payment for investment in their new joint venture in the container shipping business, Ocean Network Express Pte…

GE Shipping to Buy Secondhand VLGC

Apr 02, 2018

India's largest private sector shipping company which mainly transports liquid, gas and solid bulk products Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited (GE Shipping) signed a contract to buy a secondhand Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) of about 81…

Zamakona to Build Two Ships for Royal Arctic Line

Apr 02, 2018

Government of Greenland owned shipping company Royal Arctic Line A/S has signed a contract with Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards for the construction of two reefer ships with and the concept design will be conducted by the norwegian company Havyard…

UN Blacklists Dozens over North Korean Smuggling at Sea

Apr 02, 2018

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts…

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