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Port Hedland Iron Ore Shipments to China Jump

Sep 10, 2018

Iron ore shipments to China from Australia's Port Hedland terminal rose nearly 10 percent in August from a month earlier, port data released on Monday showed.Iron ore shipments to China from the world's biggest iron ore port totalled 35.5 million tonnes in August…

Oil Shipments From Georgia's Batumi Drop 45%

Sep 10, 2018

Oil and oil-related shipments from Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi fell by 45.3 percent in the first eight months of 2018 from a year earlier, an official at the KazMunaiGas operated terminal said on Monday.Some crude oil has been re-routed…

DP World Plans 10-year Dollar Sukuk, 30-year Conventional Bond Sale

Sep 10, 2018

DP World, the Dubai logistics group and one of the world's biggest port operators, will meet fixed income investors ahead of a planned 10-year benchmark dollar sukuk offering, a document issued by one of the banks arranging the potential issue showed on Monday…

Essberger Tankers Sign Deal with GAC

Sep 10, 2018

Chemical tanker operator Essberger Tankers has signed a ship agency deal with GAC throughout Scandinavia. Under the agreement, GAC will handle an estimated 600-800 port calls a year for Essberger’s fleet of vessels carrying a wide range of high-grade chemicals…

Djibouti Nationalizes Stake in Doraleh Container Terminal

Sep 10, 2018

Djibouti has nationalized the two-thirds stake in its Doraleh Container Terminal held by the Port of Djibouti, the government said in a statement, the latest twist in a dispute with Dubai's government-controlled DP World dating back six years…

Vecchiolla Takes the Helm at VT Systems

Sep 10, 2018

ST Engineering announced the appointment of Tom Vecchiolla as President & CEO (Designate) of its US Headquarters, VT Systems.  He will take over as President & CEO from General (Ret.) John Coburn on 1 December 2018, who will relinquish his CEO…

Port of Long Beach Sees Cargo Dip

Sep 09, 2018

Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach were 1.9 percent lower in August compared to the same month the year before.A total of 679,543 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) were moved through the Port. Imports declined 3.6 percent to 343,029 TEUs…

Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-Kg Signs BWTS Deal with Erma First

Sep 09, 2018

German based company, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG signed an Agreement with Erma First S.A., manufacturer of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS), for the installation of BWTS onboard its vessels.Erma Firstis represented in Germany by MOE Marine & Offshore Equipment…

CMA CGM Margin Hit in Q2

Sep 09, 2018

French shipping liner CMA CGM said that rising oil price impacted its operating income in second quarter of 2018. 'Volume growth and positive net income in a market environment affected by rising fuel costs,' said a press statement from the company…

Repsol to Buy LNG from Venture Global

Sep 07, 2018

Venture Global LNG announced that it has entered into a 20-year, binding Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Repsol for the supply of one million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas from the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility…

China Launches New Marine Satellite

Sep 07, 2018

China successfully launched a new marine satellite into orbit yesterday (Friday) to help improve understanding of maritime waters and study the impact of climate change, Xinhua reported.A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite took off at 11:15 a…

GoodBulk Gets New Credit Facility to Fund Vessel Acquisition

Sep 07, 2018

The bulk investment company focusing on vessels in the second hand market GoodBulk entered into a new credit facility with ING Bank for up to $73.0 million. This facility has an initial term of five years, profile of sixteen years.GoodBulk took delivery of the M/V Aquasalwador…

Pacific Drilling to Raise USD700mln for Restructuring

Sep 07, 2018

Pacific Drilling  announced that a special purpose wholly owned subsidiary of the Company intends to offer $700 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured first lien notes that mature five years following their issuance, subject to market conditions…

CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd Introduce ReUse in Mexico with Avantida

Sep 07, 2018

Avantida, an INTTRA company, announced that CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, two of the world’s largest liner shipping companies, are offering reUse container management services in Mexico. reUse is a container triangulation service for transporters made available on Avantida’s online platform…

Wintershall Awards Frame Deal to DOF Subsea

Sep 07, 2018

Norwegean-based  international subsea operating company DOF Subsea said in a press release that  it has been awarded frame agreement for marine subsea services from Wintershall.'The Atlantic region has been awarded a Frame Agreement for marine subsea services from Wintershall…

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