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Rasmussengruppen Sells Stake in Norden

Dec 03, 2017

Oslo based financial investor Rasmussengruppen sold its entire stake which is 4.8 million shares of Danish dry bulk bulker owner Norden.  A press statement said: 'In accordance with section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act, it is…

Ship Insurer Britannia Sets Up Subsidiary for EU

Dec 03, 2017

Following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, British ship insurer Britannia plans to set up a subsidiary in Luxembourg, Reuters reported. It is to ensure it can continue to trade in Europe, the company said. According to company…

DNV GL Launches D-Class

Dec 03, 2017

DNV GL has launched a “D-Class” (Data Smart Classification) joint development project to develop an innovative Dynamic positioning (DP) verification approach. In a series of workshops DNV GL is seeking input from the industry regarding the goals…

SolstadFarstad Wins New Contracts in Australia

Dec 03, 2017

SolstadFarstad ASA (SOFF) has been awarded several new contracts for the provision of vessels within Australia.  McDermott International Inc. affiliated company, MAPL have awarded the provision of a General Purpose Support Vessel, Far Stream…

Hamburg Süd Remains Hamburg Süd

Dec 01, 2017

Hamburg Süd remains a commercially independent brand under new owner – Significantly greater product range through global service network – Own sales force provides unchanged level of care to Hamburg Süd customers. With yesterday’s (November 30) closing…

MOL Rolls Out Total Residual Oxidants Instrument

Dec 01, 2017

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced commercialization of the Total Residual Oxidants (TRO) instrument 'S.sensing WS,' one of the major components of the Ballast Water Management System (BWMS). TRO is developed by Kurita Water Industries…

Diana Containerships TC with Wan Hai Lines

Dec 01, 2017

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

NAT Gets Finance for 3 Vessels

Dec 01, 2017

Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has entered into final agreements with a subsidiary of Ocean Yield ASA for the financing of the outstanding commitments of $39 million per ship, due on delivery. Three NAT newbuildings are under construction at Samsung shipyard in South Korea…

CMA CGM Completes Sale of Los Angeles Terminal

Dec 01, 2017

The CMA CGM Group completed today the sale of a 90% equity interest in Global Gateway South terminal (GSS) in Los Angeles (United States) to EQT Infrastructure III (EQT Infrastructure) and its partner P5 Infrastructure (P5), for an Enterprise Value of USD 875 million…

PanOcean Signs USD 1.8bln Deal with Brazil's Vale, Orders Six VLOCs

Nov 30, 2017

South Korean shipper Pan Ocean has won a 1.98 trillion won ($1.82 billion) contract to transport iron ore over a period of 27 years for Brazilian mining giant Vale, Reuters reported. The South Korea company said in a regulatory filing that…

Hapag-Lloyd Completes Integration with UASC

Nov 30, 2017

Hapag-Lloyd successfully completed the integration of UASC into the Group on 30 November 2017.  At a gathering of the shipping company’s global management in Hamburg, Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd AG, said in the afternoon: “Thanks…

Maersk Completes Hamburg Süd Acquisition

Nov 30, 2017

The transaction between Oetker Group and Maersk Line for Maersk Line's acquisition of Hamburg Süd, the German container line, was closed on 30 November 2017. On 1 December 2016, Maersk Line announced its intention to acquire Hamburg Süd…

Cosco, PSA Launch New Berth in Singapore

Nov 30, 2017

China's Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) is launching a new berth at its joint venture container terminal - Cosco PSA Terminal (CPT) - with PSA Corporation in Singapore. The two parties inked a memorandum of understanding on Thursday for the berth…

CMA CGM Merges Multimodal Subsidiaries

Nov 30, 2017

The CMA CGM Group announced it will merge its subsidiaries MacAndrews and OPDR effective January 1, 2018.,  in line with the Group’s strategy to develop its intra-regional activities Headquarters will be located in Hamburg. The union between…

MOL Succeeds in 'Visualization at Sea'

Nov 30, 2017

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced a joint success with Japan Radio  and JSAT MOBILE Communications in building a network that shares data recorded in Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) by using Fleet Xpress provided by Inmarsat, a high-capacity…

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