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Nordic Shipholding Profits below Market Expectations

May 25, 2016

For the 3 months ended 31 March 2016, Nordic Shipholding A/S generated a profit after tax of USD 1.5 million, compared to USD 2.7 million in the same quarter last year.  The average daily TCE rate earned by the vessels in the Handytankers Pool was below the forecasted daily rate…

Mount Whitney Makes History

May 25, 2016

USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, made history today as the first amphibious command ship to have an MV-22B Osprey land on its flight deck, May 23, 2016.The MV-22B and crew are part of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263)…

Technip Bags Statoil's Umbilical Supply Contract

May 25, 2016

Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals Ltd.(1) has been awarded a contract by Statoil ASA to supply the umbilical(2) to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is located approximately 8 kilometers North West…

China Okays CMA CGM's Acquisition of NOL

May 25, 2016

CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM), a global leader in container shipping, announces that it has received today confirmation that its pending acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Southeast Asia’s largest container shipping company (SGX: N03), has…

Korea Express Orders Two Quaymate M50 Cranes

May 24, 2016

Xiamen, People’s Republic of China, 24 May 2016 – Terex Port Solutions (TPS) notches up another success for its Terex Quaymate M50 mobile harbour crane. After the first machine in the world completely manufactured and assembled by the Chinese…

Weight for Delays

May 23, 2016

Drewry survey finds that confusion reigns over new container weighing rule with most stakeholders expecting some delays after its implementation in July. There is just over a month to go before new safety regulation comes into effect that will mandate container weighing from 1 July…

DLM Launches Container Load Monitoring System

May 23, 2016

Chant Engineering announced that business partner DLM has introduced a new product for the International Shipping Industry: the Twistlock Load Cell and Container Load Monitoring System.  To increase the safety of cargo ships at sea, the…

General Dynamics Bags $ 47 mi US Navy Contract

May 23, 2016

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a contract to provide information technology services and security assistance support to the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) and Navy International Programs Office…

Cheoy Lee Joins Robert Allan “Century Club”

May 22, 2016

On April 26, 2016, Cheoy Lee Shipyards launched the 100th vessel it has built to a Robert Allan Ltd. design, becoming the second shipyard worldwide to do so, after Sanmar’s initial achievement of this milestone in 2013.This epic tug, Hull Number 5098 at Cheoy Lee…

HCI Group Takes Over 13 Feeder Containerships

May 21, 2016

The HCI Group and two other investors have taken over a total of thirteen ships from the loan portfolio of HSH Nordbank. The HCI Group structured the portfolio acquisition and is investing a substantial amount itself. The portfolio consists of thirteen feeder ships of between 800 and 1…

Samskip, Pro-Log Double Barge Services

May 21, 2016

Multimodal network operator Samskip and inland waterway transport provider Pro-Log are celebrating the 10th anniversary of barge operations connecting Rotterdam and Duisburg by adding a second vessel, increasing service frequency to six times weekly…

Hamburg Süd to Adopt INTTRA eVGM Service

May 19, 2016

Hamburg Süd, one of the 10 largest shipping lines worldwide, and INTTRA, the world's ocean shipping electronic marketplace, have expanded their partnership to address the July 1 implementation of the International Maritime Organization's Safety…

Seaspan Secures $540 Mi Financing

May 19, 2016

Issues $140 Million of 6.95% Series F Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares, Renews $150 Million Unsecured Revolving Loan and Enters into $250 Million Lease FinancingHONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwired - May 18, 2016) - Seaspan Corporation…

APL Reduces Carbon Emissions by 45.5%

May 19, 2016

APL today announced that it has reduced its fleet carbon dioxide emissions by 45.5% in 2015, compared to its emissions level in 2009. This achievement marks APL’s highest carbon dioxide emissions reduction in the last six years. “APL has…

Fourth Damen Fast Ferry for S. Korea

May 19, 2016

Damen Shipyards Group has sold a Fast Ferry 4212 to South Korean ferry operator DAEA Express Shipping. The vessel, named Sea Flower, is the fourth ferry of this design that Damen has sold in the last five years to companies operating on the east coast of the Korean peninsula…

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Gram Car Carriers Rolls Out Orca AI Navigational Analytics Platform

Gram Car Carriers Rolls Out Orca AI Navigational Analytics Platform

Morocco’s Marsa Maroc to Acquire 45% Stake in Spain’s Boluda Maritime Terminals

Morocco’s Marsa Maroc to Acquire 45% Stake in Spain’s Boluda Maritime Terminals

Applied Acoustics Deploys Pyxis INS + USBL System for SEP Hydrographic

Applied Acoustics Deploys Pyxis INS + USBL System for SEP Hydrographic

800-Ton Goliath Crane Takes Shape in Port of Chioggia

800-Ton Goliath Crane Takes Shape in Port of Chioggia

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