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TOTE Maritime Boosts Support for Puerto Rico Relief

Nov 01, 2017

TOTE Maritime is increasing its service offerings and customer support to meet a growing demand for services as part of the ongoing relief and rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico.TOTE Maritime is adding two barges to its fleet. The first barge…

Seaspan Appoints Bing Chen As Chief Executive Officer

Oct 31, 2017

Seaspan Corporation announced that Bing Chen will be joining the Company as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and appointed to the Board of Directors in January, 2018.  Gerry Wang will be retiring as CEO and Director of Seaspan effective November 3…

Continuing to Pay Crews with Cash Will Bring Further Challenges

Oct 31, 2017

Paying crew members in cash will lead to further challenges of increased incidents of piracy and theft, says global financial payments company ShipMoney. ShipMoney President Stuart Ostrow will address delegates at Crew Connect Global, taking place between in Manila November 6 to 8…

Cosco to Raise $2 billion to Build Ships

Oct 30, 2017

Chinese container carrier Cosco Shipping is thirsty for expansion and will raise CNY 12.9billion (USD 2billion)  in new capital, according to Reuters report. The money will go to the construction of 20 new vessels. The carrier will use the raised fund to fund the building of six 21…

Star Bulk Rolls Out Logistics Venture

Oct 30, 2017

Star Bulk Carriers, a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, announced the expansion and diversification of the Company's commercial activity with the launch of the new subsidiary Star Logistics Management S…

Attica Buys Grimaldi Stake in Hellenic Seaways

Oct 29, 2017

Attica Group has announced that it reached an agreement with Minoan Lines, owned by Naples-based Grimaldi Group, for the acquisition of its 48.53 percent stake in Hellenic Seaways.  According to an announcement, the agreement provides for Attica Group to purchase Hellenic Seaways’ shares for 78…

WFW Advises BPM on Navigazione Refinancing

Oct 29, 2017

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised Banca Popolare di Milano S.p.A. (BPM) regarding a US$28.8m loan facility granted to L.G.R. di Navigazione and secured by, inter alia, mortgages over two medium range ice class tankers…

Wallem Appointed Manager for Sanasia's New PCTC

Oct 26, 2017

Wallem Ship Management has been appointed to manage Sanasia’s new pure car/truck carrier (PCTC )vessel, currently under construction and to be delivered next year.Wallem said it was first choice for Sanasia thanks to a relationship which goes…

NAT Closes Newbuilding Loan

Oct 25, 2017

Nordic American Tankers Limited (NAT) has announce that it has signed the main terms with a major international financial institution for the financing of the outstanding commitments, due on delivery, for the three Suezmax newbuildings to be delivered during the latter part of 2018…

DP World Reports 13.5% Container Volume Hike in Q3

Oct 24, 2017

DP World Limited handled 52.3 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first nine months of 2017, with gross container volumes growing by 10.0% year-on-year on a reported basis and 9…

MacGregor Named Operations VP at DPH/Patriot Rail

Oct 23, 2017

Diversified Port Holdings (DPH)/Patriot Rail, parent company to Seaonus and Portus, announced the promotion of Scott MacGregor to Vice President of Operations. He will have the primary responsibility of overseeing all DPH port operations in Florida…

Suez Canal Revenues Fall

Oct 22, 2017

Suez Canal revenues fell 2.2% month-on-month in September 2017, according to official data. Revenues amounted to $459.8 million in September 2017, versus $470.6 million in August 2017, the data showed. However, Suez Canal Authority (SCA)'s revenues raised by 3…

Nakilat Net Profit Down for the Last Nine Month

Oct 22, 2017

Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), the largest LNG ship owner in the world, concluded its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2017, with a net profit of QR 607 million compared to QR 749 million of the same period last year in 2016…

Alpha Bank Securitize Shipping Loans

Oct 20, 2017

Greece's Alpha Bank has successfully completed its second financing transaction of $250 million through shipping securitization with Citi, following the inaugural shipping securitization issuance of $500 million in 2014. 'Alpha Bank has successfully…

Scorpio Gets Financing for Kamsarmax Vessel in Japan

Oct 20, 2017

Scorpio Bulkers Inc announced that it has entered into a financing transaction in respect of one of the Company’s Kamsarmax vessels with unaffiliated third parties in Japan.   The cost of the financing is equivalent to an expected fixed interest rate of 4…

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All in the Family: The SunStone Maritime Group CEO Torch Passes to Carsten Lund

Verizon Wins 5G Contract for UK's Thames Freeport

Verizon Wins 5G Contract for UK's Thames Freeport

Crowley Expands International Shipping By Connecting U.S. Northeast and Central America

Crowley Expands International Shipping By Connecting U.S. Northeast and Central America

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