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Euroseas Spins Off Its Drybulk Fleet

May 08, 2018

Greece-based owner of containerships and bulk carriers Euroseas has spun off its drybulk fleet into a separate company. The Company announced that it filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Study Calls to Reduce Ship Speed for Arctic

May 07, 2018

In the Arctic, marine mammals such as belugas and bowhead whales rely on a quiet environment to communicate and forage.  But as Arctic sea ice shrinks and shipping traffic increases, vessel disturbance could very likely impact their social behaviours…

Navios Maritime Containers Acquires Three Containerships

May 07, 2018

Navios Maritime Containers, a growth vehicle dedicated to the container sector, announced  that it agreed to acquire three containerships for a total purchase price of $117.25 million.  Navios Containers agreed to acquire two 8,204 TEU containerships…

Capital Products Acquires M/T Anikitos

May 07, 2018

Capital Product Partners L.P. has announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the M/T Anikitos, an eco-type MR product tanker (50,082 dwt IMO II/III Chemical Product Tanker built 2016, Samsung Heavy Industries (Ningbo) Co…

Efficient Shipping Needs Nautical Standards

May 06, 2018

Ben van Scherpenzeel is Chairman of the international Port Call Optimisation Task Force said that it’s rather curious that the shipping sector, whose history goes back some 5,000 years, only recently adopted international standards for nautical port information…

International Seaways Confirms Acquisition of Six VLCCs from Euronav

May 04, 2018

Tanker company International Seaways said that it has entered into a stock purchase and sale agreement to acquire the holding companies for six VLCCs from Euronav NV in connection with the closing of Euronav’s announced acquisition of Gener8 Maritime…

European Cargo Logistics, DSV Launch Moravia Shuttle

May 04, 2018

European Cargo Logistics (ECL), an associated company of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG), and DSV Road AB, a part of DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, are now reaching another spot on the map, Zajeci in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic…

Euroseas Bags TC for Newbuilding Kamsarmax M/V Ekaterini

May 04, 2018

Euroseas, an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a time charter contract for its newbuilding vessel…

Floating Docks Arrive at Damen's Curaçao Yard

May 04, 2018

Two floating docks have completed their 26-day voyage across the North Atlantic to Damen Shiprepair Curaçao (DSCu) in the southern Caribbean.The larger of the two is a Panamax-class dock measuring 230 meters by 45 meters for tankers, containerships and other large vessels…

Nordic American Tankers to Sell Tanker Pair

May 03, 2018

Bermuda-based Nordic American Tankers (NAT) is planning to sell two of its older suezmaxes, thus reducing its fleet size to 31 tanker vessels.  NAT described the move as a means of “retaining the flexibility of NAT going forward”. 'We…

Top Ships Extends Time Charter of M/T Eco Fleet

May 03, 2018

Top Ships, an international owner and operator of modern, fuel efficient 'ECO' tanker vessels focusing on the transportation of petroleum products, announced that it has extended the firm period of the time charter of M/T Eco Fleet with BP Shipping Limited for six months…

Finnlines Orders Three Ro-ro Vessels

May 03, 2018

Finnlines, part of the Grimaldi Group, signed a 200 million euro ($240 million) order for three new ro-ro vessels to be delivered from China’s Jinling Shipyard from 2020-2021.The 17,400 DWT vessels will be 238 meters long and have a cargo capacity of 5…

Milaha Rolls Out Qatar-Iraq Direct Container Feeder Service

May 02, 2018

Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha has announced the launch of a direct container feeder service between Qatar and Iraq.  The new service, which will be an expansion of the existing Qatar-Kuwait service that the company launched last year…

LNG Carrier Seri Camar Delivered to MISC

May 01, 2018

Malaysian shipping firm MISC Group has taken delivery of Seri Cemara, the final vessel in a series of five MOSS-Type liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers built for long-term charter to Petronas.The 150,200 CBM LNG carrier has been built for…

Diana Shipping TC for m/v Salt Lake City with Cargill

Apr 30, 2018

Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International S.A., Geneva, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Salt Lake City.  The global…

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