On behalf of foreign interests, SinOceanic Shipping ASA has entered into a contract with Jinhai Heavy Industries, China, to build 10 x 8800 TEU state-of-the art super eco containerships for delivery from mid 2015. Upon delivery, all vessels will enter into long term, fixed charter parties. The vessels will be built to meet the latest [...]
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Dutch Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, today opened Maasvlakte 2 to shipping. “Today we are clearing the way for international shipping and trade. That’s typical of the Netherlands. That’s how we became big. With Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands is throwing the door wide open to the newest generation of container [...]
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Norway-based company Eitzen Eco Bulk has ordered nine handysize dry bulk carriers from Chinese Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding, Sea Trade Global reports. The significant order is worth around $21m per carrier. The 38,000 dwt carriers, will be based on DNV and China’s Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute’s (SDARI) co-developed ‘Green Dolphin’ design. In addition, [...]
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Greek Shipping Minister, Kostis Moussouroulis revealed in his recent official visit to China that the Greek shipowners had placed an order for 142 newbuildings at Chinese shipyards. According to Official Chinese news agency Xinhua, the Minister said that, the order, which was signed last month, represents 60% of all Greek newbuilding orders placed worldwide. Greek [...]
LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. of Covington, LA for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels; 302’ x 76’ x 26’, 12,070 BHP diesel electric powered MPSV’s. “These [...]
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Viking Cruises recently announced the launch of its ocean product line, Viking Ocean Cruises, marking the introduction of the travel industry’s first new cruise line in nearly a decade. Developed from the ground up to return the focus of cruising to the destination, Viking Ocean Cruises will begin sailing in May 2015 with its first [...]
Under the auspice of HE Said Hamdoon, Undersecretary Ministry of Transport and Communication, Oman International Container Terminal ground breaking ceremony took place on May 16th to mark the start of the expansion of their container terminal capacity in Sohar. The construction will pave the way to increase the terminals’ capacity from the current 800,000 TEU [...]
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China: ABB Signs Service Agreement with CLSICO ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, signed a long-term Preventive Service agreement with China LNG Shipping International Co. Ltd (CLSICO) to provide maintenance services to all ABB equipment onboard of its six LNG vessels in the next five years. The contract commenced January 1, 2013. CMA [...]
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Transocean Ltd., a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, said in its monthly fleet update summary, providing information on the new contracts and significant changes to existing contracts, that the value of new contracts or extensions since the April 18, 2013 fleet status report is approximately $662 million. Deepwater Millennium drillship, working currently in Mozambique, has been [...]
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Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has declared the options for further two 36,000 deadweight handysize bulkers from the Korean owned Samjin Weihai Shipyard in Shandong Province, China. The two Units are exact repetitions of the first two ordered in June 2012 and are scheduled for delivery mid/end 2014. The ships will be built based on an economical [...]
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