Hapag-Lloyd: MPS Sailings Cancelled amid Congestion
German liner company Hapag-Lloyd said that sailings on its Mediterranean Pacific Service (MPS) westbound have been ...
read more →Spanish Court Jails Six Somali Pirates
A Spanish court has convicted six Somali pirates sentencing them on sixteen years of imprisonment each. Namely, the ...
read more →One Killed, Three Taken Hostage in Pirate Attack off Nigeria
One crew member was killed and three taken hostage in a pirate attack on a Greek-owned tanker pending unloading off ...
read more →Stena Bulk Names First of Its Ten Newbuilds
Stena Bulk’s IMOIIMAX Stena Impression, the first of ten 50,000 DWT MR chemical tanker newbuilds, was named ...
read more →Ardmore Sails to Profitable Full Year
Cork-based ship owner and operator Ardmore Shipping has posted a third successive profitable quarter and its first ...
read more →Seanergy Maritime Warned for Stock Non-Compliance
Marshall Islands dry bulk transportation company Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has received written notification ...
read more →Term of the Day: Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA)
A Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) is usually reached between various partners within a shipping consortium who agree ...
read more →Euronav Assigns USD 235.5 Mln for Maersk’s VLCCs
Having closed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of ordinary shares on NYSE, Euronav NV said it would repay the USD ...
read more →ITF: Seafarers Aboard FOC Ship Neither Fed Nor Paid
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) voiced concerns about the welfare of 21 Filipino seafarers ...
read more →North Pacific Route to Become Bussiest Trading Corridor
The North Pacific route will surpass the North Atlantic as the world’s most busy trading corridor in terms of ...
read more →The Dutch Forge Ahead with LNG Bunkering Plans
The Dutch entrepreneurs Peter Versluis (Veka Group), Gerard Deen (Deen Shipping) and Ed de Jong (IUVENIS) joined ...
read more →Infographic: Maritime Crime Figures for 2014
Maritime operations company Dryad Maritime released the following infographic showing maritime crime figures for ...
read more →USCG Clears Serenade of the Seas for Departure
The United States Coast Guard cleared Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Serenade of the Seas for departure from ...
read more →Update: Sunken Tug Spills Oil off Oahu
The U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific, Department of Health and responsible party Unified Command, are continuing oil ...
read more →COSCO Swings Back to Profit
After three years of losses, China’s shipping conglomerate China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) ...
read more →Egypt Selects Winners of Its USD 2.2 Bln LNG Tender
Egypt has selected the winners of its USD 2.2 billion tender for delivery of 75 cargoes of liquefied natural gas ...
read more →Time Working Against Bulk Jupiter Search
Owner of the sunken bulk carrier Bulk Jupiter Gearbulk said it plans to continue to allocate vessels transiting the ...
read more →CMES Back at Dalian for More
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has ordered construction of a 319,000 DWT Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) ...
read more →Skangass Books New LNG Bunker Vessel
Sweden’s liquefied natural gas provider Skangass has commissioned a specialised bunker vessel which will ...
read more →Finnlines Takes Two
Finnish shipping company Finnlines has agreed to purchase two ro/ro vessels for its North Sea liner services. The ...
read more →Readers’ Picks of the Week (5-9 of Jan)
DSME Christens World’s Biggest Containership Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) ...
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