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Hanjin Shipping received its second very large ore carrier. Named “Hanjin Brazil”, it is the company’s second Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) of 300,000 ton-class. The ship is also under long-term contract with POSCO and will be deployed in the transportation of iron ore from Brazil to Korea. Attending the naming ceremony held at Hyundai ...
Some of the biggest names in shipping today, including Maersk, called on the industry to take far-reaching action to create a maritime sector which is socially and environmentally responsible and profitable, according to Exim News Service. Members of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, a global coalition drawn from across the sector, launched a Case for...
Vizada, an independent satellite communications provider, reveals Vizada XChange, their new platform providing a secure and controlled communications environment that integrates voice and broadband data for ship operations and crew. Vizada will present and demonstrate this newest addition to their maritime portfolio at the Nor-Shipping tradeshow in Oslo, No...
Patrick Stevedores will take legal action today in a bid to limit industrial action by the maritime union as the shipping industry accuses the Gillard government of hiding behind Fair Work Australia, reported The Australian. Patrick said the proposed week-long union bans at its terminals in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle from tomorrow would hav...
German group Hamburg Süd is moving some of its container transport operations in Brazil from Santos port in the southeastern state of São Paulo to Suape port in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, according to Business News Americas. The Pernambuco state government has signed an agreement with the company, which encompasses the operation of ...
TCC, the Danish subsidiary of The Containership Company (TCC), has sold its only containership, the 2,564-TEU Taicang Dragon, built in 2008, to clients of US-based Seachange Maritime for US$32.2 million. The ship is to be renamed Imara and fly the Singaporean flag and is free of charter, after Maersk Line redelivered it earlier this month, reports Alphal...
THE UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has approved the deployment of private armed guards aboard ships in pirate-infested waters off Somalia after a meeting at its London headquarters. "Placing armed guards on board should only be considered after a risk assessment has been carried out. It is also important to involve the master in the decis...
A Romanian subsidiary of Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is now building the largest containerships in Europe. Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries will build four 9,000 teu boxships for the Israeli Ofer Global Holdings group, in a contract worth EUR 400m, with the additional option of a further four ships. The ships are due to be ...
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