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GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has taken delivery of the 13,798-TEU MSC Emanuela, the 14th of vessels in the 13,798- to 14,000-TEU range from Korea's Samsung and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME). The 14,000 MSC Paloma is the sixth of the Samsung vessels, which presents a design quite similar to the DSME ships. The ...
AP Moller-Maersk has dismissed allegations that its shipping and port units have been putting pressure on shippers in western India to use Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL), which is part-owned by its subsidiary, APM Terminals. "After looking into shippers' accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, we have determined our position to be legally sound," said ...
Stolt Bitumen Services, a subsidiary to Stolt-Nielsen, orders two 3,500 DWT bitumen tankers at Nanjing East Star Shipbuilding in China, including an option on a further two tankers. The price is not disclosed. The first vessel will be delivered in March 2012. Luxemburg-based Stolt-Nielsen was founded in Norway in the 1950s. (Source:www.shipgaz.com)
Spot freight rates in eastbound trans-Pacific trade lanes declined last week to their lowest point since May as carriers expand capacity faster than the growth in cargo volume The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index average spot rate to the U.S. West Coast in the week ending Sept. 17 fell 2.9 percent from the week before to $2,493 per 40-foot container. Th...
Bangkok: Thoresen Thai Agencies (TTA) has sold off another elderly general cargoship. The Bangkok-based shipowner has sold the 1986-built, 16,211 dwt Thor Skipper for $3.5m to Allseas Holdings in the British Virgin Islands. TTA said it booked a net gain of Baht44.85m from the sale. Following the sale of Thor Skipper the company’s fleet will have an av...
Seoul: John Fredriksen’s Golden Ocean has cancelled a capesize newbuilding at Deahan Shipbuilding. The dual Oslo and Singapore-listed shipowner said it had “decided to exercise its right under the shipbuilding contract for the vessel to be named Golden Changi to cancel that contract”. The 170,500 dwt bulker was the last of four resales acq...
London: Today sees the launch of Seafarers’ Rights International, described as 'a unique and groundbreaking resource dedicated to advancing the legal protection of seafarers worldwide'. Seafarers’ Rights International will use high level research and analysis to raise awareness of the legal concerns of seafarers, and will wo...
Muscat: Oman is scheduled to double its fleet size over the next two years from 23 to 42 vessels, writes Ship-Technology. The country is building 19 new vessels at shipyards in Korea, Japan and China. The newbuild programme includes 13 VLCCs, four ultra-large ore carriers of 400,000dwt each and two Supramax bulk carriers of 55,000dwt. The ships, scheduled f...
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