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On April 3, the delivery of a new containership FESCO DIOMID of B-178 series to FESCO was held at Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa (Poland). According to FESCO press center, the vessels is the company’s largest containership. This 42,000-dwt vessel capable of carrying 3,091 TEU is fitted with 650 sockets for refrigerated containers (including 450 on the de...
The first tanker will be accepted by the specialized sea oil-loading terminal in Kozmino Bay (PrimorskiTerritory) in December 2009, VGTRK Vladivostok cites Vladimir Petrovski, representative of the contractor participating in construction works. “We expect the first tanker by December. We manage to follow the schedule,” he said. According to...
Unsustainable rates and continued improved demand lead to rate increases effective 1 May 2009. Rate increases are necessary to continue to operate our services with the high level of reliability our customers have come to expect from Maersk Line. The filed increases are as follows on eastbound services from Northern Europe, North Africa and Mediterranea...
Insurance company RESO Garantia has paid $605,000 in connection with the case when dry cargo carrier Volgo-Balt 150 owned by Rota Ship Management SA ran aground in the Black Sea near Turkey, Insurance Today reports. According to the source, the insurer has reimbursed for expenses related to rescue and repair of the vessel. Volgo-Balt 150 ran agro...
Evergreen Line has announced a series of enhancements to its Asia - U.S. East Coast Service (AUE) and China - South U.S. West Coast - China Service (CPS) services. Introduced to meet customer demand for higher levels of service, these changes will come into effect from mid April. The CPS service will now provide faster transit times from the keys po...
CMB confirms that Bocimar International has sold the Capesize vessel Mineral Viking (2001-172,964 dwt). The net sale price amounts to USD 42 million. At the time of delivery of the vessel, scheduled to take place at the end of April 2009, a capital gain of approximately USD 15.6 million will be realised. Source: Transportweekly &...
Somali pirates have hijacked the German containership, the Hansa Stavanger, in the Indian Ocean, as well as attacking an Israeli Zim box ship that escaped. "The German ship was taken 400 nautical miles off the Somali coast, between Kenya and the Seychelles," said Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme in Kenya...
THE US Congress is reportedly shifting its attitude on 100 per cent scanning of US-bound containers at overseas ports by 2012, increasingly seeing the mandate as impractical and ineffective. At a House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing last week, several lawmakers agreed with security officials that the challenges and expense of implem...
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