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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, reported AFP. A ...
Evergreen Marine Corporation announced its decision to renew direct calls in Israel. Evergreen Marine Corporation based in Taipei, Taiwan is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transportation firms and associated companies. Evergreen is the fourth largest shipping company of its type, ranked behind Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM. Green Shipping, Ev...
The mega container ship is named after CEO Edni Simkin of MSC Israel's daughter Danit. The container ship is capable of loading 14,000 standard 20-foot container. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), the world's third-largest shipbuilder, launched last week the world largest containership, the TEU 14,000 MSC Danit. The naming ceremo...
In 2009 Admiralty Shipyards OJSC and Sovcomflot OJSC plan to sign a contract for construction of a gas carrier with a capacity of 80,000 m3 of gas, RBC cites Vladimir Aleksandrov, Director General of Admiralty Shipyards, as saying at a solemn ceremony dedicated to metal cutting for construction of Russia’s new scientific research vessel, held in St. P...
THE UN's International Maritime Organisation has organised a round table of international shipping associations meeting with shipping industry bodies BIMCO, ICS/ISF, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), to review progress on addressing the shortage of seafarers' and the threat of piracy. The meeting at IMO h...
Sembcorp Marine's unit Jurong Shipyard has won a rig order worth US$247.3 million (S$372 million) - a welcome boost to the sector, which has suffered a sharp drop in orders of late as the boom times faded. A spokesman confirmed yesterday it was the firm's first rig order for the year. The order to complete and deliver a semi-submersible drilling unit ...
In the end on March 2009, Front Voyager, Inc., a subsidiary of Frontline Ltd., has extended the charter party with Calpetro Tankers (Bahamas III) Ltd. for the single hull Suezmax tanker, Front Voyager, for one year from April 1, 2009 at an average daily bareboat rate of $4,988. In April 2009, Chevron Transport Corporation chose not to declare the terminat...
From April 15, 2009, Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) will hike Suez Canal surcharges from $9 to $50 for 20’ containers, Lloyd’s List reports according to Deliver. The increase is to compensate for a part of revenue the company has lost due to a fall of Far East-Europe rates, which started as early as in 2008. According to Colin O’Pray, M...
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