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STX Group, owner of Europe's largest shipyard, won a drill ship contract worth as much as US$1.2 billion from Noble Corp, the third-largest US offshore oil driller. The order, the first of its type won by South Korea-based STX Heavy Industries Co, includes a US$300 million deepwater drill ship for delivery in 2011 and an option for three additional ve...
Russia does not want confrontation with Ukraine over the deployment of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Vladimir Dorokhin, ambassador at large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said here on Friday according to Itar-Tass. He led the Russian delegation at consultations with Ukraine over the Black Sea Fleet. Russia’s stand on the deployment of the Black...
Yesterday, the first ocean carrier called at the EUROGATE Tanger container terminal. The first regular service will start on 8 October 2008. This will be CMA CGM’s Far East – Northern Europe service (FAL 1), which deploys vessels with a loading capacity of 8,500 TEUs. The first such vessel to call at Tangier will be CMA CGM’s “La Traviata”. “Although...
CMA CGM will launch a new rationalised version of its North Europe-Mediterranean-Oceania (NEMO) service at the end of November. Operated in 50:50 partnership with Hapag Lloyd, the NEW NEMO service will serve Australia directly from Europe and the Mediterranean, offering the fastest and only direct and dedicated link from Europe to Australia via Sue...
Stefano Antonini has joined Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics as Country Manager Italy with effect from 18 September 2008. Mr Antonini has a number of years’ experience in the multimodal and transport business focusing on key account management. He has worked for P&O Ferrymasters, C H Robinson and Fercam. In his position of Country Manager...
A typhoon that has reportedly killed at least 18 people in China and the Philippines has also played havoc with shipping in the region. The Macau Daily Times said 17 crewmen are missing after a South Korean freighter capsized off Macau. Chinese rescuers are searching for survivors. Both Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk have reported casualties as a result o...
Yang Ming today named two containerships at the Kaohsiung Shipyard of CSBC Corp., Taiwan. The two ships were the 8,200-TEU YM Upward and 4,250-TEU YM Enhancer, the latter of which Yang Ming said would join the Asia Europe Loop 3. So far this year the Taiwanese carrier has brought two 4,250-TEU and three 8,250-TEU vessels into its fleet. By exp...
TOP Ships Inc. said it has entered into an exclusive agreement with a company affiliated with Greek ship owner George Economou, that will allow Economou to explore a possible acquisition of TOP Ships for $6 per share. The exclusivity agreement expires Oct. 8, and TOP Ships said it has agreed to reimburse Economou's company up to $1 million, in certain...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi
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