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TNT announced that it will add eight new branches to its international express network in China by the end of the year. The expansion, which forms part of TNT’s investment in China to strengthen its international express network, will bring the total number of TNT International Express branches in China to 34. In addition to its extensive international ex...
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...
Four more 24,000dwt multi-purpose vessels have been ordered for the global services of Rickmers-Linie, the heavylift and project cargo shipping company by Polaris Shipmanagement, a Rickmers Group company. The contract with the Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Wenchong was signed in Hamburg on the evening of 23 September, the first day of the major German shi...
TOP Ships Inc (Greece) announced today that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with an affiliate of George Economou, the Greek shipowner, providing for the exploration by such affiliate of the possible acquisition of the Company at a potential price of $6.00 per share. The exclusivity agreement expires on October 8, 2008. The exclusivity agree...
The Turkish shipbuilder Cicek Shipyard has launched a new 25,000dwt bulk carrier design at the SMM 2008 exhibition in Hamburg (23 - 26 September). Maritime Today reported. The current handy-size bulk carrier fleet is now ageing and Cicek believes that many owners will soon be placing orders for replacement tonnage that both meets new regulations and o...
The first of the latest Wartsila RT-flex82C common-rail marine engine type developed by Wartsila has successfully completed its official shop test on 17 September 2008 at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Korea, which is a licensee of Wartsila. The seven-cylinder engine has a maximum continuous power of 31,640 kW at 102 rpm. It will be installed in a...
Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg, Germany-based heavy-lift and project cargo shipping company, on Tuesday ordered four 24,000-deadweight-ton multipurpose vessels from Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Wenchong. The order was placed by Rickmers Group company Polaris Shipmanagement with delivery scheduled for May 2011 through December 2011. The new vessels a...
CMA CGM has confirmed it is merging its Europe/Oceania via Suez Canal NEMO service with the ANS loop of Hapag-Lloyd. The French carrier started NEMO -- soon to become New NEMO -- in February 2007 and soon after ended a previous agreement with Hapag-Lloyd on the ANS. It is unclear what will happen with current NEMO partner Deutsche Afrika Linien. ...
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