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According to LigaBusinessInfrom quoting Chernomorneftegas, the ship-owner, currently the representative of the company’ management are personally visiting relatives of the missing crew members. It should be pointed out that on March, 22 in the South China Sea (in Hong Kong waters) the Ukraine tug vessel Neftegas-67 collided with the bulker named Yao-H...
On March, 22 the Krasnoe Sormovo yard launched the head vessel of RST22 project for Palmali. The tanker was named “Kura River”. According to the press-service of MNP Group, due to the contract the yard will build 10 chemical vessels. It is expected that the first 5 tankers will be delivered to the customer in 2008, the next 5 – in 2009. The clas...
Rickmers Maritime said it has entered into conditional agreements to acquire 13 new containerships. The deal is expected to more than double the size of the Singapore-based company抯 fleet. The company went public last year with an initial fleet of 5 vessels and added five more through this month. It will now buy: Five 4,250 TEU vessels from D...
Frontline Ltd., the world's largest tanker company, said it or other companies controlled by shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, have acquired 1.6 million shares or about a 5.2 percent stake in rival tanker company Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. In addition, Frontline said it has acquired forward contracts, that if optioned would boost that stake to 9.6...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, the Scandinavian automotive shipping and logistics company, will switch port calls on its North America/Middle East service from Houston to Galveston, Texas. WWL will begin loading vessels in Galveston from March 25. By shifting operations to Galveston, our customers will benefit from shorter transit and vessel turn...
The U.S. Military Sealift Command will conduct a sea-basing exercise off the coast of Monrovia, Liberia in late March. The command's vessels 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo and LCPL Roy M. Wheat arrived in the Gulf of Guinea on March 20. The U.S. Navy cargo ships are part of the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron One, one of three squadrons that provide rapid...
According to the Hong Kong Marine Department, the port handled 3.08 mn TEU in February. It is 9.6% more than in February last year. Compared to the January 2008 an increased totaled 44.2%. The port handled 2.06 mn TEU in January 2007, ShedNet reports. Source: Seanews
Shanghai International Port Group throughput only increased by 2.5%t year on year to 1.8 mn TEU in February because of snow storms, Logistics Week reported. SIPG alltogether handled 4.211 mn TEU in the first 2 months of this year, an increase totaled 9.2%. Total cargo volume of the Shanghai port from January to February grew by 5.2% - up to 56.17 mn...
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