June 22 - Dubai-based project forwarder, Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has delivered 12 furnished caravans, each measuring 12.3 m x 3.5 m x 3.5 m from Karachi, Pakistan to the Rumaila oil field in Basra, Iraq.
The units were shipped on 12 flatbed containers, owned by FLS, from the Port of Karachi via Jebel Ali, UAE to Umm Qasir, Iraq on board a container ship.
FLS' Iraq office was responsible for the Customs clearance on arrival and transported the caravans overland to the project site.
BBC Chartering said that its fifth Lakermax newbuild multipurpose vessel, BBC Santiago, successfully passed sea trials last week.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Vertom has placed an order for four 10,700 dwt geared tweendeckers at Chowgule Shipyards in India.
Damen Shipyards has delivered two Combi Freighter (CF) 5000 vessels to Squtrixo General Trading. Additionally, a CF 3850 will also be handed over to the company.
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has allocated USD580 million towards port improvement projects.
