July 5 - Pacific International Lines (PIL) has introduced a weekly service from Haropa's Port of Le Havre in France to the South Pacific region.
The service calls in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Guam, Fiji, Hawaii, Wallis and Futuna, Tonga, Samoa and the Marshall Islands.
Although mainly a container carrier, PIL provided various solutions for the transport of special cargo and is capable of shipping oversize and overweight project cargo loads on its services.
The final monopiles for the Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm have been delivered by Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin.
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.
