Shipping news – Page 134

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    Industry bodies outline CO2 objectives

    2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - BIMCO, INTERCARGO, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and INTERTANKO have made a joint proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) concerning ambitious CO2 reductions by the international shipping sector.

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    Peters & May names Portuguese partner

    2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Peters & May Group has signed an agreement with Navex, naming the shipping company as the exclusive agent for Peters & May's Portuguese trade.

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    Manzi in at Crowley

    2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Crowley Maritime Corporation has appointed Paul Manzi as vice president of safety, security, quality and environmental stewardship (SSQE), effective July 1.

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    FLS carries on caravanning

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    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.

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    EGL joins Zohr discovery

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL), a subsidiary of Kadmar Group, has handled a 28 m long connecting unit for Saipem's Zohr gas field.

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    Metro Ports gains Great Lakes base

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - The Ports of Indiana has named Metro Ports as the bulk terminal operator at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor as of July 1, managing the loading and unloading of shipments for port tenants and outside companies shipping bulk cargoes, including pr

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    Shipping confidence on the up

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - Shipping confidence reached its equal highest rating in the past three years in the three months to end May 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

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    ALE helps salvage Sewol ferry

    2017-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - ALE has completed the load-in of the 17,000-tonne Sewol ferry, as part of the salvage operation in the East China Sea.

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    Cut and dried shipment for Röhlig Spain

    2017-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Röhlig Spain, the Spanish sister company of Röhlig Projects, has handled the shipment of a rotary drying machine drum from Spain to Australia, working on behalf of Spain's Rocalor, which supplies direct heated rotary dryers for drying different

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    Marine Projects adds floating crane

    2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - To enhance its flexibility and production capabilities, Poland's Marine Projects has purchased a self-propelled sheerleg-type floating crane from the Dutch company Tenwolde Transport & Repair and renamed it Conrad Consul.

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    Vroon responds to negative media

    2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Family-owned Dutch shipping group Vroon has responded to negative articles published in the Dutch media concerning its financial state.

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    Perfect storm looms

    2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Shipping losses continue to decline but a perfect storm of regulation, cost saving and cyber security looms, says Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality's (AGCS) fifth annual safety and shipping review 2017.

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    Tackling vessel oversupply

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - A panel of shipping industry experts have argued that there is no need for either market-based or regulatory intervention to break a period of sustained low freight rates, erosion of asset value and oversupply.

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    Ernst Russ and Ecofin form ship investment platform

    2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Hamburg-based asset management company Ernst Russ and specialist investment group, Ecofin Holdings, have established Elbe Financial Solutions (EFS), an international investment services firm focused on the maritime and infrastructure sectors.

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    MHI charters UWL's Vestvind

    2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - MHI Vestas has chartered United Wind Logistics' (UWL) specialised deck carrier Vestvind to transport turbine components to Belfast for the Walney Extension wind park off the UK west coast.

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    Dimerco delivers for Qatar's reservoir project

    2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

    June 14 - Dimerco has transported pipe spools from South Korea to the Middle East for the Water Security Mega Reservoirs Project in Qatar.

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    Qatar disruption and uncertainty expected

    2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

    June 12 - International law firm Ince & Co has advised shipping and transportation companies with cargo interests in Qatar to plan for a period of disruption and uncertainty, following the decision by a number of Qatar's neighbours and other nations to cu

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    There's an app for that

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - ARL Shipping has launched a smartphone app for heavy lift/project port agents, cargo owners or vessel operators to log operational time stamps during a project cargo vessel's port operation.

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    Germany's shipping lenders face squeeze on profits

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Albeit early signs of recovery became visible during the first months of 2017, but the shipping industry's protracted slowdown will continue to exert pressure on German ship lenders' profitability, Moody's Investors Service said in a report publi

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    More moves for PCN members

    2017-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Nonpareil International Freight & Cargo, a member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in the Philippines, has transported a kiln shell from Croatia to the Philippines, with assistance from TransOcean Shipping, PCN member in Slovenia, Croatia, Hung