Shipping news – Page 138

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    Calls for carriage ban of non-compliant fuels

    2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Environmental organisations have teamed up with international shipping associations to call for a carriage ban of non-compliant marine fuels when the global 0.5 percent sulphur cap takes effect in 2020.

  • OOCL completes series
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    OOCL completes series

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    OOCL has taken delivery of the sixth and final vessel in its series of 21,413 teu containerships.

  • BigLift handles its heaviest ship unloader
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    BigLift handles its heaviest ship unloader

    2018-01-19T00:00:00Z

    BigLift Shipping's vessel, Happy Star, recently transported its heaviest ship unloader from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to the port of Onahama, Japan.

  • G2 Ocean names Wallem
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    G2 Ocean names Wallem

    2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Wallem Ship Agency has been appointed to provide ship agency services to all of G2 Ocean's vessels calling at Southeast Asian ports.

  • ONE gets the green light
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    ONE gets the green light

    2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

    The joint venture of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) - Ocean Network Express (ONE) - has received all the necessary merger approvals from local competition authorities.

  • Maersk and IBM launch blockchain JV
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    Maersk and IBM launch blockchain JV

    2018-01-17T00:00:00Z

    A.P. Møller - Mærsk has announced a joint venture with technology giant IBM, with the intention of using blockchain technology to deliver a more efficient and secure method of trading.

  • Crowley reshuffles liner teams
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    Crowley reshuffles liner teams

    2018-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Crowley Maritime has announced several organisational changes to its liner services teams.

  • Container market remains competitive
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    Container market remains competitive

    2018-01-15T00:00:00Z

    As the container market remains competitive, global shipping consultancy Drewry says there is potential for more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.

  • Höegh set for service launch
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    Höegh set for service launch

    2018-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Höegh Autoliners has introduced a direct express service from Europe to the USA, Mexico and Oceania.

  • Halifax completes the Grimaldi trio
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    Halifax completes the Grimaldi trio

    2018-01-12T00:00:00Z

    The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Grande Halifax at the Jinling Shipyard in China.

  • Malin Integrated Solutions launches
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    Malin Integrated Solutions launches

    2018-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Scotland's Malin Group has formed a joint venture with Marint (Offshore Services) and Dixon Marine Consulting (DMC).

  • New OOS vessel heads for Brazil
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    New OOS vessel heads for Brazil

    2018-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Netherlands-based heavy lift ship operator OOS International has introduced a new semi-submersible accommodation vessel to its fleet.

  • BIMCO advises cautious optimism
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    BIMCO advises cautious optimism

    2018-01-05T00:00:00Z

    The Baltic International Maritime Council (BIMCO) has warned that while 2017 was a year of change, much of it for the better, a cautious approach is still needed for 2018 to maintain the progress already achieved.

  • Optimism could be triumphant
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    Optimism could be triumphant

    2018-01-04T00:00:00Z

    International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens expects optimism to triumph over pessimism in the shipping industry during the next twelve months.

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    PCN members on the move

    2017-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Fortune International Transport, a member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN), has coordinated a shipment with fellow PCN members, C.H. Robinson Project Logistics and Cuchi Shipping.

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    Broekman delivers for MAN

    2017-12-27T00:00:00Z

    December 27 - Broekman Project Logistics has coordinated the delivery of eight MAN engines, weighing 325-tonnes each, from St. Nazaire, France to Rotterdam.

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    Hutchison takes TMA stake

    2017-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Hutchison Ports has acquired a 50 percent shareholding in TMA Logistics.

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    Rickmers appoints Merchant Shipping

    2017-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Rickmers-Line, part of the Zeaborn Group, has appointed Merchant Shipping Services in Mumbai as its agent in India, effective January 1, 2018.

  • Shipping confidence holds steady
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    Shipping confidence holds steady

    2017-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Shipping confidence held steady at its highest rating for the past three-and-a-half years in the three months to end-November 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore S

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    Blue Water acquires Frede Matzen

    2017-12-13T00:00:00Z

    December 13 - Effective January 1, 2018, Ribe, Denmark-based haulier and freight forwarder Frede Matzen will be acquired by Blue Water Shipping.