Shipping news – Page 142

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    Thorco Projects and MC-Schiffahrt form shipping pool

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Thorco Projects has teamed up with MC-Schiffahrt to create a new shipping pool, which starts with a fleet of 14 ships - six 10,500 dwt multipurpose vessels from the latter and eight comparable vessels from the former.

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    Italy's Navemar hits the buffers

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    January 17 - Navemar of Italy is the latest company to fall victim to the shipping downturn, writes HLPFI's Italian correspondent, Nicola Capuzzo.

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    Industry prepares for widespread consolidation

    2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Consolidation was the word on everybody's lips at the Breakbulk Americas 2016 exhibition held from September 26-29 in Houston, USA. Annie Roberts reports from the show.

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    Schedule change for Streamlines

    2017-01-16T00:00:00Z

    January 16 - From January 18, the European schedule of Streamlines' Blue Stream service will change; calling at Tilbury before Rotterdam.

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    Bladt and Blue contract at Lindo

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - Blue Water Shipping has been contracted by Bladt Industries to handle all of the company's heavy load transports at its Lindo site in Denmark.

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    Rumours fuel OOCL share price rise

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    January 13 - The share price of Orient Overseas International (OOIL), the parent company of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), has jumped more than 25 percent since the end of 2016, reaching a 52-week high of HKD39.70 (USD5.12) on Wednes

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    IMO speaks out on emissions trading

    2017-01-10T00:00:00Z

    January 10 - Kitack Lim, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), believes including international shipping in the European Union's Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) could undermine global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissio

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    Kestrel flies with Carpenters

    2017-01-10T00:00:00Z

    January 10 - Kestrel Liner Agencies has been appointed liner agent in the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA for MBf Carpenters Shipping, and can now offer a weekly service to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

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    Militzer & Münch modify management

    2017-01-06T00:00:00Z

    January 6 - Marc Pinheiro and Tom Rosman have been appointed to the management team at Militzer & Münch Group.

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    Shipping will find a way, Moore Stephens predicts

    2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Moore Stephens says the shipping industry will use a mixture of experience and innovation to navigate what is likely to be another volatile year for the industry in 2017.

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    FLS skids into the New Year

    2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Dubai based Fleet Line Shipping has handled two skids, measuring 14 m x 10 m x 10 m and weighing 95 tons (86.1 tonnes) each, at Hamriya port in Sharjah, UAE.

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    Hansa Heavy Lift breaks ice on NSR

    2017-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - Hansa Heavy Lift claims to have transported, for the first time, ship-to-shore (STS) cranes via the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

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    IRISL boosts European liner service

    2017-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - Islamic Republic of Iran shipping lines (IRISL) has chartered two additional vessels for its breakbulk service between Antwerp and the Middle East.

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    Recovery in sight says Drewry

    2017-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - According to the latest Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecaster report, published by Drewry, the multipurpose shipping market will see the first signs of recovery by the end of 2017.

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    Gearbulk-Grieg venture named

    2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Gearbulk and Grieg Star have confirmed that their new joint venture company will be named G2 Ocean.

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    Dutch ship management venture created

    2016-12-28T00:00:00Z

    December 28 - Thorco Shipping Holland has reached an agreement with Navigia and Feederlines to join forces in a new technical ship management venture, which will represent four brands: Thorco Projects, Navigia, Feederlines and Peak.

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    SOL opens new ro-ro route

    2016-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Swedish Orient Line (SOL) is beginning a new ro-ro service between Ventpils (Latvia), Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Tilbury (UK) from the end of January 2017.

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    M&M Bank opens doors

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Maritime & Merchant Bank (M&M) - a Norwegian headquartered specialist bank for the shipping and offshore sector - has officially opened for business.

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    Shipping confidence hits 15-month high

    2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Shipping confidence improved for the third successive quarter in the three months ending November 16, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

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    Steely move for Blue Water

    2016-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Blue Water Shipping's terminal crew transported two steel structures weighing 99 tonnes and 65.5 tonnes respectively at the Port of Esbjerg.