Shipping news – Page 146

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    Harren & Partner in Caribbean expansion

    2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Harren & Partner has established a new office in Kingston, Jamaica, which comprises three companies, H&P Ship Management Office Kingston, H&P Caribbean Maritime Services and the newly founded German Ship Repair Jamaica - a joint venture betwe

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    Nils B owner pleads guilty

    2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - The United States Department of Justice has announced that two German shipping companies that owned and operated the general cargo ship Nils B have pleaded guilty before a federal court in San Diego on charges of discharging oil contaminated

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    C.H. Robinson sees profits fall

    2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Earlier this week, large US logistics company CH Robinson said higher haulage costs and Hanjin'sbankruptcy were partly responsible for the fall in revenues and profits it recorded for third quarter.

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    Eastern Shipping scores hat-trick

    2016-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Eastern Shipping of Romania arranged the transportation of three methanol reactors, weighing 378 tonnes each, from Bucharest, Romania to Constanta port, where the units were loaded on board the geared heavy lift ships, BBC Parana and BBC Euro

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    German shortsea shipping merger formed

    2016-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - Leer based Hartmann Group and Papenburg headquartered Schulte & Bruns have agreed to expand their cooperation in shortsea shipping activities, with both parties taking a 50 percent share in Schulte & Bruns Chartering.

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    Symphony chooses MirTac

    2016-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Symphony Shipping has signed a contract with MirTac for the provision of Star fleet management software and related services on its newbuild DP2 vessels, Symphony Performer and Symphony Provider.

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    Flinter loses bank support

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Dutch multipurpose shipping company Flinter has confirmed that ING Bank will no longer provide financing for nine of its vessels, leaving the line with no other option than to file for suspension of payments.

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    Atlantic Sea christened in Liverpool

    2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Yesterday, October 20, Atlantic Container Line's (ACL) third newbuild container/ro-ro (con-ro) vessel, Atlantic Sea, was christened by HRH Princess Anne at the UK's Port of Liverpool.

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    Shipping costs continue to decline

    2016-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by an average of 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2015.

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    Grieg Star joins forces with Gearbulk

    2016-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Grieg Star and Gearbulk have confirmed that they intend to enter into a joint venture to combine the companies' resources and expertise, as well as their combined fleet of open hatch, semi open hatch and conventional bulk vessels.

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    Rickmers sells trust manager shares

    2016-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - In light of persistently difficult conditions in the shipping industry, the Rickmers Group has sold all of its shares in Rickmers Trust Management to Brick Holding International Invest.

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    White Rock turbines start moving

    2016-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Eight wind turbines for the White Rock wind farm in New England, New South Wales have arrived at Australia's Port of Newcastle on board the multipurpose vessel Erna Oldendorff.

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    EMS in Balkan expansion

    2016-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - EMS-Fehn-Group is establishing a new operation in Rijeka, Croatia.

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    Symphony Performer launched

    2016-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - The long-range DP2 offshore supply vessel Symphony Performer was launched today (October 14) in Leer, Germany.

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    ARC gets patriotic

    2016-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) has christened its US-flag ro-ro vessel, Patriot.

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    Moody's warns on German lenders

    2016-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - In a report issued this week, Moody's Investors Service said that German ship lenders are facing increasing risks from the prolonged global shipping industry crisis, with their exposure to the industry remaining significantly higher than that

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    AAL loads luxury superyacht

    2016-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - AAL has loaded a luxury superyacht weighing 200 tonnes at the Dubai port of Jebel Ali.

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    Steady month on St Lawrence Seaway

    2016-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation said that cargo shipments have remained steady during September 2016.

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    Blue Water names IT head

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Blue Water Shipping has appointed Peter Matthiesen as its new chief information officer (cio).

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    BOCS makes Bilbao home

    2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - According to Uniport Bilbao, German shipowner BOCS (Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping) has made Bilbao its home port for Spanish operations.