Shipping news – Page 147

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    TPI Megaline loads Octopus

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Korean heavy lift shipping company TPI Megaline has selected ABB's predictive Octopus marine software to ensure safe and efficient operations on one of its vessels.

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    Williams Shipping aims high

    2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Williams Shipping, an expanding marine and logistics firm based in Southampton, UK, has boosted its cargo handling capabilities with the investment in a powerful reach stacker and the development of a new one-acre cargo handling yard for its

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    Cosco wins huge Kazakh contract

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - China's Cosco Shipping has been awarded a major transportation and logistics contract by a large Kazakhstani oil and gas partnership.

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    Drewry releases latest multipurpose report

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - According to the latest Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecaster report published by Drewry, "the last three months have been some of the worst the multipurpose and project carrier sector has endured in living memory".

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    Meriaura takes newbuild delivery

    2016-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Finnish shipping company Meriaura has received the first of two newbuild VG EcoCoaster vessels from Royal Bodewes in the Netherlands.

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    Target arrives at Jaxport

    2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Jaxport has welcomed Höegh Autoliners' pure care and truck carrier (PCTC), Höegh Target, to its Blount Island Marine Terminal.

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    Damen makes Jumbo repairs

    2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam in the Netherlands has completed a three-week repair project on Jumbo's DP2 heavy lift crane vessel, Jumbo Javelin.

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    Grace period over for box weighing

    2016-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - This weekend saw the passing of a key date for anyone involved in international container shipping.

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    Downturn sees Hansa shift focus

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift is responding to difficult market conditions by focusing on specialised transport and installation projects, rather than bread-and-butter project shipments.

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    Hansa sells two to Spliethoff

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Hansa Heavy Lift has sold two of its F-Class vessels to the Spliethoff Group.

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    BigLift delivers STS cranes to Vigo

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - BigLift Shipping's Happy Sky has completed the discharge of two large ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes in Vigo, Spain.

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    Longview seeks Bridgeview proposals

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - On the US West Coast, the Port of Longview is seeking proposals for available industrial waterfront property on the Columbia River.

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    First for UECC

    2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - United European Car Carriers (UECC) has taken delivery of the world's first LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) from the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China.

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    New CEO for Baltic Exchange

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - The Baltic Exchange Limited (Baltic Exchange) has named Mark Jackson as its next ceo.

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    "K" Line denies bankruptcy allegations

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) has issued a statement that dismisses claims that it is facing bankruptcy.

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    Six shipping lines raided in South Africa

    2016-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - South Africa's Competition Commission has conducted a search and seizure operation at the premises of six cargo shipping companies operating in the Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal provinces.

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    Hanjin Shipping: sale just one option

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Reports in the international business media suggest that the South Korean court that is overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership process is considering multiple means of rehabilitating the world's seventh-largest container shipping line, w

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    Mårtensson appointed Stena Line CEO

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Effective September 28, 2016 Stena Line has promoted deputy ceo Niclas Mårtensson to the role of ceo.

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    Mejia on board at Dan-Gulf

    2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

    September 28 - Dan-Gulf Shipping, which is based in New Orleans, USA, has appointed Alberto Mejia as vice president in the company's liner department.

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    Shipping confidence rises

    2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - According to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens, shipping confidence, notably on the part of charterers and managers, improved for the second successive quarter in the three months ending August 2016.