Shipping news – Page 150

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    Nigeria Navy beats off pirates

    2016-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Carisbrooke Shipping's Vectis Osprey, which is under the commercial management of the Zeaborn Group, has been rescued by the Nigeria Navy from attempted piracy, having been offshore of Bonny Island, Nigeria.

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    Inchcape opens in Amsterdam

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Maritime and logistics service provider, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has opened an office in Amsterdam - the company's second office in the Netherlands.

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    Pan Ocean back in the black

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - South Korean shipping company, Pan Ocean has reversed the loss it recorded in the first half of 2015, turning in a profit for the same period of this year.

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    More mergers and acquisitions says Drewry

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Poor first half results in container shipping in the first half make it more likely that more merger activity can be expected, says London's Drewry Maritime Research.

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    Profits tumble at Boskalis

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) realised a net profit of EUR147.5 million in the first half of 2016, less than half of the EUR 306.5 million it achieved in the corresponding period of 2015, with the spot market in its Offshore Energy dep

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    All change at Dachser Air & Sea Logistics

    2016-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Effective January 1, 2016, Jochen Müller will join the Dachser management team and will take over from Thomas Reuter as chief operations officer of the company's Air & Sea Logistics business on January 1, 2018

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    Another Kazakh contract for Blue Water Shipping

    2016-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Blue Water Shipping will lead a consortium which has been awarded a USD 154 million contract by Tengizchevroil (TCO).

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    Hapag-Lloyd carries trains to Peru

    2016-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - Today's loading of six metro cars onboard Hapag Lloyd's container ship Cerinthus at the port of Salerno, Italy, marks the first in a series of shipments that will see the shipping line carry a total of 42 trains consisting of 252 metro cars fr

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    Veja Mate wind park on schedule

    2016-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - The Hamburg-based Buss Port Logistics has successfully completed the near-shore logistics and storage operations for the future Veja Mate offshore windpark. 


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    BBC returns to Denmark

    2016-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - BBC Chartering has re-launched its presence in Denmark, opening a representative office in Esbjerg.

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    Rickmers continues to weather market storm

    2016-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Rickmers Group recorded consolidated revenues of EUR249.3 million (USD277.9 million) in the first half of 2016 - a 13.9 percent decrease compared with the same period of 2015.

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    High five for big blade shipment

    2016-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Hamburg based shipbroker Hanseatic Break Bulk (HBB) has worked together with liner agent Nepa Shipping to arrange the transport of 150 individual wind turbine blades from China to the USA on board the newbuild heavy lift vessel Chipolbrok Atla

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    First ships for Hull's windmill port

    2016-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Berths at the Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock in the UK have carried out their first task - handling ships delivering crushed stone, which will be used to surface the wind turbine factory site that is being built by Siemens.

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    'Disappointing' start for Hapag-Lloyd

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Subdued economic growth in many parts of the world, persistently tough competition in the liner shipping industry and further declines in freight rates have marked the first half of the 2016 business year for German shipping company Hapag-Lloy

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    Chipolbrok set for third newbuild

    2016-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Chipolbrok's third newbuild heavy lift vessel, Chipolbrok Atlantic, is set to make its maiden call at the Port of Hamburg's C. Steinweg terminal at the end of September.

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    Foord up at JSA Global

    2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - UK based liner agency JSA Global has named John Foord as director, with immediate effect.

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    Stripper sails with Combi Lift

    2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Combi Lift's heavy lift ship Palau has loaded a 540-tonne stripper, measuring 95 m long, in Masan, South Korea for delivery to Johor in Malaysia.

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    Blue Water assists tidal turbine lift

    2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Blue Water Shipping has assisted Sabella and Mojo Maritime in the retrieval of a tidal turbine off Ushant Island in the Celtic Sea.

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    Briese and Auerbach in alliance

    2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - In response to the ongoing difficulties faced by shipping lines active in the multipurpose shipping sector, Briese Schiffahrts and Auerbach Schifffahrt have formed a strategic alliance and will cooperate more closely in the areas of project dev

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    Queen B makes Manatee call

    2016-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - Port Manatee has welcomed World Direct Shipping's new vessel Queen B on its maiden voyage from Mexico to the USA.