Shipping news – Page 154

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    Galborg name to disappear

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - With effect from July 1, 2016, Galborg Pte Ltd will be renamed MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping Pte Ltd, while Galborg USA, LLC will renamed MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping LLC.

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    Demolish or consolidate, says Drewry

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - In a webinar yesterday, Drewry analyst Susan Oatway suggested that the current overcapacity in the multipurpose shipping market can only be improved in the short term if operators of bulk carriers start scrapping some of their older ships.

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    AAL optimistic about Japan

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - At AAL Japan's one-year anniversary celebrations in Tokyo, almost 200 industry stakeholders came together to share cautious optimism about Japan's economic outlook and the future for the country's project cargo exports.

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    Straightpoint adds NY distributor

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - Straightpoint has appointed New York, USA based Electromatic Equipment Co as a distributor of its force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell equipment.

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    Juul takes helm at dship

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - Martin Juul has been appointed to replace Finn Rasmussen as president of dship Carriers (Americas).

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    FLS-KAA delivers to Basra

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - FLS-KAA has coordinated the door-to-door shipment of 1,300 cu m of project cargo from Abu Dhabi in the UAE to a site in Basra, Iraq.

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    WCA celebrates tenth meeting

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - The WCA Projects network's tenth annual conference in Lisbon, Portugal from May 17-20 was attended by 150 members representing 60 countries.

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    MACS adds South American options

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Through a connecting carrier arrangement with Seaboard Marine, MACS can now offer a new service option between Europe, the west coast of South America and Jamaica.

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    Poulsson named ICS chair

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Esben Poulsson, president of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), has been elected as the new chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).

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    Crowley continues Puerto Rican investment

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Crowley Puerto Rico Services is going ahead with an additional USD21 million construction contract for improvements and upgrades at its Isla Grande port terminal in San Juan.

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    GAC sets up in Namibia

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - GAC has launched it own operation in Namibia in response to growing demand from its oil and gas customers and increasing cargo trade between the country and its neighbouring African nations.

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    Rickmers takes on Nordana's project line

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Consolidation in the multipurpose shipping sector took a further step forward today with the news that Rickmers-Linie is set to take over Nordana Project & Chartering.

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    Fednav reaches 50 in Belgium

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Fednav (Belgium) has celebrated its milestone 50th anniversary, with Mark Pathy, president and ceo of Fednav International Ltd noting that the Fednav office in Belgium has been critical to the development of the shipping company's transatlantic t

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    BigLift loads unloader duo

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - BigLift Shipping's vessel Happy Dynamic has transported two 560-tonne Siwertell continuous ship unloaders (CSU) from Chioggia, Italy to Liverpool in the UK.

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    IRISL makes Hamburg call

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines' (IRISL) new general cargo service has made its first call at C. Steinweg's Süd-West Terminal in the Port of Hamburg with the vessel Sevgi.

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    HMM makes progress with creditors

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - According to reports in the international business media, one of the main creditors of indebted Korean shipping group Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has said that meaningful progress is being made with international ship owners to cut the leasing

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    NSC names Alpha Maritime

    2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Russian multipurpose ship operator Northern Shipping Company (NSC) has appointed Alpha Maritime Services as its liner agent in Italy.

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    Breadbox maintains new service

    2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Breadbox Shipping has decided to continue operating a new service dedicated to heavy lift and project cargoes, alongside regular bulk and breakbulk cargoes, from Europe to West Africa.

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    AAL handles shiploader

    2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - In a series of shipments, multipurpose liner shipping company AAL has completed the delivery of a mobile grain shiploader to Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) where it will be installed at the port's Pacific Terminal, which is run by Canada's largest gr

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    Heavy load fleet set to contract, says Dynamar

    2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - According to shipping consultancy provider, Dynamar, the top 15 heavy load shipping lines operate just over 80 percent of the worldwide fleet of such vessels.