Shipping news – Page 86
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NewsDKT boosts commercial team
De Keyser Thornton Group (DKT) – exclusive agent for AAL in the Benelux region – has appointed Kurt Lyssens and Peter De Boer to its commercial team.
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NewsAAL to launch new monthly service
Multipurpose carrier AAL is launching a Europe - Middle East/India - Asia monthly liner service later this month.
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NewsIntermarine begins operations
Intermarine has commenced its Americas liner service, following the brand’s resurrection at the end of January.
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NewsKOGA Shipping launched
King Ocean Gulf Alliance (KOGA) Shipping has been launched out of Houston, USA, and will focus on breakbulk, project, and bulk shipping throughout the Americas.
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NewsNYK places LNG PCTC order
NYK has ordered a second LNG-fuelled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) from Shin Kurushima Dockyard.
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NewsShipNext and SEDNA join forces
ShipNext has formed a partnership with SEDNA, which develops cloud-based transaction management software.
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NewsNorth P&I updates platform to reflect coronavirus risk
North P&I Club has developed its MyGlobeView platform so that it can provide live updates as to the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, countries at risk and what to look out for.
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NewsMeriaura adds Friendland to fleet
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has added the 2002-built general cargo vessel Friendland to its fleet.
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NewsTaranaki welcomes wind energy cargoes
BBC Amber has arrived at the port of Taranaki in New Zealand to deliver 99 wind turbine blades for Mercury’s wind farm in Turitea.
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NewsInvestigation launched into Rostock incident
An investigation has been launched into an incident at the port of Rostock, Germany, which saw two mobile cranes roll off the deck of a heavy lift vessel.
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NewsChipolbrok loads up in Europe
Chipolbrok’s multipurpose vessel Chipolbrok Star called at the port of Bilbao during December to offload wind energy components.
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NewsMOL outlines restructuring plan
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has detailed a restructuring plan that will be implemented on April 1, 2020.
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NewsDevlin moves to Mærsk
Dennis Devlin has joined A.P. Møller–Mærsk as the shipping company’s senior director for special project logistics in North America.
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NewsIntermarine brand revived
HLPFI understands that Zeamarine has divested its Americas Liner business, which operates 10 multipurpose vessels serving customers in the US-South America trade.
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NewsFesco moves cranes from St Petersburg to Primorye
Russia’s Fesco Transportation Group has delivered four Liebherr rubber-tyred gantry cranes from St Petersburg to Primorye on behalf of Global Ports, which needed to move the equipment between two terminals belonging to its subsidiaries.
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NewsJol steps up at AqualisBraemar
AqualisBraemar has appointed Dirk Jol to head up the group’s adjusting division in the Middle East and India.
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NewsPCN members combine for mining project
In coordination with several of its fellow Project Cargo Network (PCN) members, Goodrich handled the movement of almost 8,000 freight tons of mining equipment to Kazakhstan.
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NewsNew boom on route for Pacific Osprey
Blue Water Shipping is transporting a crane boom, manufactured by National Oilwell Varco, to Denmark on behalf of Swire Blue Ocean (SBO).
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NewsShipping should prepare for the spread of coronavirus
Maritime law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that the shipping industry needs to be prepared for potential restrictions in order to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, which has originated in China.
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NewsNavigating Sulphur 2020
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has praised the implementation of the 0.5 percent sulphur cap on marine fuel, claiming that, so far, the transition has been “relatively smooth”, although charter party disputes are expected to emerge soon.