All Shipping articles – Page 144

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    Global fleet growth expected

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The heavy lift and multipurpose (HL/MPV) shipping sector is under extreme pressure. With desperately low commodity prices laying waste to new capital projects, and increasing competition from other shipping modes for cargoes, the HL/MPV sector

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    Hansa makes Brazilian FPSO move

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped five pipe racks and three oversize modules, weighing a total of 1,871.51 tonnes, for a new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit off the coast of Brazil.

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    Modules move with Blue Water

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The special project department of Blue Water Shipping has been involved in the transport of two large accommodation modules, weighing up to 650 tonnes.

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    Huisman wins heavy lift orders

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR300 million (USD338 million) from various contractors, including two 900-tonne capacity heavy lift ship cranes for BigLift Shipping.

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    NORD/LB deal reduces shipping exposure

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - NORD/LB (Norddeutsche Landesbank) and KKR Credit have reached an agreement by which, subject to completion of certain conditions precedents, KKR Credit, together with a sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a portfolio of performing and non-perf

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    Stolberg trial nears completion?

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Some of the German media reported that yesterday was a reasonable day in court for Niels Stolberg, the ex-head of the now defunct Beluga Group, when the presiding judges in Bremen's regional court ruled that one of three indictments against hi

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    Fednav claims ballast water first

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbour has welcomed Fednav's oceangoing laker, Federal Caribou, which is one of seven new ships equipped with a ballast water treatment system.

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    Refurb for Tulsa heavy lift crane

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - A total refurbishment and transplant of advanced materials handling technology into the 200-tonne capacity crane at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa will help this inland US port continue to serve its existing users cost-efficiently while introducing

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    Multi Marine and Conti7 strengthen alliance

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Belgium's Conti7 shipping group and Italy's Multi Marine Services (MMS) have strengthened their short sea services partnership through a new joint operation, Conti Carwil Line, combining the respective services of Conti Med Line and Carwil Lin

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.