Swire Shipping and Lodestar plans to launch a joint breakbulk shipping service between New Zealand and North Asia.
The monthly service connects the ports of Napier and Tauranga in New Zealand to key Asian ports, including Incheon, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Onsan, Tomakomai and Kaohsiung.
Three Saiki-class bulk vessels (38,000 dwt) will be deployed on the service – Glorious Saiki, Furness Portland and Furness Southern Cross.
Lodestar is the logistics and shipping division of Oji Fibre Solutions.
The Netherlands-headquartered Fusie Engineers and Q3 Heavy Lift have teamed up to design a 140 m x 40 m flat-top barge that is tailored for transporting heavy cargo for offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
Shipping group Maersk has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas to build a nacelle manufacturing plant and logistical base for offshore wind turbines at the Mokpo New Port Hinterland Complex in South Korea.
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) said that it will resume calls at Baltimore for containers, cars and ro-ro cargo.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
