Latest shipping news – Page 133
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HeavyLift@Sea opens in Hamburg
October 25 - A new engineering company - HeavyLift@Sea - has opened its doors in Hamburg to offer design and planning services for heavy lift shipping and offshore projects.
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Not all doom and gloom say project owners
October 15 - Speaking in a conference session on the second day of the Breakbulk Americas event in Houston last week, representatives of five large EPC companies were upbeat on prospects for the project cargo industry, outlining that it was "not all gloom
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Shipping boss ponders on industry prospects
October 11 - In a keynote address to delegates of the 2012 Breakbulk Americas conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on October 10, 2012, Ron Widdows, CEO of Germany-based Rickmers-Linie, queried when there would be an economic pic
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Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system
October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.
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No Panama Canal toll hikes for container and breakbulk sector
August 13 - The newly restructured Panama Canal tolls that increase in October will not affect the The container and breakbulk shipping sectors, for now.
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John Good Shipping gears up for growth
July 30 - Appointments at Hull, UK-based John Good Group are set to strengthen the business as it seeks to further expand its existing activities and gear up for future growth.
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Peter Dohle appoints agent
July 30 - Effective August 1, Peter Doehle Schiffahrts will be represented in Singapore by Orient Project Shipping, as its exclusive commercial agent for all the ASEAN nations, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
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Going for gold: Jumbo celebrates 10 years of ISO certification
July 23 - Jumbo Shipping has achieved the ISO 9001 qualification for the tenth consecutive year.
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Moss Hydro engineers solution to global ballast water
July 19 - Newly-formed Moss Hydro has been established to address a ballast water challenge that is threatening the entire shipping industry, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhany.
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Coke ovens put the heat on BigLift Shipping
July 16 - Last week, BigLift Shipping finished the last of two challenging shipments on its vessels Happy Diamond and Happy Dover for the US Steel Corporation in Clairton, USA, from Lubeck, Germany to Mobile, USA, writes Adam Flensborg Safikhan
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Sanko Steamship files for reorganisation
July 3 - Sanko Steamship, one of Japan's oldest shipping companies, has finally given up on an out-of-court accounts settlement process it had pursued since March, and chosen to seek protection from its creditors by filing a petition with the Tokyo Distri
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Fixed route in Mozambique Channel meets opposition
July 2 - At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) sub-committee on safety of navigation the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - which represents global shipowners and 80 percent of the world merchant fleet - will be opposin
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White Paper to explain index-linked contract
June 29 - London-based shipping industry consultancy firm, Drewry and the World Container Index have published a White Paper that explains how index-linked contracts work, the first definitive guide on the subject since widespread adoption commenced two y
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BBC Aramis sold to South Asian buyers
June 12 - The 3,490 dwt general cargo ship, BBC Aramis has been sold and delivered to an unnamed buyer.
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Dutch invention to end towline chaffing failure on tugboats
June 5 - Rotterdam based shipping company Rotortug and ASD Ship Design from Alblasserdam, The Netherlands have invented a revolutionary tugboat technology to prevent towline failures from chafing against a tugboat's fixed towing point.
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Safmarine welcomes new WAFMAX vessel
May 22 - Safmarine Chachai, a new 4,500 teu, Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containership, was delivered to Safmarine yesterday.
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Good first quarter for Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding
May 14 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA (WWH) has delivered top line and profit growth lifted by historically high total income and operating profit in the shipping segment.
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In with the new, worldwide for Hansa Heavy Lift
May 10 - Hamburg-based shipping line, Hansa Heavy Lift has been making news with new staff, new ships and new offices.
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Donjon Marine names new UK MD
May 1 - Donjon Marine, the multi-faceted marine services provider, has named John Noble (pictured below) as managing director - Donjon UK.
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Big job for Cosco
April 18 - Again, we are indebted to our aerial photography partner, Skeyes for this excellent photo of Cosco Shipping's semi-submersible, Tai An Kou, seen approaching Rotterdam with the GSP Saturn on its deck.