Latest shipping news – Page 75

  • Roadmap to relieve seafarers
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    Roadmap to relieve seafarers

    2020-05-08T10:10:00Z

    Crew changes and repatriation have emerged as two of the biggest challenges facing the shipping industry as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has now endorsed a plan to address the issues.

  • Premier Global completes OOG shipment
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    Premier Global completes OOG shipment

    2020-05-08T08:00:00Z

    Premier Global Logistics has shipped 355 pieces of out-of-gauge (OOG) cargo from Masan, Ulsan (South Korea) and Yokohama (Japan) to Bangladesh.

  • Positive start for ScanNautic
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    Positive start for ScanNautic

    2020-05-07T15:10:00Z

    ScanNautic has delivered a solid operating result in its first year of operations. It has also established a technical solutions subsidiary targeting the marine project and heavy lifting industry.

  • Baker moves to Cape Town for G2 Ocean
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    Baker moves to Cape Town for G2 Ocean

    2020-05-07T11:15:00Z

    Simon Baker has succeeded John Currie as chartering director for G2 Ocean in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • Time charter rates fall
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    Time charter rates fall

    2020-05-07T11:05:00Z

    Time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector slipped further over the last month, according to shipbroker Toepfer Transport.

  • OHT transports Moray East foundations
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    OHT transports Moray East foundations

    2020-05-06T09:35:00Z

    Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has transported the first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm to the port of Nigg in Scotland

  • Murakami to step down as “K” Line chairman
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    Murakami to step down as “K” Line chairman

    2020-05-05T11:55:00Z

    Eizo Murakami will step down as chairman of the board at Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line) in June and will take on an advisory role.

  • Blades arrive in Vancouver USA
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    Blades arrive in Vancouver USA

    2020-05-05T11:15:00Z

    G2 Ocean’s general cargo vessel Star Kilimanjaro has delivered 27 wind turbine blades from China to the port of Vancouver USA for the Golden South wind energy project in Canada.

  • UAL boosts network with Danish chartering desk
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    UAL boosts network with Danish chartering desk

    2020-05-04T15:15:00Z

    Universal Africa Lines (UAL) has established a chartering desk in Denmark in order to launch a breakbulk service connecting the Mediterranean and Black Sea with West Africa.

  • United Heavy Transport names leadership team
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    United Heavy Transport names leadership team

    2020-05-04T15:10:00Z

    United Shipping Group has appointed Andreas Rolner, Anthony Perez and Philipp Mehringer to lead its newly launched United Heavy Transport division.

  • CDWE plans installation newbuild
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    CDWE plans installation newbuild

    2020-04-30T13:30:00Z

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has initiated an early works contract for a floating heavy lift and installation vessel.

  • Huisman and Jan De Nul develop UQC
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    Huisman and Jan De Nul develop UQC

    2020-04-29T16:30:00Z

    Huisman has designed a universal quick connector (UQC) for the heavy lift cranes that will be fitted on Jan De Nul’s newbuild offshore installation vessels Les Alizés and Voltaire.

  • Bertling Logistics names Maclsaac as CEO
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    Bertling Logistics names Maclsaac as CEO

    2020-04-29T13:50:00Z

    Bertling Logistics has appointed Colin Maclsaac as its chief executive officer with immediate effect.

  • Tough road ahead for the crew change challenge
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    Tough road ahead for the crew change challenge

    2020-04-28T13:05:00Z

    Crew managers attempting to repatriate or relieve seafarers are facing a number of challenges, and these may be the tip of the iceberg for the shipping industry, according to crewing specialist Henrik Jensen.

  • AAL delivers giant cranes to Dubai
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    AAL delivers giant cranes to Dubai

    2020-04-28T12:50:00Z

    AAL Shipping’s multipurpose vessel AAL Melbourne has delivered two cranes and supporting components, which had a combined weight of 1,800 tonnes, from China to Jebel Ali, UAE.

  • United Heavy Transport ready for launch
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    United Heavy Transport ready for launch

    2020-04-28T12:45:00Z

    United Heavy Transport will launch in May and will be responsible for the commercial operation of semi-submersible vessels.

  • Scan Global begins Yunlin project scope
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    Scan Global begins Yunlin project scope

    2020-04-27T14:00:00Z

    Scan Global Logistics is coordinating the delivery of 44 wind turbines for the first phase of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan on behalf of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE).

  • UHL partners with Intermarine in North America
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    UHL partners with Intermarine in North America

    2020-04-24T10:45:00Z

    United Heavy Lift (UHL) has appointed Intermarine as its exclusive commercial agent in North America.

  • Schenker Australia rebooks with UHL
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    Schenker Australia rebooks with UHL

    2020-04-23T15:10:00Z

    Schenker Australia cancelled its ocean transportation contract with Zeamarine for the BHP South Flank project and rebooked with United Heavy Lift (UHL).

  • Fesco boosts fleet with Ulysses
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    Fesco boosts fleet with Ulysses

    2020-04-22T15:35:00Z

    Fesco Transportation Group has added the multipurpose vessel Ulysses to its fleet.