All Rates articles – Page 26

  • News

    Confidence dips to all-time low as uncertainty fuels overtonnaging

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    September 26 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to their lowest level for three and a half years in the three months ended August 2011, according to the latest shipping confidence survey by accountant and shipping adviser Moore Step

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    Demag Cranes delivers five to Dutch ports

    2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Demag Cranes is further expanding its business in the Netherlands with the delivery of five Generation 5 Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes to three major terminal operators, in the Netherlands.

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    Lenders offer lifeline extension to TBS

    2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

    September 9 - Breakbulk and bulk vessel operator, TBS International has advised that its lenders have agreed to let it not make principal payments due on loans from September 30 to December 15.

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    Korea Express obtains AEO accreditation

    2011-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Integrated logistics company, Korea Express, which is eagerly anticipating the delivery of two 15,000 dwt self-propelled vessels from the Weihai Dockyard, Weihai, Shandong, China, to reinforce its marine transportation capabilities for heavy l

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    Macro trends scupper TBS results

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - Shipping line TBS International has faced uncertain business conditions in 2011 created by three major macroeconomic factors which negatively affected TBS' financial results for Q2 and H1 2011, reveals Joseph E. Royce, chairman, chief executive

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    Traffic down slightly for Seaports of Niedersachsen

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Whilst overall volumes were down three percent in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period of 2010, a number of ports in the Seaports of Niedersachsen saw double digit growth, with wind energy components showing particularly strong i

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    TBS warns that financial difficulties leave questionmarks over long term viability

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Ferdinand V. Lepere, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of TBS International has said that any failure to meet any of the financial covenants, or any inability to obtain a waiver of such future covenant violations in plac

  • News

    Rickmers-Linie adds ships to upgrade Indian service

    2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Rickmers-Linie is upgrading its Indian service with the addition of new vessels.

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    TBS International and banks agree to modify loan covenants

    2011-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - TBS International and its various lender groups have agreed to modify certain financial covenants through December 31, 2011.

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    Port cities investigate maximum use of renewable energy

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    April 13 - Nine European cities and universities, confronted with the challenge of making greater use of renewable energies to power the industrial and logistics activities which take place in their ports, have joined forces to develop a model that makes

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    Fairstar wins new contracts for FJORD and FJELL

    2011-04-04T00:00:00Z

    April 4 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed two marine heavy transportation contracts with GAC's Aberdeen office.

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    Intermediaries post positive results

    2011-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - The HLPFI editorial inbox has been inundated with results statements from freight intermediaries which paint quite a positive picture.

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    Fairstar posts small net profit for 2010

    2011-02-28T00:00:00Z

    February 28 - Fairstar Heavy Transport's audited financial statement for 2010 records a net profit after tax of USD228,000 and highlights the company's success in raising almost USD100 million that is being invested in two new open stern, semi-submersible

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    Fairstar results highlight low utilisation in last quarter

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Fairstar Heavy Transport recorded a loss of USD2.7 million for the Fourth Quarter of 2010.

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    Lower Saxony seaports satisfied with annual result

    2011-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - In 2010, the ports of Lower Saxony recorded 46.52 million tonnes of cargo, 11 percent down on 2009 figure of 52.42 million tonnes.

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    Trends identified as latest HLPFI is set to land on your desks

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - The latest edition of Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) is due to hit readers' desks just as the year's trends for the heavy lift industry are becoming visible, say industry observers.

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    Alastair Farley appointed to Braemar Shipping board

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Braemar Shipping Services (the Group) has appointed Alastair Farley as a non-executive director with immediate effect, says the UK-based international provider of shipbroking, consultancy, technical and logistics services.

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    Air Charter Service expands in South America

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Air Charter Service has opened its first office in Brazil, in Sao Paulo.

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    Intermarine forecasts tough 12 months

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    January 12 - Andre Grikitis, president and chief executive of Intermarine, says that in 2010 we can expect a very complex and demanding marketplace where only the well-experienced and well-financed will be able to ultimately satisfy the requirements of sh

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    Fairstar's Fjord wins CLOV FPSO contract

    2011-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed a contract with DSME to transport FPSO components from Angola to Korea for the CLOV FPSO.