Shipping news – Page 76
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Newsdship delivers in Taiwan
dship Carriers has transported a 750-tonne pile installation frame from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Anping, Taiwan.
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NewsWangfoong ships yacht to Hong Kong
Wangfoong Transportation has transported a 28 m-long yacht from Genoa in Italy to Hong Kong.
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NewsEconowind secures TwinFoil order
Wind-assisted propulsion specialist Econowind has been contracted by Tharsis Sea-River Shipping to install two of its TwinFoil units on the diesel-electric general cargo vessel Tharsis.
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NewsDan-Gulf and OCC form joint venture
Dan-Gulf Shipping and Oslo Caribbean Carriers (OCC) have established a joint venture to expand their respective project cargo handling capabilities in the Americas.
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NewsRates continue to creep up
According to the latest report from shipbroker Toepfer Transport, time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector inched up again.
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NewsWagenborg newbuild launched
Royal Wagenborg’s newbuild EasyMax 2-type multipurpose vessel has been launched at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands.
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NewsUWL takes BraveWind delivery
United Wind Logistics (UWL) has taken delivery of the newbuild vessel BraveWind.
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NewsMultipurpose outlook improves slightly
With a current orderbook of 63 vessels, there is little appetite for investment from the multipurpose shipping sector – a trend that has been ongoing for some time and is unlikely to change in the near future.
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NewsAAL commits to the Middle East
Five years since the launch of AAL’s office in Dubai, the carrier said that it is seeing tentative growth in cargo demand in the Middle East.
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NewsUHL opens in Texas
United Heavy Lift (UHL) is opening an office in Houston, Texas, to meet the needs of its customers in the USA.
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NewsHöegh ships blades to Australia
Höegh Autoliners has shipped three 45 m-long rotor blades from Santander, Spain, to Melbourne, Australia, on behalf of DSV Projects Portugal.
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NewsCosco Shipping launches Townsville service
Cosco Shipping Lines has started a fortnightly service linking Townsville, Australia with destinations in the north of the country, the South Pacific and China.
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NewsSpliethoff adds heavy lifter
The Netherlands-headquartered Spliethoff acquired an additional P14-type vessel on October 15 2020.
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NewsTwo in one solution for Jumbo
Jumbo Maritime has shipped two ship-to-shore cranes from Taicang, China, to the port of Immingham in the UK.
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NewsInchcape plots expansion
Inchcape Shipping Services plans to grow its presence in the Americas.
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NewsShipping’s concerns – Covid-19 and beyond
Unsurprisingly, a survey from law firm DWF has found that the majority of traders and operators in the shipping sector feel that Covid-19 has negatively affected their revenue, employee headcount and insurance premiums. The future concerns, however, involve environmental regulations, geo-political tension and autonomous ships.
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NewsUAL adds East Africa services
Universal Africa Lines (UAL) has started a direct service between north-west Europe and East Africa.
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NewsClean Arctic Alliance rejects draft HFO regulation
The Clean Arctic Alliance – a consortium of 20 non-profit organisations – has called upon the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to modify its draft heavy fuel oil (HFO) regulation, describing the current proposal as “a ban in name only”.
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NewsSwire Projects launched
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) has launched Swire Projects to provide specialist shipping services to the energy, resource and infrastructure sector.
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NewsHwang steps up at Jumbo
Jumbo has appointed Jason Hwang as its managing director in South Korea, effective November 1, 2020.