All Shipping articles – Page 151

  • News

    IT makes for safer and greener shipping

    2016-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Höegh Autoliners is currently adding new pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) to its fleet, which are fitted with advanced information technology (IT) systems.

  • News

    Thomas up at Hill Dickinson

    2016-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Hill Dickinson has appointed Caroline Thomas as a new partner at its Hong King practice, effective September 5, 2016.

  • News

    GAC rings the changes

    2016-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - Integrated logistics, shipping and marine services provider, GAC Group, has made a swathe of managerial changes.

  • News

    AAL delivers power to Egypt

    2016-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Modules for a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) destined for the Beni Suef power plant in Egypt have been loaded on board AAL's heavy lift ship AAL Dalian in South Korea.

  • News

    Rickmers releases half-year report

    2016-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - The Rickmers Group has issued its 2016 half-year report, which confirms consolidated revenues of EUR249.3 million (USD277.6 million) - a 13.9 percent decrease compared with the same period of 2015.

  • News

    Hanjin to file for receivership

    2016-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - South Korea's Hanjin Shipping is to file for court receivership after losing the support of its banks.

  • News

    Intermarine receives first Ecolift ship

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Intermarine has taken delivery of the 12,500 dwt multipurpose vessel Industrial Skipper, which was constructed at Shandong Huanghai shipyard in Rongcheng, China.

  • News

    Combi Lift opens US hub

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Combi Lift has established a US subsidiary - Combi Lift America - based in Houston, Texas.

  • News

    Petrasco in chopper move

    2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Petrasco Energy Logistics has coordinated the delivery of two helicopters from Eastern Europe to the UK.

  • News

    Global fleet growth expected

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The heavy lift and multipurpose (HL/MPV) shipping sector is under extreme pressure. With desperately low commodity prices laying waste to new capital projects, and increasing competition from other shipping modes for cargoes, the HL/MPV sector

  • News

    Hansa makes Brazilian FPSO move

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped five pipe racks and three oversize modules, weighing a total of 1,871.51 tonnes, for a new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit off the coast of Brazil.

  • News

    Modules move with Blue Water

    2016-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - The special project department of Blue Water Shipping has been involved in the transport of two large accommodation modules, weighing up to 650 tonnes.

  • News

    Huisman wins heavy lift orders

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR300 million (USD338 million) from various contractors, including two 900-tonne capacity heavy lift ship cranes for BigLift Shipping.

  • News

    NORD/LB deal reduces shipping exposure

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - NORD/LB (Norddeutsche Landesbank) and KKR Credit have reached an agreement by which, subject to completion of certain conditions precedents, KKR Credit, together with a sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a portfolio of performing and non-perf

  • News

    Stolberg trial nears completion?

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Some of the German media reported that yesterday was a reasonable day in court for Niels Stolberg, the ex-head of the now defunct Beluga Group, when the presiding judges in Bremen's regional court ruled that one of three indictments against hi

  • News

    Fednav claims ballast water first

    2016-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbour has welcomed Fednav's oceangoing laker, Federal Caribou, which is one of seven new ships equipped with a ballast water treatment system.

  • News

    Refurb for Tulsa heavy lift crane

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - A total refurbishment and transplant of advanced materials handling technology into the 200-tonne capacity crane at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa will help this inland US port continue to serve its existing users cost-efficiently while introducing

  • News

    Multi Marine and Conti7 strengthen alliance

    2016-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Belgium's Conti7 shipping group and Italy's Multi Marine Services (MMS) have strengthened their short sea services partnership through a new joint operation, Conti Carwil Line, combining the respective services of Conti Med Line and Carwil Lin

  • News

    Nigeria Navy beats off pirates

    2016-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Carisbrooke Shipping's Vectis Osprey, which is under the commercial management of the Zeaborn Group, has been rescued by the Nigeria Navy from attempted piracy, having been offshore of Bonny Island, Nigeria.

  • News

    Profits tumble at Boskalis

    2016-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) realised a net profit of EUR147.5 million in the first half of 2016, less than half of the EUR 306.5 million it achieved in the corresponding period of 2015, with the spot market in its Offshore Energy dep