Etihad Cargo Streamlines Charter Operations

Etihad Cargo Streamlines Charter Operations

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has enhanced its charter service capabilities through a new partnership with Awery Aviation Software.  A statement explained that this collaboration marks a pivotal step in Etihad Cargo’s efforts to meet the...
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LNG Firm Seals Charter Deals

LNG Firm Seals Charter Deals

UK-based small-scale LNG company, Avenir LNG has executed time charter agreements for LNG bunkering vessels Avenir Advantage and Avenir Accolade. Under the arrangement, Future Horizon, a joint venture between Avenir and MISC, signed a new two-year time charter...
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Shippers’ Council Unveils Service Charter, Customers` Care Policy Handbook

Shippers’ Council Unveils Service Charter, Customers` Care Policy Handbook

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) SERVICOM Unit, has launched the agency’s Service Charter and Customers` Care Policy Handbook (SCCCPH), to enhance service delivery. The Executive Secretary, NSC, Mr Emmanuel Jime, made this known in a statement in Lagos...
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Shell Seals New NLNG Charter Agreements

Shell Seals New NLNG Charter Agreements

Shell Tankers (Singapore) has inked new charter agreements with Knutsen LNG, Pan Ocean and investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management for six Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) ships, bringing its LNG carrier fleet to a total of 24 vessels.  Sla...
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Firm Extends Charter Period With COSCO For 17 Ships

Firm Extends Charter Period With COSCO For 17 Ships

Hong Kong-based containership owner Seaspan Corporation has forward fixed contracts, extending current lease terms for 17 containerships with China’s COSCO Shipping Line. The vessels were initially scheduled to conclude current charters with COSCO for a...
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Shell Charters Ten LNG-Fueled Vessels

Shell Charters Ten LNG-Fueled Vessels

The Hague-based Shell has signed agreements to charter ten new crude tankers powered by dual-fuel liquefied natural gas (LNG) engines.  Four of the very large crude carriers (VLCCs) have been chartered from Advantage Tankers, three from AET and three...
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Maersk Tankers Signs Sea Cargo Charter

Maersk Tankers Signs Sea Cargo Charter

Maersk Tankers has become a signatory of the Sea Cargo Charter, a global framework that establishes a common baseline for global traders to report on CO2 emission reductions of their shipping activities. The Sea Cargo Charter is consistent with the...
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Hapag-Lloyd CEO: Charter Ship Market Is Basically Sold Out

Hapag-Lloyd CEO: Charter Ship Market Is Basically Sold Out

The unexpected demand recovery in the container shipping sector driven primarily by the US-based demand surge has seen the charter market depleted of available capacity. Furthermore, the demand upturn has lead to increasing delays and heavy port congestion. im...
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Total, Firm Seal New LNG Charter Deal

Total, Firm Seal New LNG Charter Deal

Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot has secured a charter deal for its newbuild LNG tanker with Total.   Already, the two companies have concluded a time charter agreement for up to 7 years for a newbuilding 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, to be....
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Shipping Firm Loses Charter Deal

Shipping Firm Loses Charter Deal

Greek shipowner Diana Shipping revealed that a time charter contract for one of its Post-Panamax bulkers has been canceled. Diana recently entered into the time charter deal for its ship Polymnia with Dubai-based Al Ghurair Resources International. “Chartere...
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New LNG Carrier Begins Charter To Shell

New LNG Carrier Begins Charter To Shell

Greece-based LNG carrier, GasLog Gladstone and GasLog Warsaw are to commence long term charter to Shell.  Owner and operator, GasLog recently named the two new Samsung Heavy Industries-built ships at  a ceremony on March 12.  According to the company, the.....
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