Shipping Archives — Page 12 of 13

October 7, 2019 No Responses

Seaport Concludes Expansion, Ready For Larger Ships

The project to deepen the Nieuwe Waterweg waterway and the Botlek area at the Port of Rotterdam has been officially completed, allowing Europe’s largest port to accommodate ever-larger ocean-going vessels. One of the busiest waterways in the Netherlands has been...

September 9, 2019 No Responses

Firms Team Up On Intermodal LNG Shipping

Russian transportation and logistics company, Fesco has formed an intermodal LNG shipping partnership with China’s Best Ship Energy Management and Zhejiang Rui Neng Ocean Shipping. The company explained that the move would see the parties jointly develop int...

August 31, 2019 No Responses

COSCO Shipping Declares 5.4 Per Cent Increase In Throughput

Despite the ongoing trade war between China and the US, Hong Kong-based port operator COSCO Shipping Ports ended the first six months of this year with a total throughput rise of 5.4 percent year on year (yoy). The total container...

July 5, 2019 No Responses

Firm Expands Partnership With Maersk, MSC

Israeli shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services (ZIM) has further expanded its strategic cooperation with the members of the 2M Alliance – Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). Specifically, ZIM has now decided to boost ties with 2M on t...

July 2, 2019 No Responses

Samsung Secures Order For Special-Purpose Vessel

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an order for the construction of one special-purpose ship for an undisclosed European shipowner. As informed, the order is worth KRW 134.8 billion (around USD 1.2 billion). Signed on June 28,...

June 28, 2019 No Responses

Shipping Association Elects 1st Female President

The Council of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), the industry voice of Singapore’s maritime community, has nominated the association’s first-ever female president since its founding in 1985. At SSA’s 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on June...

May 2, 2019 No Responses

Samsung Builds 1st LNG-Fueled Ships With Own Technology

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) informed it has successfully constructed its first LNG-fueled vessels with the shipbuilder’s own technology. The LNG-powered 113,000 dwt oil tanker pair delivered to an Asian shipowner early this year just compl...

April 23, 2019 No Responses

Samsung Secures Order For $970m FPSO Unit

South Korean shipbuilder, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an order for the construction of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The contract worth KRW 1.1 trillion (around USD 970 million) has been signed with an unnamed Asi...

April 7, 2019 No Responses

Shipping Firm Develops New Port Supply Chain

Hong Kong-based port operator COSCO Shipping Ports signed an investment agreement with Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technology Development Zone Commercial Bureau. Under the deal, the company plans to develop phase I of terminal extended business in the land n...

March 31, 2019 No Responses

Shipping Firm Secures $407m Financing

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to raise JPY 45 billion (USD 406.6 million) through a new subordinate loan. As informed, the loan proceeds will be used for the repayment of interest-bearing debts and capital expenditures...

March 22, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA, Stakeholders Move To End Cabotage Waivers

As part of efforts to actualise the full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003, which aims to promote indigenous participation in shipping in Nigeria, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and key industry players have mapped out a...

March 19, 2019 No Responses

Shipping Firm Invests $55m In Scrubbers

Swedish tanker shipping company Stena Bulk has made a USD 55 million investment in scrubbers that will encompass sixteen of the company’s vessels. As World Maritime News already reported, ten of the company’s IMOIIMAX vessels and five Suezmaxes will be...

December 30, 2018 No Responses

Tanker Corporation To Relist Shares On Exchange In January

Chinese transportation company Nanjing Tanker Corporation, part of Sinotrans & CSC, will relist on Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 8, 2019. The opening price of its stock will be CNY 4.31 (USD 0.63) per share, the company said in its...

March 23, 2018 No Responses

Initiative For Climate-Smart Shipping Debuts

Electromobility for Shipping is the name of a new collaboration between six actors with the aim to increase the electrification of shipping. Swedish ferry company Stena AB, the Swedish Shipowners’ Association, ABB Sweden AB, ABB Marine Oy, research institut...