Hapag-Lloyd hikes Far East rate US$500 September 2

With effect from September 2, 2013 Hapag-Lloyd will roll the prevailing (PSS) Peak Season Surcharge of the Far East Westbound trade into the sea fr...

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APL, ANL and Hanjin to collaborate on new intra-Asia service

APL, ANL and Hanjin Shipping have teamed up to offer a new weekly service covering Asia, Australia and New Zealand. To be launched on September 1, ...

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Sovcomflot names first two LPG carriers

À naming ceremony was held at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. shipyard in South Korea for the first two vessels in a new series of LPG carriers...

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OOCL's sixth 13,208 TEU newbuild Christened

In celebrating the delivery of the sixth 13,208 TEU containership to OOCL, a christening ceremony to commemorate the unveiling of the new mega vess...

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NYK holds naming ceremony for two new shuttle tankers

Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS of which NYK has a 50% share, held a naming ceremony for two new state-of-the-art winterized shuttle tankers that a...

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Long Beach cargo numbers flat in June

Cargo volume rose slightly in June at the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month one year ago, while year-to-date figures show an increase o...

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Swiss World Cargo's load factor drops 0.7 per cent in first half

Swiss World Cargo has recorded a first-half cargo load factor (by volume) of 78.6 per cent, a decrease of 0.7 percentage points compared to the sam...

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Air Arabia starts twice weekly service to Armenia's capital city

Air Arabia (PJSC), the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced that it will begin offering a twice ...

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Panama Canal increases its tugboat fleet

The Panama Canal has increased its tugboat fleet with the arrival of the first two of 14 tugboats that will improve the waterway's resources to off...

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COSCO Zhoushan wins more offshore orders

Recently, the Norwegian shipowner, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT), finalized a deal for a 152,000-DWT DP2 shuttle tanker to be built by COSCO ...

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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard delivers eighteenth Vessel

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA, a leading U.S. commercial shipyard, has delivered to Crowley their second Veteran Class MT-46 product tanker. It is...

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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding completes two acquisitions

Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has completed two acquisitions. It has acquired the remaining 40 percent of the capital of Shanghai Hengg...

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Crowley Christens new U.S. - Flag tanker in Philadelphia

Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its newest tanker, Florida, yesterday at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and will soon put the 330,000-barre...

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HMM launches two new box ships retrofitted with scrubbers

HMM held a launching ceremony for a newly-built 11,000 TEU containership, HMM PROMISE in Busan in front of about 100 concerned persons, includin...

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Yang Ming orders ten 2,800 TEU containerships

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. signed a contract with CSBC CORPORATION, TAIWAN for the construction of a total of ten 2,800 TEU class full contai...

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