Posted on: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 By: Debbie Source: Tradewinds A commercial dispute is reportedly behind the seizure of a Maersk-chartered boxship by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. An ...
Maersk Tigris crew safe
Tsuneishi receives Handysize bulker orders
Japanese shipbuilder Tsuneishi said on 30 April that it has received orders to build a number of 38,300dwt bulk carriers. The ships, to be built based on Tsuneishi's newly developed TESS38 design, ...
Team Tankers ‘optimistic’ about market outlook
Team Tankers, the Oslo-listed chemical carrier group previously known as Eitzen Chemical, expects the sector to enjoy gradual improvement in the balance between the supply of tonnage and the demand ...
CSICL’s profit falls 47% in 1Q15
Shanghai-listed China Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (CSICL) said its profit fell 47% year on year (y/y) to CNY385.4 million (USD62.2 million) in the first three months of 2015 as a result of ...
Pan Ocean’s profit rockets by 208.5%
South Korean bulker operator Pan Ocean said on 30 April that its first-quarter 2015 profit surged 208.5% year on year to KRW116.73 billion (USD106 million). The company, which went into receivership ...
China Shipping Development profit surges 27% in 1Q15
Shanghai-listed China Shipping Development (CSD) posted a profit of CNY65.9 million for the first quarter of 2015, surging 27% year on year (y/y) from its 2014 profit of CNY51.9 million. During the ...
Vietnamese Navy Buys Land Attack Missiles
By Reuters 2015-04-30 03:13:06 Vietnam is arming its expanding submarine fleet with land attack missiles that could be capable of reaching Chinese coastal cities, a choice of weapon likely to be ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 30/04/2015
Posted on: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 30/04/2015 1. Shipmanager Speaks Out on Attack Rickmers Shipmanagement has told the media that ...
South Korea further expands Busan port
Busan New Port announced on 29 April that it will get an additional 15 berths to increase its annual container handling capacity by 15.8 million teu. The South Korean government will oversee the ...
Gothenburg Introduces Oil Spill Robot
By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-30 00:53:35 A new robot has been introduced at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden to deploy booms in the event of an oil spill. The new technology is designed to improve the ...
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