Dolphin Group, the Oslo-listed geophysical services provider to the oil and gas industries, has completed a private placement of shares. Investors purchased 70 million new shares at a price of NOK2.05 ...
Dolphin Group issues private placement shares
Lysblink Seaways to be scrapped
DFDS Seaways has confirmed that its 7,409 gt cargo vessel Lysblink Seaways, which grounded in northwest Scotland on 18 February, is to be recycled. After passing through the Sound of Mull en route ...
Ocean Yield raises cash for five-year bond issue
Ocean Yield, the listed Norwegian company that invests in ships for long-term charter to third parties, has raised NOK1.0 billion (USD126 million) in an issue of five-year unsecured bonds. "Ocean ...
Scorpio Bulkers sells seven newbuilds
Scorpio Bulkers continues to whittle down its enormous orderbook in the face of depressed rates, selling seven newbuild contracts for USD290 million. On 21 April the Emanuele Lauro-chaired company ...
Yingkou Port Liability plans takeover of piers
Shanghai-listed Yingkou Port Liability plans to take over two products and chemical piers and rent other terminal assets at Yingkou port from its parent Yingkou Port Group. The two products and ...
New LME warehouse in Kaohsiung port open for tender
A new public warehouse of London Metal Exchange (LME) in the Port of Kaohsiung's Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Taiwan, was put out to tender, and bids will be open in early May, stated Taiwan International ...
Air strikes stop, but more Yemeni ports fall to al-Qaeda
Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that it was suspending its air campaign in Yemen because it had "achieved its military goals", the government said. The 10-nation Saudi-led coalition began its ...
Migrant boat crews arrested
The captain of a migrant vessel that capsized late on Saturday night has been charged with mass homicide and causing a shipwreck for his part in the deaths of several hundred people who drowned in the ...
Singapore works to ease navigating straits
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has started developing a new-generation vessel traffic management system to enable smooth and efficient navigation in the Singapore Strait. This was ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 22/04/2015
Posted on: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 22/04/2015 1. Tankers Attacked Every Two Weeks A small coastal tanker is hijacked by pirates in ...


