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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >> >>| News Headlines Yang Ming Seals Charter for 10 Boxship Newbuilds 6 months 22 days ago Added: Jul 04, 2018 17:51 Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has confirmed the charter for ten newbuilding containerships with Costamare and Shoei Kisen. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Limited effect on shipping from trade war 6 months 23 days ago Added: Jul 03, 2018 18:22 The trade war is a speeding train, accelerating with every trade-restrictive retaliatory measure imposed and becoming ever more difficult to stop. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Qingdao Port, PetroChina Set Up New JV Company 6 months 25 days ago Added: Jul 02, 2018 08:04 China’s Qingdao Port International has officially formed a joint venture company with PetroChina Fuel Oil. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Rise in New Southeast Asia Upstream Players 6 months 25 days ago Added: Jul 01, 2018 16:32 Since the fall in oil prices in 2014, oil majors and international oil companies have accelerated a shift towards resource themes and regions offering higher returns, lower complexity and shorter timeframes, away from the more challenging regions such as Southeast Asia. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Kotug Tests Remote-Control Tug 6 months 29 days ago Added: Jun 28, 2018 06:47 This week, towage operator Kotug conducted what it believes to be the first-ever long distance, remote controlled operation of a tugboat. Read more Source: Maritime Connector ABS to Provide Technical Support for probunkers’ Fleet of LNG Ships 6 months 29 days ago Added: Jun 28, 2018 06:38 Classification society ABS has signed a joint development program (JDP) with probunkers to provide technical support as the shipping company is to design a fleet of specialist LNG bunker vessels for key ports around the world. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Port of Rotterdam Reports Success in Bunker Spill Cleanup 7 months 0 days ago Added: Jun 27, 2018 06:32 In Rotterdam, response efforts for the bunker fuel spill from the tanker Bow Jubail are well under way, with most of the oil recovered. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Day of the Seafarer: Mental Wellbeing in Focus 7 months 1 day ago Added: Jun 26, 2018 06:13 This week, once again, marks the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Day of the Seafarer, focused this year on seafarer wellbeing. Read more Source: Maritime Connector GasLog Lays Keel for Its New LNG Carrier at SHI Yard 7 months 2 days ago Added: Jun 25, 2018 08:13 Monaco-based ship owner and operator GasLog held a keel laying ceremony for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard last week. Read more Source: Maritime Connector SHI, BIO-UV Get USCG Type Approvals for BWTS 7 months 5 days ago Added: Jun 22, 2018 09:01 The US Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Center (MSC) has issued ballast water management system (BWMS) type approval certificates to South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and French BIO-UV Group. Read more Source: Maritime Connector CMA CGM to Acquire European Shortsea Specialist Containerships 7 months 6 days ago Added: Jun 21, 2018 07:14 French shipping group CMA CGM has signed to acquire Finland’s Containerships from Container Finance Ltd Oy. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Fuel Oil Removed in Nick of Time as Grounded Ship Breaks Up 7 months 7 days ago Added: Jun 20, 2018 07:07 One of two empty oil tankers that ran aground on the coast of Kaohsiung broke into two pieces this week. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Carnival signs deal with green group Bellona 7 months 8 days ago Added: Jun 19, 2018 06:40 US cruiseship giant Carnival Corp has struck a cooperation agreement with green NGO The Bellona Foundation on sustainable shipping. Read more Source: Maritime Connector 8 Crew Evacuated from Sinking Turkish Freighter off Croatia 7 months 9 days ago Added: Jun 18, 2018 06:16 Eight crew members of Turkish cargo ship Haksa have been evacuated after the freighter started sinking while underway in the Adriatic Sea, around 16 nautical miles off Croatia’s Jabuka Island, the... Read more Source: Maritime Connector International Seaways Wraps Up Acquisition of 6 Euronav VLCCs 7 months 12 days ago Added: Jun 15, 2018 06:29 US-based tanker shipping company International Seaways (INSW) has completed the acquisition of six 300,000 dwt very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Euronav NV. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Port of Gothenburg Adds LNG Bunkering Option 7 months 13 days ago Added: Jun 14, 2018 07:03 The Port of Gothenburg is expanding its LNG bunkering infrastructure to keep up with demand for the fuel in the future. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Quark Expeditions® to Celebrate the start of its 30th year with the launch of a new Polar Expeditio 7 months 14 days ago Added: Jun 13, 2018 06:43 Quark Expeditions, the Leader in Polar Adventures, this week signed an agreement with Croatia’s Brodosplit to build a new expedition ship uncompromisingly designed for operation in the polar regions. When launched in 2020, the 200-passenger ship, designed by LMG Marin in close cooperation... Read more Source: Maritime Connector Brodosplit launches Polar Expedition Cruise Vessel for polar region 7 months 15 days ago Added: Jun 12, 2018 06:43 Hull 484, the Polar Expedition Cruise Vessel for cruising the polar regions built for the final Buyer the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions has been launched on Saturday, 9 of June in Shipbuilding Industry Split Inc. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Posidonia 2018: Shipowners Stand Alone in Cutting CO2 Emissions 7 months 16 days ago Added: Jun 11, 2018 06:43 The new environmental regulations have been at the center of attention at this year’s edition of Posidonia trade show in Athens, Greece, which took place from 4-8 of June. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Iraq looks to rebuild tanker fleet, eyes crude oil sales on delivered basis 7 months 19 days ago Added: Jun 08, 2018 07:00 After decades without its own vessels, Iraq is looking to rebuild its tanker fleet under the Iraq Oil Tanker Company, paving the way for sales of crude oil on a delivered basis. Read more Source: Maritime Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >> >>|