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Shipping Lines : Evergreen Marine Corporation orders 24 container ships as newbuilding market sizzles
Taiwanese liner operator Evergreen Marine Corporation has ordered 24 container ships from Chinese shipbuilder CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.In a Taiwan Stock Exchange filing on Wednesday (Sep08), Evergreen said that the order consists of eleven 3,000 teu ships, eleven 2,300 teu ships, and two 1,800 teu ships.The unit price of the…
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Shipping Lines : MSC to increase peak season surcharge
MSC is to increase its peak season surcharge (PSS) between Europe and the US by $1,000 per 40ft on 1 October. The Geneva-headquartered carrier said its PSS on the route would be $2,700, due to the strong demand for containers and difficulties in finding supplies of them. Spot rates on…
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Shipping :Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Crystalia with Uniper
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Uniper Global Commodities SE, Düsseldorf, for one of its Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Crystalia, according to the company’s release. The gross charter rate…
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Breaking News : Asian Dry Bulk Owners to Carry Containers Onboard As Containership Demands Skyrocket
Star bulk of Greece became the first Cape owners to receive class approvals to carry 1400 TEU’s on its 175,000 dwt ship containers with modifications 2021-ports-and-freight-yearbook PDF Amidst the worsening crisis of container shortage in the industry, Asian dry bulk owners have taken a lead in turning it into an…
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Breaking News : Maersk Supply Service wins another large solutions contract
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO), for Phase 2 of a mooring system maintenance project on the Kome-Kribi 1 Floating Storage & Offloading unit (Kome-Kribi 1 Marine Terminal), off the coast of Cameroon, West Africa. This adds to Maersk Supply Service’s…
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Shipping Lines : Yang Ming to add one more 11,000 TEU ship to upgrade Trans-Pacific service
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will add one more new 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Topmost’. The vessel chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. was named at a ceremony held at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard today(7th), according to the company’s release. To…
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News : French President Macron visits CMA CGM’s headquarters in Marseilles
The French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by our CEO Rodolphe Saadé at the CMA CGM Tower First visit of our headquarters by a sitting French President CEO Rodolphe Saadé at the CMA CGM welcomed to French President Macron at the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille . This visit to our headquarters,…
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Shipping Lines : CMA CGM announces PSS for cargo from Africa. Indian and North Europe
PSS – Dry Cargo from Africa to Chittagong (Bangladesh) In a continued effort to provide our customers with reliable and efficient services, CMA CGM Group wishes to inform of the Peak Season Surcharge applicable to cargo from Africa to Chittagong. This PSS will apply as follows: Origin: From Africa (West,…
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Shipping : Grindrod Shipping announces closing of IVS Bulk acquisition, IVS Pinehurst charter extension
Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (“Grindrod Shipping”), a global provider of maritime transportation services predominantly in the dry bulk sector, announced the following transactions. The previously announced acquisition of the remaining 31.14% equity stake in its IVS Bulk joint venture (“IVS Bulk”) and concurrent redemption of the IVS Bulk preference shares…
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