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Fick fires back in Seattle port row
Ted Fick has fired back in a war of words with his ex-employers, the Port of Seattle. Fick resigned last…
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Everest scales new heights with VLOC deal
Singapore-based Everest Shipping has been the most aggressive name at the larger end of the dry bulk business in the…
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Investigators look into safety practices on day one of third El Faro hearing
The third and final round of US Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) hearings into the El Faro…
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Essar Shipping in talks for four panamaxes
India’s Essar Shipping is in negotiations for the acquisition of four secondhand panamax vessels in order to meet the growing…
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Senators in the firing line for obstructing Petrobras probe
The country’s top prosecutor has asked Brazil’s Supreme Court for permission to investigate a former national president, some senators and…
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Shivering Filipino seafarers ‘not paid wages and without warm clothing’ off Southampton
Seafarers onboard a ship held at Fawley Port in the south of the UK were found to be without warm…
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Maersk and Hamburg Süd conclude slot purchase agreement
Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd – which are going through a merger announced in December – have concluded a slot…
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Fratelli D’Amato shuts two companies and transfers five PSVs
The Naples-based Fratelli D’Amato shipping group has just put into liquidation two companies and will transfer the property of five…
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Sealed bids lodged for five Hanjin 13,100 teu boxships
Sealed bids will be lodged at a court in Hong Kong tomorrow for the last real jewels in the once…
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DOF finds work in Egypt for pair of vessels
Norwegian offshore firm DOF has won two contracts with a large international contractor in Egypt for AHTS Skandi Saigon and…
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Chemship snaps up De Poli tanker
Following a recent period of investments in new tonnage, Barendrecht-based De Poli Tankers is finalising the sale of the 2005-built…
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Chemikalien Seetranspot sells MR tanker
Brokers report that German tanker player, the family-owned Chemikalien Seetransport has fetched a healthy $15.8m for its most modern chemical…
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Victor Restis offloads tanker pair
Victor Restis’s Enterprises Shipping & Trading (EST) continues its busy start to the year. Broker records show that it has…
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CLdN orders two more roros at Hyundai Mipo
Luxembourg-based roro operator CLdN, part of Cobelfret Group, has ordered two post-panamax 8,000-lane-metre roro vessels at South Korean shipyard Hyundai…
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Farstad, Solstad and Deep Sea Supply to merge
The consolidation seen across the Norwegian OSV scene reached its apogee today with the nation’s biggest maritime magnates forging a…
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Maersk heir forms own private investment vehicle
Like his grandfather before him Robert Uggla has formed his own private investment vehicle to make his own shipping picks,…
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Hatton quits FSL Trust in latest boardroom spat
Chief executive officer Alan Hatton is the latest in a string of high profile departures from Singapore shipping trust First…
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DHT Holdings rejects Frontline takeover offer
US-listed tanker owner DHT Holdings has announced that its board has unanimously rejected a proposed offer by John Fredriksen’s Frontline…
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‘Retirement is not an option for me’: John Fredriksen
Busy as ever, John Fredriksen says he will stay in the day-to-day business of shipping for another three to five…
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China – Australia livestock trades up and running
China – Australia livestock trades are up and running and new entrants are eyeing the sector. Over the weekend the…
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