Germany
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Renewables
Siemens Gamesa trading suspended on takeover talks
Spain’s stock market watchdog CNMV suspended trading of Siemens Gamesa shares on Tuesday amid media reports of investment banks looking…
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Finance and Insurance
Shipping ‘loan oracle’ launches
Hamburg-based digital ship finance specialist Oceanis has launched Pythia, something it describes as a “loan oracle”. The service is a…
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Renewables
Fugro wins offshore wind site survey contract in Germany
Dutch surveyor Fugro has been awarded a multi-year site investigation contract by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency for offshore…
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Containers
Maersk snaps up Leonhardt & Blumberg boxship
Denmark’s Maersk Line has been identified by brokers as the buyer of the 2014-built 3,646 teu geared boxship from Germany’s…
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Renewables
Esvagt secures Siemens Gamesa SOV contract
Danish offshore contractor Esvagt and wind engineering company Siemens Gamesa have signed a contract for the 2018-built wind service operation…
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Europe
Bock quits Howe Robinson to steer S&P at Hanse Bereederung
Well known S&P broker Alexander Bock has quit Howe Robinson to head up Hamburg-based Hanse Bereederung’s sale and purchase department.…
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Bunkering
Siemens Energy eyes e-methanol with Liquid Wind investment
Germany’s Siemens Energy has invested in Swedish power-to-fuel player Liquid Wind with aim to produce e-methanol as fuel for the…
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Bunkering
German superyacht contract points the way for fuel cells in shipping
Merchant shipping could get a glimpse of its future propulsion methods from Germany, and specifically the world’s top superyacht builder.…
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Maritime CEO
Eveon Containers: Digital box vendors
The buying of metal containers has finally got the Amazon treatment. Long an antiquated part of the shipping business, it’s…
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Europe
Nils Aden takes top job at Harren & Partner
Harren & Partner, the German shipping and logistics group, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Nils…
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Maritime CEO
Carl Büttner: 165 not out
The Carl Büttner shipping company celebrated its 165th anniversary in March with a subtle rebrand, fresh from taking on its…
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Europe
Steffan Bauer gets the thumbs up to lead HGK Shipping
Steffen Bauer will continue to direct the fortunes of HGK Shipping, the largest inland waterway shipping company in Europe, a…
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Containers
Bernhard Schulte quits Hanseatic Unity Chartering
Five years after co-launching Hanseatic Unity Chartering (HUC), Bernhard Schulte has quit the joint tonnage chartering and marketing platform with…
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Renewables
Shell, RWE press ahead with green hydrogen pipeline from North Sea
Shell, German utility RWE and Dutch and German gas grid operators, Gasunie and Gascade have signed a declaration of intent…
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Containers
Briese Schiffahrts in for four Wenchong 1,900 teu units
Briese Schiffahrts has ordered four 1,900 teu units at Huangpu Wenchong in China according to Clarkson Research Services. The ships…
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Renewables
DOF awarded offshore wind contract by Siemens Gamesa
Norway’s DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by wind engineering company Siemens Gamesa for 2009-built construction support vessel Skandi…
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Offshore
United Offshore Support wins contract with Brazil’s CBO
Germany’s United Offshore Support (UOS) has been awarded a two-year contract with the CBO Group – one of the major…
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Environment
MAN roleplays shipping’s potentially imminent fossil fuel-free future
MAN, the giant European manufacturer responsible for nearly one in every two engines in the global merchant fleet, has run…
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Dry Cargo
Harren & Partner swoops for Conti’s last bulker
Germany’s Harren & Partner, via subsidiary Harren Bulkers, has acquired 2011-built post-panamax bulker Topas from Offen Group’s Conti. The 92,700…
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Operations
Jumbo Shipping and SAL Heavy Lift alliance kicks off
Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor, and SAL Heavy Lift, the German-based breakbulk and project…
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