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Discharging of boxes on burnt Yantian Express will take another five weeks
German containerline Hapag-Lloyd has advised clients that it will take until the middle of April to offload all the boxes…
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Leonhardt & Blumberg: Box demand side worries
The container shipping market is still facing some uncertainties ahead, however the worry is coming more from the demand side…
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Berenberg boss under investigation over insider-trading linked to Hapag-Lloyd
The managing partner of Berenberg, Germany’s oldest bank, is under investigation over an insider-trading scandal that allegedly yielded more than…
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Ernst Russ and Peter Döhle sell Hammonia Reederei
Ness Risan and Partners, a Norwegian investment fund, has teamed with the former owners of Finland’s Containerships Group to buy…
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Oltmann Schiffahrts sells last bulker
After nine years in the bulker segment the predominantly container focused Oltmann Schiffahrts has decided to let go of its…
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Maersk and ZIM boxships collide at Busan Port
Containerships Safmarine Nokwanda and Tianjin collided at South Korea’s Busan Container Terminal on Saturday, leading to damage on both ships.…
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Hapag-Lloyd shuffles fleet to handle broken down ship
Hapag-Lloyd has dispatched the 1,700 teu Nordviolet to Venice to take over shipments on the line’s Adria Express (ADX). The…
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Liners more digitally mature than their aviation peers
Maritime is often lambasted for being behind the digital curve but a new benchmarking study shows liners are far ahead…
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General cargo vessel collides with offshore service vessel off Germany
General cargo vessel Raba collided with crew transfer vessel World Bora in the Baltic Sea near Germany yesterday, resulting in…
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Oldendorff orders bulker pair at CSSC Chengxi
German dry bulk shipping operator Oldendorff has placed an order at CSSC Chengxi Shipyard for the construction of two 21,500…
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Thomas Schulte Ship Management: Acquisitions eyed
The fleet controlled by Thomas Schulte Ship Management now stands at 70 ships. Triple figures could be hit as early…
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Americas
HJH CSL jv exercises bulker option at CSSC Chengxi
A joint venture by Canada’s CSL group and German Hartmann family’s HJH Shipmanagement has exercised an option with CSSC Chengxi…
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Schulte Group takes over IRM technology firm
Germany’s Schulte Group has acquired a majority stake in TecHullClean Limited (THC), an underwater inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) technology company headquartered…
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Asia
X-Press Feeders takes over defunct Team contracts
X-Press Feeders has entered into an agreement to continue some of the existing feeder contracts between Hamburg-based Team Lines and…
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Nordic Hamburg bags another tanker
Nordic Hamburg continues to add tankers. The German owner has put down $11.5m for Reederei NSB’s 11-year-old, 38,000 dwt tanker,…
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Hapag-Lloyd touts new steel floor boxes as the future of containers
Hapag-Lloyd has created a new steel floor container, which it claims can carry heavier cargoes than existing wood-floored boxes. “The…
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Hapag-Lloyd pioneers dual-fuel retrofit
German containerline Hapag-Lloyd has announced plans to retrofit its 15,000 teu ship to operate using LNG. The engine system will…
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Hamburg’s Team Lines ceases operations
The fiercely competitive world of feeder box shipping has claimed another victim. Hamburg-based Team Lines will cease operating from February…
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Capital Liberty Invest makes first ship acquisitions
Capital Liberty Invest, the joint venture between Evangelos Marinakis’ Capital Ship Management and Dietrich Schulz-led Liberty One, has acquired its first two…
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MAN reports huge interest for new liquid hydrogen system
MAN Cryo, the company behind the launch last month of the world’s first marine, liquid hydrogen fuel-gas system, has reported…
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