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NovaAlgoma Short-Sea Carriers adds a mini-bulker
Lugano-based NovaAlgoma Short-Sea Carriers announced the purchase of a mini bulker from Norwegian Owners Oslobulk. The vessel previously operating as…
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Marnavi places new chemical tanker order at Wuchang Shipbuilding
Naples-based shipowner Marnavi has set up a joint venture with Simest aimed at investing in new parcel chemical tankers. “We…
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Carboflotta snaps up a LPG tanker resale from Hyundai Heavy Industries
Genoa-based shipping firm Carbofin, part of Carboflotta group, has just signed a MOA for the purchase of a resale newbuilding…
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LGR di Navigazione exits MR segment, eyes gas
Naples-headquartered LGR di Navigazione is on the verge of selling the last two tankers in its fleet. Brokers report that…
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Grimaldi takes over ro-ro terminal in Savona
Naples-based Grimaldi Group announced the takeover of the shipping agency and freight forwarder company Marittima Spedizioni which entirely controls Savona…
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Venice Shipping & Logistics: Equity index launches
How much does investing in shipping yield today? It depends on the ship you choose as a target, on the…
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Saipem wins $400m in new contracts
Italy’s Saipem has been awarded a new E&C offshore contract by Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction activities off Saudi…
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Bulker set for auction after 13-month court battle in Jamaica
The Malta-registered bulk carrier will finally be auctioned off on January 8 after spending more than a year in Kingston…
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D’Amico sells and charters back product tanker
D’Amico International Shipping subsidiary d’Amico Tankers has sold 2005-built medium range product tanker for a price of $14.14m. D’Amico says…
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Marnavi: Trucker of the sea faces challenges head on
Naples-based Marnavi is one of the few shipping companies in Italy which was not involved in restructuring processes in recent…
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Eni to quit shipowning with LNG carriers sale
Italian energy company Eni will quit the LNG carrier shipowning business in the near future the company told the seafarers…
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Aponte makes plea to Italian ports to gear up
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will participate in the tender still to be launched by the Leghorn port authority for the…
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Deutsche Bank buys into Rimorchiatori Riuniti
Starting next week Deutsche Bank-controlled investment fund Deutsche Altrnative Asset Management will become a new minority shareholder of Rimorchiatori Mediterranei,…
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Disagreements between Pillarstone and shareholders leave RBD Armatori on the brink
Naples-based RBD Armatori is seeing its rescue hopes slip away as shareholders of the firm, the Rizzo Bottiglieri De Carlini…
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Crewmembers suspected of killing MSC master
Two crewmembers of the have been arrested, suspected of having killed Yurii Kharytonov, master of the containership which is still…
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Augustea finds post-panamax for Pakistan coal project
Naples-based shipping group Augustea has found the post-panamax bulk carrier needed for the forthcoming coal transhipment project to be established…
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Confitarma: Time for Italian owners to grow up
The newly elected chairman of the Italian shipowners association (Confitarma), Mario Mattioli, has some specific dossiers to work at in…
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Contship details La Spezia expansion plans
Italian terminal operator Contship is making a major investment to upgrade container infrastructure in La Spezia Port in northern Italy…
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Ukrainian master disappears from MSC containership in Italy
A 54-year-old Ukrainian master has disappeared from the 2,000 teu containership while the vessel was en route from the Italian…
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RBD Armatori shareholders given jail time for tax evasion
The former management at Naples-based RBD Armatori have collectively been sentenced to over 30 years of jail in a tax…
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