Europe
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Container terminal for Greenland
Oslo: Nuuk, Greenland’s tiny capital, is eying its first modern container terminal. An agreement has been signed between Sikuki Nuuk…
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Copenship closes
Oslo: Dry cargo is painful for many at the moment but for Denmark’s Copenship it has proven unbearable which has…
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Second LR2 products carrier delivered to Scorpio Tankers
New York: NYSE-listed Scorpio Tankers has taken delivery of STI Alexis, an 110,000-dwt LR2 product tanker, from South Korea’s Daehan…
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Clearlake extends timecharters of Diana Shipping bulkers
Athens: Gunvor’s subsidiary Clearlake Shipping (Singapore) has extended the timecharters of two dry bulk carriers chartered from Greece’s Diana Shipping…
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BMZ Group buys more secondhand products tankers
Istanbul: Turkey’s BMZ Group is planning to spend around $180m on up to 10 products tankers. BMZ has just paid…
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Saga Tankers risks delisting
Oslo: Øystein Stray Spetalen, one of Norway’s most successful investors, has ignored a deadline to change the shareholding of a…
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Vik slips away from KNOT
Oslo: Arild Vik is leaving his position as chief executive and chief financial officer of Aberdeen-based KNOT Offshore Partners. “On…
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Fredriksen-controlled Flex LNG vessels delayed
Oslo: In a move to reduce operating costs Flex LNG has told Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries to postpone the delivery…
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Peel Ports: The efficient route to market
Liverpool: The south of the UK is increasingly congested giving ports further north a greater chance to catch more business,…
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German bank green lights Siem Offshore vessel purchase
Oslo: Siem Offshore has secured funding for the building of two well intervention vessels in Germany. The loan of EUR350m…
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Deep Sea Supply fixes bareboat charters
Oslo: John Fredriksen controlled Deep Sea Supply has secured two long term bareboat contracts for the PSVs Sea Tortuga and…
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Star Bulk demolishes another Panamax
Athens: Star Bulk has sold a bulker, Star Tatianna (69,600 dwt, built 1993) for demolition. The Panamax vessel should be…
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Clarksons completes RS Platou buyout
London: London-based shipbroker Clarksons has today completed its acquisition of Norwegian broking house RS Platou. Former Platou executives Peter M…
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Celsius Shipping: New sector mulled
Copenhagen: Celsius Shipping is looking to diversify and is keen to invest in new tonnage this year. Celsius acts as…
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Avance Gas: Where are VLGCs headed?
Oslo: Lots of question marks have arisen over the outlook in the VLGC sector, amid a very overloaded global orderbook…
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Delphis: Bullish on boxes
Antwerp: Founded in March 2004 and based in Antwerp, Belgian boxline Delphis has become among the leading sub-4,000 teu container…
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Global Marine Systems: Tonnage lookout
Chelmsford: There’s a glut of subsea installation vessels in the market at the moment, which is presenting one ambitious company…
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Knud E. Hansen: At the forefront of the LNG revolution
Helsingør: Despite the current drop in oil prices, the trend to shift towards LNG as a fuel for ships is…
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Lade: Harnessing the power of wind
Oslo: Oil prices might be falling fast, but environmental regulations continue to tighten meaning the rush to develop innovative green…
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Viking Line: Grappling with ECAs
Helsinki: For Jan Hanses 2015 is all about getting used to operating within an emissions control area, The ceo of…
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