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Seaspan continues ordering spree with deal for six 15,500 teu boxships
Seaspan Corporation has placed an order for six 15,500 teu containerships, its fifth newbuild order since December. The six scrubber-fitted…
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Avalanche of containers bound for European ports sparks congestion fears
Ketchupeffekt is the Swedish term used by the port of Gothenburg to describe the avalanche of containers set to flood…
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Island Navigation in for STX product tanker
Founding members of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association have a history of nurturing yards, whether originally in Japan in the…
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Huge Suez operation frees the Ever Given
The 20,388 teu was refloated in the early hours of Monday morning according to the Suez Canal Authority. The giant…
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Ships reroute en masse, Suez authorities pin hopes on this weekend’s tides
Ships are now heading in ever growing numbers towards the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the snarl-up in the…
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Shipping makes alternate Suez plans with removal of Evergreen boxship not a given
The 21st century version of the Suez crisis has now seen vessels diverting, heading around the Cape of Good Hope…
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Samsung Heavy wins $2.48bn boxship order from Evergreen
Taiwanese line Evergreen has confirmed an order for twenty 15,000 teu boxships at Korean yard Samsung Heavy Industries. Evergreen had…
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Wan Hai orders five 13,200 teu boxships at HHI
Taiwanese line Wan Hai Lines has confirmed an order at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for five 13,200 teu containerships.…
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Chinese owners find buyers for multiple bulkers
March has been a manic month for dry bulk S&P, with Chinese names dominating the sales statistics. Small- to medium-sized…
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Asean Seas Line signs for its first newbuilds
Hong Kong-based Asean Seas Line is expanding, putting pen to paper for its first newbuilds. The intra-Asia operator has signed…
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$6bn and counting: Suez snarl-up stretches into third day with warning salvage could take weeks
High tide passed Wednesday evening and the giant 20,388 teu still has not moved. Twisted starboard, its 399 m hull…
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Suez Canal blocked by stranded Evergreen boxship
An ultra large container ship operated by Evergreen ran aground on the Suez Canal on Tuesday, blocking traffic on one of…
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Zhonggu Logistics ventures into overseas markets
Chinese domestic container shipping operator Zhonggu Logistics is expanding its footprint to the overseas market for the first time by…
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Evergreen confirms plans to build 20 boxships
Taiwanese liner Evergreen has announced that it will order twenty 15,000 teu containerships as part of a major fleet expansion…
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Valles contracts STX for product tanker
The Koo family-controlled Valles Steamship from Hong Kong has emerged as the contractor for a product tanker at STX Offshore…
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Wuhu Chang Neng Logistics orders supramax at New Dayang
Wuhu Chang Neng Logistics has signed a shipbuilding contract with New Dayang Shipbuilding for the construction of a 59,900 dwt…
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Goldwin finds buyer for its penultimate bulker
Numerous brokers report that one of Hong Kong’s most speculative owners, Goldwin, has approved the price for half of its…
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CU Lines adds two more boxships at Huangpu Wenchong
Fast-growing China United Lines (CU Lines) has exercised an option to build two 1,930 teu feeder boxships at Huangpu Wenchong…
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Jinhai Shipyard secures wind installation vessel conversion
Jinhai Intelligent Manufacturing (Jinhai Shipyard), the shipbuilding subsidiary of China’s HNA Group, has secured a contract from a domestic owner…
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GSI awarded full electric propulsion research vessel construction contract
CSSC-affiliated Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Unmanned System (GIIUS) for…
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