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Klaus-Michael Kühne seeks greater influence at Hapag-Lloyd
Klaus-Michael Kühne has signalled his intention to have a greater influence at Hapag-Lloyd by seeking an extra seat on the…
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Europe
MPC Container Ships admits liquidity concerns
MPC Container Ships, owners of one of the fastest growing boxship fleets in the world in recent years, is opening…
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Europe
Wilson and Arkon strike deal to form European short sea shipping giant
Norway’s Wilson and Germany’s Arkon Shipping have signed a deal to form Europe’s largest short sea shipping company. The deal…
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Asia
MOL and Uniper partner up on FSRU project
Japanese owner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has entered into an agreement with LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven (LTM), a fully owned subsidiary…
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Europe
Wilson and Arkon strike deal to form European short sea shipping giant
Norway’s Wilson and Germany’s Arkon Shipping have signed a deal to form Europe’s largest short sea shipping company. The deal…
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Europe
Kuehne + Nagel makes plans to axe up to a quarter of its staff
Giving an idea of the scale of the crisis facing intermodal transport the boss of Kuehne + Nagel, the world’s…
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Europe
German yards make plans for protracted downturn
Germany’s shipbuilding association, VSM, is contacting European counterparts to lobby governments across the continent to order ships patriotically on home…
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Europe
Carriers are winning the freight rate battle
Hapag-Lloyd impressed analysts last week by keeping its full-year financial guidance despite the deleterious effects caused by Covid-19. Part of…
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Europe
AVB orders bulker sextet at Yangzijiang
Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Vogemann Bolten (AVB), a joint venture of Ahrenkiel Steamship, H. Vogemann and Aug. Bolten, has placed an order…
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Europe
SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, shifts dates to February next year
SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, has been forced to reschedule its event from this September to February 2 to…
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Europe
Heavylift crane collapses in Rostock
A heavylift crane collapsed in dramatic fashion on Saturday smashing onto the offshore installation vessel while undergoing load tests at…
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Europe
Hapag-Lloyd puts megamax orders on ice
Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd has put its 23,000 teu newbuild plans on ice as the liner faces up to the realities of…
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Dry Cargo
Ravensdown Shipping joins TMA Bulk Pool
Melbourne-based Ravensdown Shipping Services, part of fertiliser giant Ravensdown, has joined the TMA Bulk Pool with its time-chartered ship .…
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Europe
FreightHub becomes Forto
Four-year-old Berlin-based FreightHub has rebranded to become Forto. The German company started out as a container booking platform and has…
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Europe
Hartmann returns to CIMC Sinopacific Offshore for up to five LPG carriers
German owner Hartmann has placed an order at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore for the construction of up to five 5,000 cu…
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Europe
Crew from Tommi Ritscher citadel rescued, eight remain hostage
Nigerian special forces have rescued 11 crewmembers from the Portuguese-flagged containership , which was attacked by pirates off Benin on…
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Europe
German shipyard merger on the cards
The current shipyard consolidation craze has spread to Germany with broadcaster NDR reporting the government is supportive of ThyssenKrupp Marine…
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Europe
Captain of German boxship killed at Cartagena
Myo Tun Zaw, the 50 year-old captain of 2007-built containership , has been killed at the port of Cartagena. According…
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Europe
Subsea 7 awarded wind contract offshore Germany
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Germany’s innogy for the Kaskasi offshore wind farm project, located in the…
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Europe
Kühne ups stake in Hapag-Lloyd
Klaus-Michael Kühne has increased his stake in container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd to 30% as planned. “Kuehne Holding AG’s commitment is…
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