Germany
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Europe
H. Vogemann adds another handysize bulker at Taizhou Kouan
German owner H. Vogemann has placed an order at China’s Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding for the construction of a 38,500 dwt…
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Europe
Hartmann Shipping orders LEG at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore
German shipping group Hartmann has placed an order at Chinese yard CIMC Sinopacific Offshore for the construction of a 38,000…
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Piracy
11 crew kidnapped from German boxship off Nigeria
Over the weekend pirates boarded a Liberian flagged containership off the coast of Nigeria, seizing 11 crew including eight from…
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Containers
MPC Capital adds three more panamax boxships
Hamburg-based MPC Maritime Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MPC Capital, has acquired three panamax-sized container vessels for $42m on behalf…
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Europe
Oldendorff handy bulker hits bridge at Oshima
German owner Oldendorff Carriers’ 2016-built handy bulker hit a bridge in Oshima, Japan yesterday. The incident happened while the 38,330…
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Europe
Hayfin and Breakwater complete acquisition of UOS and Hartmann
Hayfin Capital Management and Breakwater Capital’s offshore vessel business United Offshore Support (UOS) has completed the acquisition of the commercial…
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Europe
Fosen Yard takes over Nordseewerke Emden Shipyard
Norwegian shipbuilding group Fosen Yard has entered into an agreement with the investment group Deutsche Industrieanlagen and Patrick Hennings-Huep, the…
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Europe
More than 80,000 hit by German box leasing Ponzi scheme
The first creditors’ meeting concerning the insolvency of the German shipping container lessor P&R took place in Munich yesterday, in…
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Europe
Oltmann makes KG return
A decade since it last dabbled in the KG markets, Germany’s Oltmann Group has launched a new investment scheme to…
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Europe
V.Group acquires Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt
Shipmanagement giant V.Group continues its growth by acquisition strategy, signing a deal with Germany’s Norddeutsche Vermögen Group to acquire Norddeutsche…
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Americas
Seaboard and BBC Chartering seek joint Americas coverage
American carrier Seaboard Marine and German heavylift giant BBC Chartering are looking to pool their respective multipurpose services connecting the…
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Asia
ONE and Hapag-Lloyd join forces on feeder trades
Two members of container grouping THE Alliance are joining forces for feeder operations in Asia and Europe. Japan’s Ocean Network…
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Europe
Harren & Partner sells Caribbean Feeder Services
Germany’s Harren & Partner Group has sold subsidiary Caribbean Feeder Services (CFS), a major feeder container shipping service provider in…
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Europe
Hapag-Lloyd details sulphur cap surcharge
German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has announced that it will introduce a sulphur surcharge mechanism in preparation for the upcoming IMO…
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Europe
NovaAlgoma and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts create new mini-bulker pool
NovaAlgoma Short Sea Carriers, a joint venture of Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine Holdings SA, and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG…
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Europe
Eidesvik CSV awarded offshore wind contract
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded a contract in Germany by Merkur Offshore for 2015-built construction support vessel . The…
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Europe
Thyssenkrupp to spin off yards division
Thyssenkrupp is to separate its shipbuilding segment from its industrials division with a view to selling its yards business. The…
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Europe
NSB finally offloads product tanker to Eurotankers
Reederei NSB has finally sold the 105,300 dwt product tanker (built 2009) sources tell Splash. Chatter about the sale started…
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Europe
Zeaborn jettisons Rickmers name in Singapore
Rickmers Shipmanagement (Singapore) has now been renamed Zeaborn Ship Management (Singapore). The company has been part of Bremen-based Zeaborn Group…
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Europe
Nordic Hamburg adds boxship pair at Huangpu Wenchong
Clarksons Research is reporting that Nordic Hamburg has returned to Huangpu Wenchong in China for more boxships. The German line…
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