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Maritime CEO
Hanseaticsoft: Cloud clears way for shipmanagers
Hamburg-based shipmanagement software provider Hanseaticsoft is well on track for expansion with its cloud-based software. Following a significant investment by…
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Europe
Boxship resumes work after five years of layup
After five years of lying idle, a Chinese-built boxship has been refurbished and is trading again. Alphaliner is reporting the…
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Europe
Bernhard Schulte orders SOV at Ulstein for GE wind farm work
Germany’s Bernhard Schulte has ordered a service operation vessel from Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft, to be used or maintenance work…
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Europe
Schoeller sells Bengal Tiger Line
One of the most famous names in the Asian feeder boxship market has changed hands. Schoeller Holdings has become the…
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Maritime CEO
FuelSave: The fuel consumption – emissions puzzle
Germany’s FuelSave is looking to offer what it believes is a game-changing solution to the fuel consumption and emission puzzle…
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Containers
MPC Container Ships acquires its 69th boxship
Fast growing German feeder boxship operator MPC Container Ships has announced the acquisition of a 2012-built 1,740 teu geared containership.…
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Europe
Harren & Partner acquires Blue Giant OCV
Germany’s Harren & Partner has acquired 2008-built offshore construction vessel from UK-based operator OIG Group for an undisclosed price. The…
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Europe
‘Hapag-Lloyd would rather take over CMA CGM than vice versa’: Klaus-Michael Kühne
CMA CGM has made overtures to German rival Hapag-Lloyd, but the merger talk was flatly rejected. In comments reported by…
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Containers
CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd merger speculation dismissed
A Reuters report claiming France’s CMA CGM has been in touch with its Hamburg counterpart Hapag-Lloyd over a possible merger…
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Europe
Change of management at Harper Petersen
There’s a change of top management at Hamburg-based brokers Harper Petersen. Simon Aust is stepping down as managing director to…
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Europe
Hayfin and Breakwater bring in Howard Woodcock to manage AHTS business
Hayfin Capital Management and Breakwater Capital have appointed former Bibby Offshore boss Howard Woodcock to head up its offshore vessel…
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Europe
$1.38bn wiped off Hapag-Lloyd in two days since profit warning
Investors have dealt savagely with Hapag-Lloyd shares after the German line announced a profit downgrade on Friday with analysts warning…
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Europe
Okee Maritime snaps up d’Amico boxship
Hamburg-based shipping company Okee Maritime will add a fourth containership to its fleet, taking the from d’Amico Dry, according to…
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Europe
Deutsche Bank confirms $1bn shipping loan sale
Deutsche Bank has confirmed earlier reports that it is selling a $1bn portfolio of shipping loans to an entity owned…
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Europe
HSH Nordbank readies shipping return
Emblematic of shipping’s changing fortunes, Germany’s much-maligned HSH Nordbank has said it wants to get back into maritime. The bank’s…
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Europe
Deutsche Bank shuffles shipping exposure
As HSH Nordbank gears up to make a renewed foray into shipping under new ownership, another big name in German…
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Europe
Schulte launches Hanseatic Capital Management out of Cyprus
Hanseatic Capital Management (HCM) has been launched by Germany’s Schulte Group, acting as the anchor investor. The initial investment focus…
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Europe
SAL Heavy Lift awarded transport contract by GeoSea
SAL Heavy Lift has been awarded a contract by GeoSea for the shipment of 49 transition pieces for the Horns…
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Europe
MPC Container Ships raises more cash for acquisitions
Germany’s MPC Container Ships has raised a further $50m via a private placement, money it says will be used to…
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Europe
Dig a pony – maritime charity discovers it fed The Beatles horse
A maritime welfare charity that helped The Beatles when they fell on hard times has released a new book, which…
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