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Hartmann finds buyers for AHTS fleet
Breakwater Capital and Hayfin Capital Management have bought into 11 anchor handling tug supply vessels from Hartmann Group, which has…
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Europe
BBC Chartering and Jumbo join forces
As one heavylift marriage comes to an end, the nuptials of another have just been consummated. Two family-owned project shipping…
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Europe
HSH Nordbank confident of takeover bids
The head of HSH Nordbank, a Hamburg ship financier, expects bids to come in the next fortnight to take over…
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Environment
Hamburg port dishes out more green incentives
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is introducing a new environmental component into its fee rating system. The new fees are…
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Europe
Ernst Russ adds feeder pair
Germany’s Ernst Russ Group has aded to its fleet, acquiring a pair of containerships with a capacity of 2,450 teu…
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Europe
100-vessel target for MPC Container Ships
The fastest growing containership owner this year has just outlined plans to quadruple the size of its fleet. MPC Container…
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Europe
Triple acquisition takes MPC Container Ships fleet to 23 in just five months
The remarkably rapid buildup of the MPC Container Ships fleet continues apace. The Oslo-listed company, founded this year, has taken…
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Europe
DVB Bank up for sale
One of the world’s most famous names in ship finance could be sold off. Reuters is reporting that Germany’s DZ…
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Europe
Marenave’s fleet sell-off completed
The last remains of German owner Marenave Schiffahrts’ fleet has been sold off in a bank-driven sale. The Marenave website…
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Europe
Hapag-Lloyd sends three boxships for scrap
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd has sold three older containerships Deira, Najran and Sakaka to ship recycling yards as part of the company’s…
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Europe
New owners of SAL Heavy Lift reregister six ships back to the German flag
Returned to German control, the new owners of SAL Heavy Lift have wasted little time in stamping their footprint on…
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Maritime CEO
Chartworld: ECDIS for free paying off
Digital chart specialist Chartworld’s recent ECDIS for free initiative is paying off handsomely with the company’s CEO describing uptake as…
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Europe
Wessels Reederei hails landmark boxship conversion
Wessels Reederei has taken back its vessel, the , which has become the first boxship to convert to dual-fuel operations.…
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Europe
SAL Heavy Lift closes Dutch offshore office
SAL Heavy Lift has announced the closure of its Dutch-based business SAL Offshore citing challenging times and a significant reduction of projects…
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Asia
THE Alliance reveals it has set aside $50m in the event one of its members does a Hanjin
THE Alliance, a new container grouping which launched this April, has revealed the amount it has set aside in the…
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Europe
MPC Container Ships raises another $100m for fleet expansion
MPC Container Ships has raised $100m after completing the issuance of a new senior secured bond, which the company said…
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Europe
Bertram Rickmers taps Zeaborn to keep shipping ambitions alive
Bertram Rickmers has found a way to keep his shipping ambitions alive. The famous Hamburg owner has teamed up with…
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Europe
Braemar buys Hamburg financier
Braemar Shipping Services continues to diversify its business suite. Best known as a shipbroker, Braemar has today revealed it has…
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Europe
Oldendorff resurrects Samjin handysize contracts
Busy Oldendorff Carriers has revealed it has resurrected two handysize bulker newbuild contracts in China, which originally date back to…
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Europe
Berenberg swoops for more RBS loans
Hamburg bank Berenberg together with an unspecified Japanese financial institution has purchased a further $460m shipping performing loan portfolio from…
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