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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd readies to join the 20,000 teu club
Hamburg: Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd looks set to join G6 alliance members OOCL and MOL in ordering a series of 20,000 teu…
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Containers
Bertram Rickmers another step closer to NY listing with corporate makeover
Hamburg: In a further sign of Bertram Rickmers’ New York listing intentions, shareholders have voted to change Rickmers Holding, the…
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Europe
Tufton Oceanic closes in on product tanker
Oslo: London-headquartered Tufton Oceanic, a private equity player, is tipped to be the buyer of the Kaspar Schulte, a 2004-built,…
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Containers
Fire on Purple Beach put out
London: The noxious fire onboard the Macs Shipping controlled ship, Purple Beach, has been doused. However, efforts to offload the…
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Containers
Locals kick up stink as fertilizer onboard boxship blazes
London: The risks of carrying fertilizer, a highly flammable cargo, have once again been demonstrated. A containership is ablaze in…
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Europe
Rickmers poaches senior Oldendorff exec
Hamburg: Rickmers Group has poached a senior executive from fellow German shipping firm, Oldendorff Carriers. Charles Scharffetter, 51, has been…
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Europe
UECC faces fine as car carrier smashes into Kiel Canal jetty
Zeebrugge: A gale has caused havoc to the Asian Breeze (built 1983; 12,562 dwt), a car carrier that ran into…
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Europe
Crane operator dies as boom collapses onto boxship in Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven: The operator of a quay crane died overnight when the boom of the crane he was operating broke and…
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Asia
HSH Nordbank opening Busan branch
Hamburg: HSH Nordbank is looking to South Korea to grow its Asian footprint. The German bank has signed a memorandum…
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Dry Cargo
Blumenthal switches capesize newbuildings to suezmax tankers
Athens: Reederei Johann MK Blumenthal is swapping its capesize bulk carrier newbuilding contracts for suezmax tankers, brokers’ reports say. The Hamburg-based…
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Dry Cargo
Diana and Wilhelmsen start shipmanagement joint venture
Athens: NYSE-listed Diana Shipping and Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) have founded Diana Wilhelmsen Management, a 50/50 joint venture (JV). The…
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Containers
NSB’s widened ship adds 1,430 teu in size and $10m in value
London: German shipping line Reederei NSB’s world-first widening of a containership has already paid for itself, online pricing platform VesselsValue.com…
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Hapag-Lloyd orders five new containerships
London: Hamburg-based container carrier Hapag-Lloyd has placed an order for five new 10,500-teu containerships at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, South Korea.…
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Europe
KfW IPEX-Bank adds €1.3bn in commitments to German national ship finance scheme
London: German bank KfW IPEX-Bank has added €1.4bn in commitments to shipping finance over the past year, according to its…
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Rickmers to invest $50m making ships energy-efficient
London: The Rickmers Group has signed an agreement with an unnamed charter customer to spend $50m in modernising “major parts”…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd in for 11,000 teu quintet
Hamburg: Hapag-Lloyd has signed a letter of intent with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for the construction of five 11,000 teu…
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Dry Cargo
New German heavylift operator
Hamburg: Germany has a new heavylift player. Former SAL highflyer Lars Rolner has founded United Heavy Lift in Hamburg. Rolner,…
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Dry Cargo
HBC Hamburg Bulk Carriers handed management of 11 ships
Hamburg: The owner-operator HBC Hamburg Bulk Carriers has expanded its operations by adding a further 11 bulk carriers originating from…
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Containers
“Strong competition” causes $654m Hapag-Lloyd loss
London: Container carrier Hapag-Lloyd has posted a net loss of €604m ($654m) for 2014, blaming “persistently strong competition”. “We have our…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd CFO steps down
London: Peter Ganz is to step down after six years as CFO of Hamburg-based container line Hapag-Lloyd and will leave…
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