Guinea
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Dry Cargo
Winning orders first VLOCs as Guinea bauxite trades leap
Singapore-based Chinese capesize specialist Winning International Group has placed an order at CSSC yard Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding for the construction…
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Operations
Suisse Atlantique bulk carrier robbed off Guinea
A Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier belonging to Swiss owner Suisse Atlantique was robbed whilst in the Conakry anchorage, Guinea, 16…
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Operations
Dry bulk carrier attacked off Guinea
An Antigua & Barbuda-flagged dry cargo vessel belonging to Germany’s Jens und Waller was boarded and robbed by armed criminals…
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Dry Cargo
Deal reached to move Guinea’s giant iron ore project ahead
Rio Tinto’s Guinea subsidiary has formed a railway and port joint venture with Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and the military…
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Dry Cargo
Cape trading patterns to shift with $15bn Guinea iron ore project
The global seaborne map of capesize trades is set for one of its largest shifts in the wake of the…
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Dry Cargo
Bauxite exports continue despite Guinea coup
Aluminium prices hit decade highs yesterday on the back of the coup news coming out of Guinea, a key supplier…
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Dry Cargo
Giant cape shifting Simandou iron ore project moves ahead
Railway construction and tunnelling works have commenced around the Simandou iron ore project in the southeast of Guinea, a mine…
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Dry Cargo
Guinea Shipping Corporation names new chairman
Guinea Shipping Corporation (GSC) has announced the appointment of Bernt Meldgaard Christensen as the company’s new executive chairman. Christensen succeeds…
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Dry Cargo
Africa’s newest shipping line sets sail
Guinea Shipping Corporation (GSC) is set to kickstart operations in the next month, Splash can exclusively reveal, providing a new…
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Greater China
Chinese to upgrade Guinea port
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has signed a massive $770m deal with Guinea’s government on Monday to upgrade the port…
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Containers
Boxship attacked by pirates off Guinea
The 1,600 teu boxship was attacked by pirates early yesterday morning while at anchorage at Conakry in Guinea. Six armed…
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