April 25th, 20180Israeli maritime analytics startup Windward has managed to get the former CEO of energy giant BP, Lord John Browne, to join its board.
Browne has been an investor in the company since 2016, Tel Aviv-based Windward revealed on Tuesday. He will join the company’s roster of board members and investors, which includes former CIA...
January 30th, 20180Stena Drilling has been awarded a contract by Israel’s Energean Oil & Gas for drillship .
The drillship will conduct a three-well drilling programme at the Karish Field, offshore Israel, commencing in the first quarter of 2019.
The contract, which includes further options, is subject to Energean’s final investment decision...
January 17th, 20180XT Shipping, the joint venture between Idan Ofer and Udi Angel, has bagged one of the first capes reported sold by brokers this year.
Sources say the Israeli owner has put $20.5m on the table for the 185,800 dwt (built 2006) in an off market deal with Japanese giant K Line. The deal appears to be done some time ago as European...
January 15th, 20180Israeli containerline ZIM has vowed to become a “digital leader” within the shipping industry. To this end, the line has just appointed Liav Geffen to become its first ever chief digital officer. Geffen spent the previous eight years working at Israel’s third largest insurance group where he fostered the use of data, analytics and...
November 20th, 20170Israeli shipping line Zim has announced that it has successfully completed the pilot of paperless bills of lading based on blockchain technology, in cooperation with Sparx Logistics and Wave.
The solution is first of its kind led by an ocean carrier, allows the secure exchange of original documents on the blockchain.
The new...
August 24th, 20170Heidmar’s Seawolf Tankers VLCC pool has benefited from the return of Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime as a Heidmar pool partner.
Zodiac Maritime is placing newly acquired 2011-built VLCC into the Seawolf pool, having exited the Star Tankers pool in 2003.
Splash had reported in May that Zodiac had acquired the vessel from...
July 19th, 20170Israeli carrier Zim could try once again for an IPO. The containerline, now with a new CEO, Eli Glickman, at the helm could look at a listing as an exit strategy for its main shareholders, after efforts to sell the company had failed, Alphaliner posited in its latest weekly report.
Zim, the world’s 13th largest carrier, has failed...
July 3rd, 20170Over the weekend Eli Glickman, 56, succeeded Rafi Danieli as CEO and president of Israeli carrier ZIM. Danieli had been in the top job since 2009, presiding over a major restructuring of the line.
“I‘m confident in our ability to deliver exceptional service to our customers, while striving for profitability and growth,” Glickman...
June 1st, 20170Australian livestock shipping firm Wellard has sold a 2010-built ship to Israel’s Dabbah Slaughterhouse for $26m. Much of the proceeds will go to pay down debts.
The livestock vessel, , can transport 6,000 cattle and 25,000 sheep, or a combination of both and is one of a fleet of five owned and operated by Wellard.
Wellard CEO...
March 10th, 20170Israeli container carrier has unveiled a new CEO to take over from stalwart Rafi Danieli. Eli Glickman, formerly head of Israel Electric Company, takes the hot seat at what is a fascinating juncture for the global liner operator. ZIM has been through a mammoth restructuring, was reported to have tried – and failed - to have sold off...
