June 11th, 20180One year after KKR Capital’s turnaround fund Pillarstone Italy took control of Italian owner Premuda, the Genoa-based shipping firm is back in the market with positive results and very much in buying mood.
Pillarstone’s partner Gaudenzio Bonaldo Gregori tells Maritime CEO: “The company is now in good health since the 2017...
June 4th, 20180John Hadjipateras had been planning to make the case for LPG as a ship fuel at Posidonia this week. His plans, however, have been somewhat sideswiped by last week’s news that fellow VLGC operator BW LPG had made a $1.1bn move to acquire his company.
Hadjipateras will not be drawn on the takeover talk when Maritime CEO comes calling....
May 30th, 20180The latest issue of Maritime CEO magazine launches today with a suitably Greek flavour to proceedings given that the publication will be distributed across Posidonia-related events in Athens and Piraeus next week.
Inside we look at Greek ship finance, likely Posidonia talking points plus we try to get inside the mindset of the typical...
May 7th, 20180India might have the world’s fastest growing big economy at the moment, but its shipping scene is lagging far behind, argues the CEO of one of the nation’s largest shipowners.
“The primary reason behind this discrepancy is the fact that cabotage is practised elsewhere, while the concept of cabotage is conspicuous by its absence...
May 2nd, 20180Established in 2004, Nakilat is a public listed Qatari-owned shipping and maritime company providing the critical transportation link in the state of Qatar’s LNG and LPG supply chains.
Nakilat’s LNG and LPG vessels are trading worldwide, either directly managed in-house through subsidiary Nakilat Shipping Qatar or in cooperation...
April 26th, 20180Dry bulk operator Norvic Shipping is ramping up its organisation in line with the increasing fortunes finally seen in the sector.
Mudit Paliwal joined the company in November last year as president and COO, based in Copenhagen. Paliwal is a protégé of Harry Banga, the famous Hong Kong-based commodities tycoon. Paliwal’s career...
April 10th, 20180Greek bulk carrier operator Globus Maritime is looking to further optimise its fleet and take the opportunities that come with a recovering market for a new round of growth.
Athanasios Feidakis, president and chief executive officer of Globus Maritime, has seen fundamentals in the dry bulk market picking up for the past year and he...
April 6th, 20183China Navigation (CNCo), one of the most venerable names in Asian shipping, is very much in a phase of expansion, with the keen backing of its chairman, Barnaby Swire, the sixth generation at the helm of the famous family conglomerate.
Singapore-based CNCo is the oldest part of the Swire empire, a diverse group with interests in...
March 29th, 20186Neatly bookending a key chapter in his career, Maritime CEO has the last interview with Jeremy Nixon ahead of Sunday’s official launch of Ocean Network Express (ONE), the merged Japanese container shipping giant.
Nixon’s first interview on being appointed ONE boss last July was also with Maritime CEO during which he outlined the...
March 20th, 20180As Indonesian authorities continue to mull forcing exports of commodities such as coal and palm oil to be carried on local ships, one Jakarta transport firm is gearing up for massive expansion to help fill the gap.
Asian Bulk Logistics (ABL), a Jakarta-based integrated logistics and transportation service provider for the mining and...
