March 31st, 20205Spanish authorities are testing the crew onboard the 16,020 teu after one crewmember came down with symptoms linked to coronavirus as the ship came into dock at Algericas. The ship was ordered to anchor in the bay rather than dock at the terminal after the master radioed in with news of the illness onboard the ship yesterday. CMA...
March 26th, 20200Spanish tanker operator Marflet Marine has entered into an agreement with 3 Maj, a subsidiary yard of financially troubled Croatian shipbuilding group Uljanik, to complete the construction of an unfinished tanker MR tanker. Marflet Marine originally ordered the 50,000 dwt Santiago I (hull 723) at Uljanik, although the contract was...
February 27th, 20200Restrictions on the use of open-loop scrubbers are spreading across Europe with the Standard Club reporting France, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar have all initiated their own rules on the use of the controversial technology. “embers with open-loop (or hybrid) scrubbers installed on their ships would need to be mindful when their...
February 20th, 20200London-based shipbroking house Clarksons has announced the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Spanish shipbroking firm Martankers. Founded in 1989, Martankers is an independent shipbroking company that has a primary focus on the European markets with a considerable global footprint as well. Martankers will continue...
December 20th, 20190John Fredriksen’s Flex LNG has entered into a time charter with Spain’s Endesa for 2018-built (Samsung) LNG carrier . The charter is for one year, and will commence in June 2020 after the expiry of an existing charter with Endesa’s parent company Enel. Endesa also has a one-year extension option available. Øystein Kalleklev,...
October 23rd, 20190Two 1, 267 teu Boluda-controlled vessels, the 2007 and 2008- built Veronica B and Beatriz B are to be reactivated after two years of lay-up at Vigo. Alphaliner is reporting the pair of ships have recently joined the expanding fleet of Athens-based Contships Management, which will trade them on the charter market. Contships now has 38...
October 22nd, 20190Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi has signed a letter of intent with Astilleros Gondán in Spain for the construction of four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV) to meet increasing demand in the offshore wind market. The vessels are designed for efficient operations, which is estimated to result in a 30% reduction...
July 22nd, 20190Observant Spanish locals last week spotted a boxship belching out more smoke than normal, leading to a swift EUR20,000 ($22,435) fine for Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company. The 2007-built, 6,478 teu was caught as it came in to the port of Algericas, its excessive emissions blamed on a faulty main...
June 18th, 20190Three officers of the Grimaldi Group who were on the conro ship which caught fire while transiting off the island of Mallorca last month have been arrested in Spain for alleged arson. The third officer Cristian Porritiello and two other crewmembers whose names have not been revealed are accused of setting off two fires on the ship on...
May 15th, 20190A few weeks after the sinking of con-ro Grande America off the French coast due to a fire, another vessel in the fleet of Naples-based Grimaldi Group caught fire early this morning in the Mediterranean. The car carrier , while en route from Salerno to Valencia, was hit by a fire onboard when transiting off the island of...
