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Ibaizabal Tankers joins Navig8 Suez8 pool
Spanish shipowner Ibaizabal Tankers has become the latest company to join Navig8’s Suez8 pool, entering one of its suezmax tankers.…
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Giant MSC boxship takes out crane at Valencia
A crane operator was injured yesterday when part of the arm of a crane fell into the waters of the…
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CMA CGM buys into HMM’s Algeciras terminal
HMM has sold CMA CGM a 50% stake minus one share in Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras), a container…
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Spain facilitates crew changes
Spain has recognised seafarers as key workers thus facilitating crew change in the country, the European nation hardest hit by…
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Spanish authorities handling coronavirus case onboard CMA CGM vessel
Spanish authorities are testing the crew onboard the 16,020 teu after one crewmember came down with symptoms linked to coronavirus…
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3 Maj to complete unfinished tanker for Marflet Marine
Spanish tanker operator Marflet Marine has entered into an agreement with 3 Maj, a subsidiary yard of financially troubled Croatian…
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France, Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar latest to impose restrictions on the use of open-loop scrubbers
Restrictions on the use of open-loop scrubbers are spreading across Europe with the Standard Club reporting France, Spain, Portugal and…
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Clarksons acquires Spanish shipbroker Martankers
London-based shipbroking house Clarksons has announced the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Spanish shipbroking firm Martankers.…
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Flex LNG carrier awarded new charter with Endesa
John Fredriksen’s Flex LNG has entered into a time charter with Spain’s Endesa for 2018-built (Samsung) LNG carrier . The…
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Boluda exits boxship owning
Two 1, 267 teu Boluda-controlled vessels, the 2007 and 2008- built Veronica B and Beatriz B are to be reactivated after…
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Østensjø Rederi ordering four offshore wind vessels
Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi has signed a letter of intent with Astilleros Gondán in Spain for the construction of four commissioning…
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Maersk fined in Spain after locals spot boxship belching excessive emissions
Observant Spanish locals last week spotted a boxship belching out more smoke than normal, leading to a swift EUR20,000 ($22,435)…
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Three officers arrested in arson case involving Grimaldi’s Grande Europa
Three officers of the Grimaldi Group who were on the conro ship which caught fire while transiting off the island…
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Grimaldi car carrier Grande Europa catches fire in the Mediterranean
A few weeks after the sinking of con-ro Grande America off the French coast due to a fire, another vessel…
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European nations demand more urgent ship emission regulations
European nations are determined to get ship emissions cut quicker than current timelines proposed by regulators and lobbyists. Following France’s…
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Barcelona asks Spanish government to support Mediterranean ECA creation
Barcelona City Council has joined calls to create an emission control area (ECA) in the Mediterranean to limit air pollution…
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Fire erupts as ferry slams into crane at Barcelona port
Firefighters rushed to the port of Barcelona this morning as a ferry operated by Italy’s Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) slammed…
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MSC launches Iberian rail freight service
Containerline Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is launching of a new rail freight service between Seville, Spain, and the Atlantic, beginning…
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Eurotankers bags secondhand suezmax for $18.8m
CEPSA from Spain have sold the 2004-built , a suezmax that notched up significant interest from buyers. Clarkson Research reports…
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Salvors try to cool burning ship off the Canary Islands
Salvors Resolve Marine have been called in to assist in controlling a fire onboard a Bibby Line bulker. Crew were…
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