Switzerland
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Containers
Sinokor hailed as winning boxship deal of the year
It’s only mid-February but one broker has already made its pick for the containership S&P deal of the year. Compass…
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Containers
Kuehne+Nagel partners with Aker to offer green fuels for container shipping
Swiss-based logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel has teamed up with Norwegian green fuel producer Aker Clean Hydrogen to include hydrogen, ammonia and…
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Bunkering
Trafigura sets out to build green ammonia bunker production facility in Norway
Commodities trading giant Trafigura has partnered with Germany-based startup Hy2gen and Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to…
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Containers
MSC orders six 16,000 teu ships at Dalian
Clarkson Research Services has confirmed that Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) is behind a series of LNG-powered boxship orders in northern…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC joins Lufthansa in bidding for Italy’s flagship airline
Airplanes are increasingly the must-have bolt on for cash-rich containerlines, the billionaires of the transport sector, making more money than…
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Containers
MSC’s secondhand charge continues with Danaos acquisitions
MSC continues to snap up secondhand tonnage, with brokers linking the line to the acquisition of a pair of 6,178…
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Ports and Logistics
Drug cartels force MSC to suspend intermodal operations in Brazil with Santos labelled cocaine’s ‘world trade center’
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has put some land operations on hold in Brazil, fearful of drug…
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Containers
MSC dismisses ‘baseless’ lawsuit filed in the US
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has hit out at the “baseless complaint” made by an American decor…
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Offshore
Transocean semisub assigned to Norwegian carbon capture project
Offshore driller Transocean will later this year send its 2016-built semisub rig to support the Northern Lights carbon capture storage…
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Offshore
Partners Group acquires OSV operator North Star
Swiss-based private equity firm Partners Group has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire Aberdeen-based OSV owner and operator…
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Containers
‘Size isn’t an objective for us’: MSC’s Soren Toft
Soren Toft, CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has passed comment on one of this week’s biggest shipping stories –…
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Containers
Xeneta and Compass take on rivals with new daily container freight index
Oslo-based ocean freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta, in partnership with Swiss financial index provider Compass Financial Technologies, has rolled out…
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Environment
Trafigura details more strict green shipping targets
Swiss commodities trading giant Trafigura has upped its emissions targets, something that will have significant implications for its many shipping…
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Containers
Maersk hands the baton to MSC at top of the liner rankings
The changing of the guard at the top of the liner rankings is underway. Alphaliner data shows there’s just 10,817…
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Tech
WinGD sets dates for ammonia and hydrogen engines
Swiss engine designer WinGD plans to launch engines able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively,…
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Containers
MSC continues growth with addition of four ships via the secondhand market
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has shown no sign of slowing down its rapid fleet growth, linked this week to the…
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Operations
SBM Offshore charged in Africa bribery case
Three Swiss subsidiaries of Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore have been ordered to pay over $7m for failing to prevent…
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Tech
MSC and Wärtsilä to trial alternative fuels conversion for two-stroke engines
Finnish marine technology firm Wärtsilä is set to commercially launch its two-stroke future fuels conversion platform during the first quarter…
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Tech
First satellite-focused leasetech firm aims to disrupt equipment financing
A new company has been launched, aiming to revolutionise the way firms finance satellite telecommunications equipment. SatLease Capital is focused…
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Ports and Logistics
Global Energy Storage buys Gunvor’s assets in Rotterdam to develop low carbon products terminal
Guernsey-incorporated developer of energy storage assets, Global Energy Storage (GES) has made its first major investment at Europoort in the…
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