Switzerland
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Tankers
Hafnia and Mercuria form panamax pool
BW Group’s product tanker giant Hafnia, and commodity trader Mercuria have revealed a new panamax venture called Hafnia Panamax Pool.…
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Operations
ABB buys weather routing firm in latest maritime tech consolidation move
In a most recent move for shipping data providers, multinational tech corporation ABB has acquired the shipping business of weather…
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Press Releases
Geneva Dry: 100 days to go
There’s just 100 days to go until the inaugural Geneva Dry kicks off at the Hotel President Wilson. The two-day…
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Offshore
ABB awarded contract for Guyana-bound FPSO
Swiss technology group ABB has secured work on an ExxonMobil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit slated for the…
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Tankers
Bahri takes two methanol-fuelled tankers on five-year charter
Saudi Arabia’s flagship carrier Bahri has penned a long-term deal with Swiss methanol producer and tanker owner Proman to charter…
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Maritime CEO
Geneva Dry Dialogues: Dualog
Norway’s Dualog holds a special place among the Splash team, being the only company to have sponsored every single Maritime…
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Operations
Vitol consolidates shipping activities into Singaporean company
Switzerland-based commodity trading giant Vitol has consolidated all its shipping activities into a Singapore-based company. The company is named Vitol…
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Press Releases
Bahri, Norden and the World Economic Forum latest names to agree to speak at Geneva Dry
The roster of speakers for the inaugural Geneva Dry continues to make headlines for the calibre of names agreeing to…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC takes stake in Adani’s Ennore terminal
Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the ports arm of leading liner Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), is buying a 49% stake in…
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Offshore
Transocean scores $251m semisub contract in the Romanian Black Sea
Swiss-based offshore drilling giant Transocean has landed a contract worth $251m with OMV Petrom for its semisub rig . The…
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Containers
MSC’s vintage boxship fleet in the spotlight
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has many records to its name, including the largest orderbook, but also…
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Containers
MSC in for Zodiac resales
Prized Korean newbuild slots are changing hands for big prices. Resales are happening as owners seek earlier delivery slots with…
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Containers
Nestlé fixes alternative fuel contracts with Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd
Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has teamed with Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd to move the equivalent…
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Europe
MSC bids for French logistics player
Cash-rich Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has made a bid for Clasquin, a French logistics company. Clasquin…
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Environment
MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen call for an end date of fossil-only powered newbuilds
The CEOs of leading global shipping lines, MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wallenius Wilhelmsen, issued a joint declaration at…
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Containers
MSC readies megamax for carbon capture treatment
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has earmarked a big ship to be installed with a Chinese-fabricated carbon…
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Containers
$316m case filed against MSC in the US
In the largest suit filed in the history of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC bolsters Italian rail position
Mediterranean Shipping Co’s (MSC) increasing focus on European rail is gaining speed. The world’s largest containerline has just formed a…
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Tankers
Global One Energy signs for MR quartet at Yangzijiang
Swiss trader Global One Energy (Gloen) has signed up for four MR tanker newbuilds in China. Multiple brokers named the…
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Containers
MSC’s vintage fleet holds key to liner shipping’s demolition derby
One in five of the global container fleet is ripe for demolition, with the world’s largest liner, Mediterranean Shipping Co…
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