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Crew evacuate burning Hapag- Lloyd ship in the Atlantic

Crew onboard the Hapag-Lloyd vessel Yantian Express were evacuated Sunday as a fire, underway since Friday, became difficult to contain. The 23 crew of the 7,500teu ship were moved onto the salvage tug Smit Nicobar. Another tug, Maersk ...

MSC promises to find every spilled box in the North Sea

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has let it be know it intends to pay for the full costs of the clean-up the Jan 2 MSC Zoe container spill, which saw some 270 boxes fall off the giant boxship in waters between Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch ...

Zhuahai Port disposes of financing subsidiaries

China’s Zhuhai Port has listed three financing subsidiaries for sale at Guangdong Untied Entied Equity Exchange in order to streamline its assets. The order has listed 100% equity in Zhuahi Gnghui Financial Leasing, Zhuhai Gangrui Fund ...

Qingdao Port becomes a bulker owner

China’s Qingdao Port has moved into the bulker shipowning sector with the port operator’s first owned bulker, Qingdaogang Dagang, making its debut voyage at the end of 2018. The 2012-built 56,400 dwt supramax vessel, formerly known as Tron ...

Anhui Conch Group orders four bulkers at Jiangdong Shipyard

Anhui Conch Group has placed an order at Sinotrans&CSC affiliated Jiangdong Shipyard for the construction of four 12,500 dwt bulk carrier. The vessel will be used for transporting construction materials and delivery are scheduled in ...

Two senior officials at CSIC arrested

Two senior officials at state-run shipbuilding conlomerate China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have been arrested by authorities for illegal activities. Jin Tao, director of CSIC No. 712 Institute and Bu Jianjie, director of CSIC No. ...

Rongsheng Heavy Industries sale delayed

Hong Kong- listed China Huarong Energy has announced that it has entered into a supplemental agreement with Unique Orient, the potential buyer of the shipbuilding assets of Rongsheng Heavy Industries, to postpone the completionof the deal from ...

Diana Shipping fixes kamsarmax to Glencore

Greek dry bulk owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Glencore Agriculture for its 2010-built kamsarmax dry bulk vessel Myrsini. The charter commmenced on December 22 at a gross charter rate of $12,750 per day, for a ...

CMA CGM containership and cargo ship collide near HK

French container operator CMA CGM ‘s 9.415 teu post panamax boxship CMA CGM Norma collided with Chinese general cargo ship Yusheng366 near HongKong waters on Monday. CMA CGM Norma suffered minor damage while Yusheng366 sank from the collision ...

Milaha to upgrade Mesaieed shipyard

Milaha has appointed Royal HaskoningDHV to plans to upgrade its shipyard facilities in Mesaieed, Qatar. The yard is being prepared for further growth and expansion into new areas, having repaired around 8.000 vessel since it was established in ...

Ship collision leads to blockade of Taicang Port

Containership Hua Yuan 9999 and dry bulk vessel Pu Hui 1 collided on Yangtze River near Taicang Port . The local maritime safety authority have sent a rescue team and managed to save all four crew of the ship from the water, and implemented ...

ONE, PSA to form JV container Terminal in Singapore

Ocean Network Express (ONE) and PSA Singapore (PSA) have unveiled their plans to form a joint venture company based at Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore. Subject to regulatory approval, the joint venture terminal is scheduled to commence ...

HaiPhong gets first direct link to US

Northern VietNam is getting its first container link with the US. The Alliance has un veiled its service offerings for next year. Among key changes, the revised PN2 service will call at Hai Phong International Container Terminal (HITC), a facility ...

Korean rush to New Times for Vale newcastlemaxes

New Times Shipbuilding in China has done a tremedous job of pitching its newcastlemax capabilities to Korea customers. Following on from yesterday’s news that Polaris Shipping has ordered two firm plus two option of scrubber fitted newcatlemaxes at ...

6 Injured in a blast involving Pilot Boat and LPG Tanker

Six people were injured on Friday, December 14, in what has been described as an explosion on board a pilot board a pilot anchored next to an LPG tanker Gas Infinity, around 5 nautical miles from Pulau Sialu, Joho, Malaysia. According to the ...

Solstad CSV gets new contract with Total in Congo

Norway’s Solstad offshore and local partner Petro Services have been awarded a new contract by Total Exploration&Production Congo for 2015- build construction support vessel Far Sleipner. The vessel, which has been operating in Congo for ...

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