Wagenborg opens new office in Terneuzen
PRESS RELEASE – Wagenborg has opened a new office in Terneuzen to expand its services in the Netherlands and Belgium. Specifically, the office will support the company’s ro/ro liner service to and from the Baltic...Read more
“Substantial segments of German fleet endangered in existence”
The German shipowners association VDR warns that the pandemic has an even bigger impact on the country’s shipping industry than the financial crisis of 2008. “Substantial segments of the German merchant fleet are foreseeably endangered...Read more
United Shipping Group plans further fleet expansion
It’s been a busy year for United Shipping Group, launching a new heavy transport company, expanding into the US and growing its vessel fleet. And the German project carrier is not finished yet, managing director...Read more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen books USD 285 million loss in first quarter
A combination of the pandemic and slower markets have seen Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s volume drop by 20 percent. As a result, the carrier’s sales declined by 18% and the company booked a net loss of 285...Read more
Wagenborg’s second EasyMax vessel is taking shape
PRESS RELEASE – Following the installation of the bow in March, Wagenborg has now installed the bridge deck of its second EasyMax multipurpose vessel. The EasyMax2 is being built at the Royal Niestern Sander Shipyard...Read moreBBC Chartering takes delivery of first newbuild vessel
BBC Chartering has taken delivery of the MV BBC St. Petersburg, the first of six new F500 multipurpose vessels to join the company’s fleet. The vessel set sail on May 1st and is currently on...Read more
Maersk uses its sophisticated software to grow in breakbulk
You can’t see it from the outside, but Maersk’s container vessels bring a lot more into port than just containers. There is some piece of breakbulk on every sailing nowadays and the Danish shipping giant...Read more
United Wind Logistics takes delivery of first new deck carrier
PRESS RELEASE – United Wind Logistics has taken delivery of the first of two new deck carriers, the MV Boldwind. The second vessel will follow later within the year. (more…)Read more
Boka Vanguard is shipping a massive fish farm to Norway
World’s largest heavy transport vessel Boka Vanguard is on its way from China to Norway to deliver an enormous stationary salmon farm for Nordlaks. The massive structure measures 385 metres in length and 60 meters...Read more
G2 Ocean appoints Simon Baker as Chartering Director in Capetown
PRESS RELEASE – G2 Ocean has appointed Simon Baker as the new Chartering Director in Cape Town, South Africa. He replaces John Currie who is retiring after 23 years of service. (more…)Read more
OHT delivers first jackets for Moray East Offshore Wind Farm
PRESS RELEASE – The first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind project arrived in the Port of Nigg in Scotland at the weekend, delivered by OHT’s heavy transportation vessel Osprey from the...Read more
ScanNautic hires Jan Knudsen to form new engineering company
ScanNautic has hired Zeamarine’s former Vice President of Engineering Services Jan Knudsen to lead the company’s new heavy-lift focused subsidiary ScanNautic Engineering & Project. Knudsen is joined by Kirill Plotnikov who formerly worked as Head...Read more
Charter rates keep falling
Daily charter rates for multipurpose vessels keep falling as a result of lower demand caused by the coronavirus. Rates have already fallen by 13% since the beginning of 2020 and the pace of the decline...Read more
Jumbo Jubilee moves two 1,400-tonne reactors
The Jumbo Jubilee is on its way to Algeciras, Spain, after loading two 1400-tonne reactors and three smaller ones in the Port of Venice. The reactors were placed on board using the ship’s two 1800-tonne...Read more
Universal Africa Lines opens new chartering desk in Denmark
PRESS RELEASE – Universal Africa Lines (UAL) has established a new chartering desk in Denmark to serve the oil and gas industry with breakbulk transport to Africa. (more…)Read more
United Heavy Transport opens doors for business
United Shipping Group has launched a new company called United Heavy Transport. Focusing on the dry tow market, the company operates a fleet of five semisubmersible heavy transport vessels that have been sailing under a...Read more
Dutch-Belgian offshore consortium keeps Royal IHC from Chinese hands
The owners of Van Oord, Boskalis, DEME and Huisman Equipment have teamed up with the Dutch government to keep shipyard Royal IHC from falling into Chinese hands. The Dutch shipyard and its expertise in complex...Read more
Ships sound their horns for the 150,000 seafarers stuck at sea
By May 15 there will be 150,000 seafarers stuck at sea as countries around the globe are denying shore access in fear of the coronavirus. Today at noon, ships around the world will sound their...Read more