Lauritzen Bulkers has added to its fleet, taking full ownership of three ships. The Copenhagen-based handysize player announced the delivery of the 2017-built Asian Bulker and Australian Bulker and the 2015-built Iceland Bulker. All three cranefitted vessels joined the company’s fleet in August. VesselsValue data shows the company currently owns eight handies with an average …
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...See moreTwo seafarers are feared dead after a general cargo ship capsized in Japanese waters having collided with a boxship. The accident happened just before midnight last night some 15 km off the coast of Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka. The 72.58 m long flipped over having come into contact with TS Lines-chartered 148 …
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...See moreTomorrow marks 250 days to go until the inaugural Geneva Dry, the global dry bulk summit linking every rung in the commodities supply chain. The numbers speak for themselves in terms of how the dry bulk community has lapped up this unique event: 29 confirmed speakers, 22 sponsors, dozens of paid delegates, not forgetting one …
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...See moreNicolas Saverys has opted to remain firm on his initial bid to take over Belgian gas shipowner and infrastructure provider Exmar, despite shareholders’ push for an increase in the price. After failing in its first bid, Saverys’ investment vehicle Saverex is maintaining its offer of €11.1 per Exmar share, which will be reopened this Monday, …
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...See moreGlobal shipping bodies have been urged to come together to share transit plans at one of the world’s key maritime chokepoints with officials at the Panama Canal Authority warning yesterday that water-conserving measures will be in place for at least the next 10 months. Faced with an unprecedented drought this year, combined with the onset …
On August 25, NYK was commissioned by a consortium comprising ENEOS Corporation, Electric Power Development (J-POWER), and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration to conduct a study on the marine transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2).The…
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...See moreSpanish police have made a record cocaine seizure, finding 9.5 tonnes of the drug hidden among boxes of bananas in a shipping container from Ecuador in the southern port of Algeciras.The stash was the largest ever found in a single container in Spain…
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...See moreThe Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index fell on Friday to finish its worst week since early-June, weighed down by lower rates for capesize and panamax vessels.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels carrying dry bulk commodities…
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...See moreLauritzen Bulkers announced it has taken full ownership of three additional secondhand bulk carrier vessels in the month of August.The three geared capesizes were built between 2015 and 2017.Asian Bulker is a handysize built in 2017 with a summer DWT of 36…
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...See moreThe United States' first plug-in hybrid electric inland towing vessel was christened at a ceremony in Houston on Friday as the commercial marine industry continues to implement new technologies to reduce its environmental footprint.Kirby Inland…
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