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BULKER: Beating the recession

27 July 2011

Despite the global recession and its impact on ship employment, the bulker Cardinal is still finding full employment on the bulk tramp trades. In...

SHIPBREAKING: Good money for old ships

27 July 2011

Indian shipbreakers are paying relatively high prices for older tonnage as Bangladeshi breakers find themselves caught up in court cases and Pakistani breakers keep...

CONTAINER SHIPS: First for United Arab SC

27 July 2011

The Dubai-based United Arab Shipping Company has taken delivery of its first 13,500TEU capacity container vessels. Umm Salal, named after the municipality in the...

MAIDEN CALLER: First time at Liverpool

27 July 2011

The newly-built container vessel Independent Voyager (39,268dwt, below) made her maiden call at Liverpool on 4 June, having left Antwerp three days earlier. On...

CONTAINER SHIPS: Newbuild makes maiden call at Felixstowe

27 July 2011

On 10 June a dual naming ceremony for two new container vessels was held at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Ulsan Shipyard in South...

LNG CARRIERS: Maersk to offload LNG

13 July 2011

The Maersk group has announced plans to sell its LNG division, which operates eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, stating that it wishes to...

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