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REEFERS: SA fruit exporters charter

South Africa’s fruit exporters have looked at alternatives to container shipping services, which were badly affected by wind problems at the Cape Town Container...

TANKERS: More ‘Shale’ tankers ordered

Less than a month after Crowley Maritime Company ordered four 50,000dwt petroleum tankers from the Aker yard in Pennsylvania, two more similar-sized ships have...

Bulkers: Cuba takes the final ten

Cuba’s Empresa Importadora General del Transporte (EIGT) has taken delivery of the last of ten 35,000gt bulk carriers ordered from China’s Shanghai Shipyard Co...

Tug/Barge: Aid cargo goes to Africa

Not quite as fast as her name might imply, the barge Lightning was used to move food aid from the United States to West...

TANKERS: Iran takes delivery of new tankers

Iran has been taking delivery of a large number of new oil tankers lately, seven since the start of this year, to help sustain...

Multi-Purpose: First Northeast passage

The Cosco-owned 19,150dwt multi-purpose ship Yong Sheng was one of the first vessels to complete a commercial transit of the Northeast Passage this year...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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