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SHIPBREAKING: Good money for old ships

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

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

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...

LNG CARRIERS: Maersk to offload LNG

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

PORT NEWS: Car carrier breaks free in gale

On 16 May at about 1130 the car carrier Nordic Spirit broke her moorings on the Tyne in high winds while docked at Northumberland...

TANKERS: Istanbul Canal to be expanded

Turkey plans to build a canal from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea, turning Istanbul into two peninsulas and an island in order...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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