Cargo

  • Steel cutting ceremony for Acta Marine’s CSOV at Tersan Shipyard

    Steel cutting ceremony for Acta Marine’s CSOV at Tersan Shipyard

    24th January 2023

    The steel cutting ceremony of the first of two next-generation Methanol MDO/HVO powered DP2 Construction Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Acta Marine took place on 18 January 2023 at Tersan Shipyard. The SX216 design of the vessel has been developed…

  • South Korea to build icebreaker

    South Korea to build icebreaker

    23rd January 2023

    South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) plans to have a new icebreaking research vessel built at a cost of $205 million to support its expanding research efforts in the Arctic and in Antarctica where it expects to open…

  • OOCL’s new eco-friendly 24,000 TEU boxship launched

    OOCL’s new eco-friendly 24,000 TEU boxship launched

    22nd January 2023

    Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co (DACKS), a joint venture between Cosco Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, has floated out a new 24,000 TEU boxship built for Hong Kong-based shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL). The launching ceremony of the new…

  • Damen partner opens new office on Colombia’s Caribbean coast

    Damen partner opens new office on Colombia’s Caribbean coast

    18th January 2023

    Damen’s partner in Colombia, LINEAL Engineering, has opened a new office in Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Since the company was founded five years ago it has been based in the inland capital, Bogotá, an ideal location for supporting its…

  • Ultramax bulk carrier changes hands

    Ultramax bulk carrier changes hands

    15th January 2023

    The 60,309dwt Ultramax bulk carrier STH New York, built in 2015 by Tokyo-headquartered Japan Marine United (JMU), has been acquired by Diana Shipping of Greece and renamed DSI Aquila. Its purchase brings the Greek company’s fleet up to 40 ships…

  • Matson orders three container ships

    Matson orders three container ships

    13th January 2023

    Honolulu-headquartered Matson has contracted Pennsylvania’s Philly Shipyard to build three 3,600TEU Aloha Class LNG-fuelled container ships for delivery in 2026-27 at an aggregate price of approximately $1 billion. Once delivered, the Jones Act-compliant vessels will join two other Aloha class…

  • KESS sell two of their small car carriers

    KESS sell two of their small car carriers

    9th January 2023

    K-Line European Sea Highway Services (KESS) have sold two of their quartet of small car carriers. Main Highway and Neckar Highway have been sold to South Korean owners Samjoo Maritime (managers Doriko Ltd). The four vessels were constructed by Detlef…

  • Container operators soften contract conditions for shippers

    Container operators soften contract conditions for shippers

    8th January 2023

    Ocean carriers are offering a wide range of new, flexible, long-term contract options this year, after shippers complained of being “burned” by committing to rigid, highly elevated contracts a year ago. Last year, shippers were presented with ‘take it or…

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