Shearwater awarded survey contract by Oil India
Shearwater Geoservices has revealed a third contract win in India within a week, this time from state-run explorer Oil India. The Bergen-based seismic vessel player will carry out a large 2D towed streamer survey covering 14,500 line km on the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal. The five-month project, set to start […]
ONE announces two new Europe-Med services
Ocean Network Express (ONE) will launch two new services, Aegean Express (AEX) and Levant Express (LEX), in January aiming to enhance connectivity between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. “The Aegean Express and Levant Express are designed to support businesses in improving their supply chain performance by offering enhanced service options and greater responsiveness,” said ONE […]
CMA CGM’s new service to link Adriatic, Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey
French ocean carrier CMA CGM has announced the start of a new service that is expected to serve the Adriatic market – BORA MED SERVICE (BMS). The BMS is scheduled to commence on 23 December from the port of Antalya and will have a weekly frequency. The port rotation of the new CMA CGM’s service […]
Maersk confirms fleet renewal plans with orders for 20 ships
Maersk has confirmed much-telegraphed orders in China and South Korea. The Danish carrier revealed in a release yesterday orders for 20 boxships with a combined slot total of 300,000 teu. Once phased in, they will replace existing capacity in Maersk’s fleet. Broken down, Maersk’s latest orders include a pair of 9,000 teu vessels and six […]
Polish PM unveils grain terminal plans at Gdansk
Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister, headed to the nation’s top port yesterday to unveil plans for a new grain terminal. The €117m investment at the port of Gdansk will give the port an additional annual grain handling capacity of 2m tons by 2026, rising to 3m tons later on. Tusk said the grain terminal “will […]
The year’s top consolidation news
Manish Singh from Aboutships provides readers with a review of maritime tech and services consolidation. The year 2024 has proven to be an eventful year for mergers and acquisitions in maritime services and technology. The deal log is too long to include here so the following examples are not exhaustive, chronological, or indicative of relative […]
COSCO launches Nordic Fish Express
COSCO Shipping has presented its new product called Nordic Fish Express linking Scandinavian fish ports such as Sortland, Ålesund, Måløy, Bergen, Haugesund, as well as Grangemouth in the UK, and Velsen and Rotterdam with Asian markets. “With our new Nordic Fish Express product, customers can load the containers and start moving them with COSCO Shipping, […]
Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính: Ngành logistics phải tăng trưởng 20% và hướng tới quốc gia thương mại tự do
Tại Diễn đàn Logistics Việt Nam 2024, Thủ tướng Chính phủ Phạm Minh Chính đã nhấn mạnh 3 mục tiêu, 7 đột phá phát triển ngành logistics. Sáng ngày 2/12, Bộ Công Thương phối hợp với UBND tỉnh Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu tổ chức Diễn đàn Logistics Việt Nam 2024 với chủ đề “Khu thương mại […]
Diana Shipping fixes out ultramax to agribusiness giant
New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Swiss-based agribusiness firm Bunge for one of its ultramax vessels. Bunge hired the 2016-built, 60,309 dwt bulker DSI Aquarius. The gross charter rate is $13,300 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period from a minimum […]
Phấn đấu hoàn thành giai đoạn 1 dự án cảng Mỹ Thủy trong năm 2026
Trong báo cáo đánh giá tác động môi trường dự án xây dựng cảng Mỹ Thủy (Quảng Trị), chủ đầu tư cho biết 4 bến đầu tiên của khu cảng dự kiến sẽ hoàn thành vào năm 2026… Bốn bến đầu tiên của dự án cảng Mỹ Thủy dự kiến sẽ hoàn thành trong năm […]