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The US is facing a potential shortfall in icebreaking capability after its only remaining vessel, the ageing Polar Star, suffered an electrical fire on 10 February.
The 43-year-old ship, the only functioning icebreaker remaining in the US fleet, completed a life-extension works in 2013, theoretically allowing it to operate until 2023. But its viability was called into question after a series of incidents during the vessel

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Solomon Island authorities are investigating whether crew were allocated on watch at the time the Hong Kong flagged bulk carrier Solomon Trader ran aground on 5 February.
The investigation will examine a possible breach of the International Safety Management Code, Solomon Islands Maritime Safety administration acting director, Jonah Mitau told media outlets.
The ship

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Ship Finance International, the US-listed company in John Fredriksen

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DFDS, the listed Danish ro-ro shipping and logistics group, has agreed to acquire 98.8% of the shares in Turkish freight ferry company UN Ro-Ro for EUR950 million (USD1.15 billion) from Turkish private equity firms Actera Group and Esas Holding.

The Copenhagen-based company has long sought an acquisition target in the ro-ro space and the Turkish company, with a fleet of 12 ships that operate on services connecting Turkey with Italy and France, meet this objective.

The acquisition will extend the route network of DFDS to the eastern Mediterranean. It already has services that link France with north Africa in the Mediterranean.

UN Ro-Ro operates five routes in the Mediterranean: four connect Turkey and Italy and Turkey and France. The company carried 202,000 freight units in 2017, corresponding to a 34% share of the total market, including land transport.

In addition, UN Ro-Ro operates two port terminals and provides intermodal solutions. For 2018, revenue of EUR240 million and EBITDA of EUR97 million are expected. The company has 500 employees.

There will be operational synergies as well, since UN Ro-Ro

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Shipping News and information / Heung-A Shipping to sell more vessels
« on: March 26, 2018, 09:56:46 AM »
South Korean feeder operator and chemical tanker operator Heung-A Shipping, having suffered a larger loss in 2017, disclosed that it will sell another vessel to improve its liquidity.

The company

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Shipping News and information / New services herald start of Hamburg S
« on: February 22, 2018, 06:20:30 AM »
Maersk and Hamburg S

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UK shortsea carrier Scotline announced on 1 February the signing of a newbuilding contract for one general cargo ship plus one option at Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes.

The order for a 4,785 dwt vessel, to be named Scot Carrier, plus an option for an identical sister follows on from last year

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Shipping News and information / Peter D
« on: February 01, 2018, 06:51:23 PM »
Two of the largest non-operating container shipowners have merged their chartering operations, creating probably the biggest exclusively managed tramp container ship fleet.

German shipowner Peter D

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A German-flagged container ship, Hansa Meersburg, crashed into a gantry crane as it was berthing at Taiwan

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Shipping News and information / Evergreen orders 20 container ships
« on: January 16, 2018, 06:23:32 AM »
Taiwanese liner operator Evergreen Line has confirmed that it will acquire 20 container ships, each with 11,000 teu capacity. Of the total, 8 will be newbuildings and 12 will be taken on long-term bareboat charter.

In a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Evergreen said that two wholly owned subsidiaries, Greencompass Marine and Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong), would each be the registered owner of four of the newbuildings. These two subsidiaries will also be the charterers of the other 12 vessels, with these ships to be equally allocated to the entities.

Evergreen said it had shortlisted compatriot shipbuilder CSBC Corp, Japan

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SM Line is to withdraw four vessels from its services to Indonesia as Korea Shipping Partnership (KSP) member companies begin to streamline their services to avoid duplication.

Set to begin operations in the first quarter of 2018, KSP is a quasi-alliance of local liner operators looking to restore confidence in South Korean shipping companies after a series of highly publicised crises.

The alliance comprises Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), SM Line Corporation, Heung-A Shipping, Dongjin Shipping, Sinokor Merchant Marine, Hansung Line, Pan Continental Shipping, Namsung Shipping, Korea Marine Transport Co., Ltd, Pan Ocean, CK Line, Dongyoung Shipping, Doowoo Shipping, and Taiyoung Shipping. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) and the Korea Shipowners

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The crew of the floating armoury Seaman Guard Ohio have today been acquitted of all charges by the Maduria bench of the Madras High Court, after spending four years in jail.

The 35 seafarers and security personnel were detained aboard the Sierra Leone-registered floating armoury ship by police in Tamil Nadu in October 2013 after it was claimed they had entered Indian territorial waters for bunkering. The police accused the crew of carrying unregistered weapons and making an illicit money transfer for the bunkers. The Q Branch of the Tamil Nadu police, which originally took up the investigation, charged the crew members under a number of acts, including the Arms Act, Indian Penal Code, and Essential Commodities Act.

The crew were convicted in January 2016 and sentenced to five years of

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The tanker market is oversupplied by about 30 to 40 VLCCs and 20 to 30 Suezmaxes, but the sooner this can be eliminated, the sooner freight markets will recover, Paddy Rodgers, CEO of the Antwerp-based tanker giant, Euronav, told Fairplay.


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Shipping News and information / HMM
« on: November 04, 2017, 04:40:08 AM »
Hyundai Merchant Marine could order 20,000 teu container ships in order to boost its competitiveness against its larger peers, according to a South Korean news site.

MTN claimed that the orders could be placed in March 2018 for delivery in 2021. By then, HMM

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Shipping News and information / Heavy lift JV BigRoll falls apart
« on: October 10, 2017, 10:18:48 AM »
Dutch heavy lift joint venture BigRoll is going to be unwound from 1 January, only four-and-a-half years after its formation.

Spliethoff group company BigLift, a 50% partner in BigRoll, issued a statement on Monday saying that it

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