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MPC Container Ships Announces Sale of Its Last Two Joint Venture-Owned Vessels
MPC Container Ships ASA (MPCC) has announced the sale of two joint venture-owned vessels, Cimbria and Cardonia, for a total price of USD 42.5 million. The vessels, with a capacity of 2,800 TEU, were built in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Both vessels …
Jul 6, 2023 / Vessels
TimberLINK project strengthens Ayrshire timber industry cluster
Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group, is proud to celebrate the renewal of its long-term contract with the sustainable TimberLINK service at its Ports of Ayr and Troon. Operated by ABP on behalf of Scottish Forestry since …
Sep 26, 2022 / Curious
STQ brings two more vessels under Wärtsilä Optimised Maintenance Agreements
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Optimised Maintenance Agreement with the Canadian ferry operator Societé des Traversiers du Quebec (STQ). The five year long-term agreement covers two vessels, the ‘Jos Deschenes II´ and the ‘Armand Imbeau …
Feb 8, 2022 / Vessels
Piracy and armed robbery a threat to ships’ crews, warns IMB
Seafarers face continuing threats from pirates and armed robbers on the world’s seas, says the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), reporting 47 attacks in the first three months of 2020, up from 38 in the same period last year. Pirates boarded …
Apr 14, 2020 / Piracy
Virginia’s Path to 55 Feet is Set; First Phase of Dredging to Begin by January 2020
The effort to make The Port of Virginia® the deepest port on the U.S. East Coast begins in January 2020, following the finalization this week of a contract with an international dredging firm that will take on the project’s initial phase.On Oct. 9, …
Oct 18, 2019 / Curious
Peel Ports Sheerness Master Plan reaches significant milestone with demolition works and new timber facilities
Peel Ports Group has reached a significant milestone at the Port of Sheerness Wellmarsh development as operations commence at a state-of-the-art timber treatment facility. Over the past 12 months, Peel Ports has invested a total of £27 million into …
Jul 26, 2019 / Vessels