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Teesport Welcomes Largest Containership
Tuesday 2nd June marked the arrival of the Adelheid-S, the largest containership to visit Teesport.The Adelheid-S, operated by global shipping company MSC, totals a length of 222.5m, 32.2m wide and can handle 3,400 twenty-foot containers.The ship was …
Jun 8, 2020 / Vessels
Keppel enters into framework deed with Borr Drilling to defer scheduled delivery of rigs
Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel FELS Limited and Offshore Partners Pte. Ltd., entered into a Framework Deed with Borr Drilling Limited (Borr Drilling) and certain of its …
Jun 8, 2020 / Curious
MSC Sixin, the second largest container vessels in the world, now has its “Socarrat”
The commercial and business development director of the Port Authority of Valencia, Mar Chao, and the captain of the MSC Sixin, Anil Kumar Menon, have carried out the usual exchange of metope and the traditional “Socarrat” that Valencia Port gives to …
Jun 8, 2020 / Vessels
FKAB: MT SALTSTRAUM Delivered; MT SYDSTRAUM on Sea Trial
Vessel number three, M/T SALTSTRAUM, in this series of four Stainless steel tankers was delivered to Utkilen AS on Wednesday 3rd June.This red beauty will leave the yard on Saturday, June 6, and head for her first cargo loading a few days later …
Jun 8, 2020 / Vessels
Diana Shipping Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Contract for mv Atalandi with Uniper
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, Friday announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Uniper Global …
Jun 8, 2020 / Vessels
First of two 118 metre trimarans for Fred.Olsen Express completes sea trials in Australia (Video)
The first of two Austal Auto Express 118 trimarans under construction for Fred. Olsen Express of the Canary Islands has completed a rigorous program of sea trials in Western Australia. Caption: Austal is delivering 2 x 118 metre trimarans for …
Jun 5, 2020 / Vessels
Port of Rotterdam Authority decides to hold RFT for transport service along Container Exchange Route
Today, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will be publishing a request for tenders among sector parties for the provision of a new transport service that enables container terminal operators at Maasvlakte to exchange containers via a dedicated road. …
Jun 5, 2020 / Vessels
Rotterdam’s container hub chalks up another record
Thursday morning – 4 June – the container ship Marseille Maersk left the APMT 2 terminal in Prinses Amaliahaven en route to Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia. With a draught of 17.30 metres, the vessel represents a new record for container ships calling on …
Jun 5, 2020 / Vessels
Wärtsilä to supply Europe’s most modern simulator for inland shipping training
The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by the City of Duisburg, Germany, to provide the latest in simulator technology for inland waterway navigation. The simulator will consist of seven full mission bridges in two locations within …
Jun 5, 2020 / Curious
Gasum performs first LNG bunkering to Heerema’s Sleipnir
The Nordic energy company Gasum reached another milestone by completing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering for Heerema’s Sleipnir, the largest semi-submersible crane vessel in the world. The bunkering took place in May in Åmøyfjorden, Norway. …
Jun 5, 2020 / Vessels