Event Highlights

Maritime Directory

• German boxship freed by pirates
  At least eight piracy suspects detained as result of US Navy intervention
• Wang reveals how Seaspan thrived in a global crisis
  Loyal customers, a conservative capital structure and experienced management
• Greek foray into box market is no mere fad
  Greece wants to be world’s most active buyer of secondhand and resale newbuilding boxships
• Trio that made early moves into container sector
  Greek shipping’s background in the box sector can now be traced back over three decade
• Thenamaris shows newbuildings on the radar
  Appetite among Greek owners for an investment in the container sector may turn to newbuilding orders
• Robert Bugbee damps hopes of fourth quarter rates rise
  Scorpio Tankers boss says analysts’ predictions of bounce back are ‘wrong’
• Shipping show enters a familiar new season
  Recent fresh round of seminars and conferences has held few surprises
• Deepwater lessons will remain subject of debate
  Quality, safety and risk management will often have no place in a corporate budget unless the law compels otherwise ...
• Hands off the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  After 99 years, the biggest employer of British seafarers is once again in the firing line. It would make little sense...
• Bugbee welcomes long term investors
  Scorpio Tankers boss not keen on those looking to make quick buck by buying its shares
• Shenzhen Chiwan August throughput leaps 12%
  Company sees cargo volumes reach 5.5m tonnes
• James Fisher in Newhaven refund attempt
  Lawyer claims Transmanche did not have authority to invest outside France
• Zacchello seeks more rate cuts in restructure
  Seaarland group of companies call in advisers to work out long-term plan
• VLCCs removed from market as rates hit 10-month low
  Owners refuse to hire their ships at levels that effectively see them pay for crude transport
• Relet difficulties emerge as box lines try to trim capacity
  Lines begin to withdraw sailings in anticipation of quieter first quarter after peak season ends
• European box volumes see substantial gains of 22.4%
  July figures show rise in westbound shipments in Asia-Europe trade to 1.22m teu
• TEN clinches handysize deal as tanker spot woes continue
  Clinches new time charter for one of its product tankers
• Sinopec gets go-ahead for LNG plant
  Sinopec Corp gains approval to build its first liquefied natural gas project in China
• Product tankers gain one-year deals
  Four long range product tankers were taken on one-year charters this week
• India cuts South African coal imports
  Indian imports in August down to 1.6m tonnes, from 2.1m in July
• West Africa iron ore deal collapses
  ArcelorMittal and BHP Billiton scrap plans to merge iron ore assets in West Africa
• Standoff as Somali pirates board boxship
  Boxship and chemtanker seized in the Internationally Recognised Transit Corridor
• Rina calls for greater investment in nuclear shipping
  European research into energy efficiencies are insufficient to help shipping industry meet CO2 emissions targets
• Private investors have role in ship financing
  There will be role for private investment in shipping in future, says DVB boss
• Foreign lines urged to support US shippers
  FMC chairman suggests carriers operating out of US could play more active role in supporting interests of its exporters...
• P&O Ferries to axe up to 70 Dover jobs
  Proposal puts approximately 15% of workforce at UK ro-ro hub at risk
• SMM 2010: BV in LNG fuel venture
  Class society involved in project to use LNG to fuel main engines of a newbuilding vessel
• Greece’s litmus test
  Greece’s litmus test: Shipping has returned to the top table
• Korean shipowners discuss impact of Iran sanctions
  Owners draw up guidelines as South Korean government adopt sanctions against Iran
• SMM 2010: Stefan Patjens boxship to run on LNG
  German owner to convert first large deepsea containership to use LNG as fuel