Ports across Northern Europe are dealing with what broker Braemar describes as “serious congestion” right now. In Antwerp, Braemar reported yesterday the yard is already at 96% capacity, and reefer plugs are overloaded at 112%. Nearly half the arriving ships are waiting for a berth, and there are...
https://splash247.com/boxships-back-up-across-northern-europe/
French liner CMA CGM has completed the acquisition of Air Belgium, adding four more cargo airplanes to its burgeoning airfreight division. The company said it will retain the Air Belgium brand with the latest acquisition taking its air fleet to nine planes. Damien Mazaudier, executive vice...
https://splash247.com/cma-cgm-completes-acquisition-of-air-belgium/
CMB.TECH has revealed it has sold three more VLCCs as part of an ongoing fleet rejuvenation programme. The sales of the 2010-built Hakata and Hakone as well as the 2012-built Iris to unidentified buyers have generated a total capital gain of $96.7m. CMB.TECH and dry bulk concern Golden Ocean aim to...
Brussels-based maritime data analytics firm Kpler has closed the acquisition of Spire Global’s ship tracking business, Spire Maritime. The deal, worth about $241m, gives Kpler control over Spire’s satellites and maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) data stream. “This milestone marks a...
https://splash247.com/kpler-wraps-up-spire-maritime-acquisition/
1st – Nevin Snow & Ian MacDiarmid (USA) – 101 points
2nd – Richard Schultheis & Fabian Rieger (GER) – 104
3rd – Hernando Umpierre & Fernando Diz (URU) – 108
The USA’s Nevin Snow & Ian MacDiarmid produced a calm and calculated Medal Race to capture gold. Entering the day trailing Uruguay’s Hernando Umpierre & Fernando Diz by just three points, the Americans stayed composed as the Uruguayan team faltered, finishing last. Germany’s Schultheis and...
CMB.Tech de Bélgica y uno de los propietarios secos más grandes de Europa, el Océano Golden, han firmado una hoja de término para una fusión de stock por stock que creará un gigante marítimo con una flota combinada de más de 250 recipientes. Según el acuerdo, aprobado por unanimidad por las juntas...
Belgium’s CMB.TECH and one of Europe’s largest dry bulk owners, Golden Ocean, have signed a term sheet for a stock-for-stock merger that will create a maritime giant with a combined fleet of more than 250 vessels. Under the agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, the...
https://splash247.com/cmb-tech-and-golden-ocean-merging-to-create-fleet-of-more-than-250-ships/
Belgian owner Somtrans has been linked to a newbuilding move in the LNG bunker segment. Brokers have named the Wijnegem-headquartered company behind the most recent order for a 20,000 cu m vessel at China’s Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE). The Somers family-run operator...
https://splash247.com/belgiums-somtrans-in-for-lng-bunker-newbuild/
CMB.TECH, the shipowning vehicle controlled by the Saverys family, has signed an agreement with Australian miner Fortescue to charter an ammonia-powered vessel ordered in China. The 210,000-dwt ammonia-powered newcastlemax will feature a dual fuel engine and is expected to be delivered by the end...
https://splash247.com/fortescue-signs-up-for-cmb-tech-ammonia-powered-newcastlemax/
Belgian marine services and dredging group DEME is expanding its footprint in the offshore wind sector with the acquisition of Norway-based contractor Havfram. The deal, worth around €900m ($995m), involves stakes held by private investment firm Sandbrook Capital and Canadian pension fund PSP...