US-based shipping company Intermarine has formed a new business unit focusing on bulk shipping services. The newly founded Intermarine Bulk Carriers business unit will commercially manage the bulk carriers belonging to Intermarine’s parent company the Harren Group, which consist of six vessels with...
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Langh Ship’s newest 7,800DWT vessel sails on delivery voyage
Finnish shipping company Langh Ship has confirmed that its newest 7,800DWT vessel has been completed and is already en route to Europe. Like its earlier sister vessels Olivia and Lovisa, Sofia is purposely built to carry stainless steel coils produced in Finland by local company Outokumpu. There...
TOWT orders six additional cargo sailships from French builder
French transport company TOWT has awarded a contract for the construction of six additional wind-powered cargo vessels from compatriot shipbuilder Piriou, bringing the total number of ordered ships to eight. The 81-metre, 1,000DWT ships will be designed to operate for up to 320 days at sea per...
Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for March/April 2024
WORK BOAT WORLD: Dennis Tetzlaff will take over as the new Chief Operating Officer Fleet of Stena Line in addition to becoming part of the group’s management team. Tetzlaff worked in various professions within the shipping and cruise industry over the past two decades. Most recently, he comes from...
Four missing after cargo ship hits bridge in Guangdong, China
Authorities in Guangdong province in southern China have reported that four people have gone missing after the vessel they were serving on struck a bridge in the city of Foshan on Monday, April 22. The unidentified vessel was transporting 4,900 tonnes of steel coil between the provinces of Heshan...
COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]
One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated? It was not that long ago that such was a crime punishable by ferocious penalties, even under quite liberal regimes, which were repealed only after somebody pointed out...
Eureka Shipping unveils cement carrier for Great Lakes trade
Eureka Shipping, a company jointly owned by Cyprus-based SMT Shipping and Canadian shipping operator the CSL Group, has placed an order for a new mechanical/pneumatic cement ship destined for operation in the Great Lakes. The 12,500DWT vessel will replace two older vessels while maintaining the...
FEATURE | UK partnership to explore energy storage and transfer using electric vessels
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network. Using a principle similar to night storage heaters, battery-powered vessels on the...
Finland’s Meriaura orders cargo ship pair from Dutch builder
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has placed an order for two new cargo vessels in a series to be built by Netherlands-based shipyard Royal Bodewes. The vessels are scheduled for delivery to Meriaura in January and December 2026, respectively. Each newbuilding will have a length of 105 metres, a...
Cargo ship, crew released 32 days after hijacking off Somalia
European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) Somalia, the European Union maritime counter-piracy task force deployed in the waters of the Indian Ocean off Somalia, has confirmed the release of a commercial cargo vessel and its crew 32 days after it was seized. The Bangladeshi-flagged bulk carrier Abdullah...