It’s been a busy weekend of back and forths between Japanese shipowner Shoei Kisen and the Suez Canal Authority over the future of the 20,388 teu containership , currently under arrest in the Great Bitter Lake having grounded and blocked the Egyptian waterway in March. Shoei Kisen failed in its...
https://splash247.com/suez-canal-boss-says-ever-given-can-leave-once-a-200m-deposit-is-paid/
Sabrina Chao from Hong Kong’s Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings has taken over from Şadan Kaptanoğlu, managing director of Kaptanoglu Shipping, as the next president of BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association. “Over the next two years, one of my key priorities is to use this opportunity...
https://splash247.com/sabrina-chao-becomes-president-of-bimco/
China’s Wuhu Shipyard has secured an order from Canada’s McAsphalt Marine Transportation for the construcion of one 11,700 cu m bitumen carrier. The 140 m vessel is designed by Sweden’s FKAB and classed by Bureau Veritas. It will be equipped with LNG/LBG propulsion systems as well as a battery...
https://splash247.com/mcasphalt-orders-bitumen-carrier-at-wuhu-shipyard/
Chinese bulk carrier operator Jinhui Shipping and Transportation has announced the acquisition of 2004-built 52,686 dwt supramax bulker from Tai Shing Maritime, an affiliate company of Taiwan Navigation. The Japanese-built vessel was sold for a price of $10.8m, higher than VesselsValue’s estimate...
https://splash247.com/jinhui-acquires-supramax-from-taiwan-navigation/
The China Shipowners’ Association has written to transport and health authorities in Beijing to make a recently approved local single-shot Covid-19 vaccine available for seafarers at 11 major ports across the People’s Republic. Chinese seafarers have thus far been administered double-dose Sinovac...
https://splash247.com/chinese-seafarers-to-get-access-to-new-single-dose-vaccine/
Evergreen’s 23,992 teu Ever Ace will deliver from Samsung Heavy Industries in July, with its recently confirmed nominal intake ensuring it surpasses HMM’s latest series of megamaxes by just 28 teu to take the mantle of the world’s largest boxship, a record that has been broken on an annual or even...
https://splash247.com/evergreen-takes-the-biggest-boxship-mantle-away-from-hmm-by-just-28-teu/
Hutchison Ports has finally bought out one of APM Terminals’ terminals in Rotterdam, ending many months of negotiations. No price has been revealed for the deal. Hutchison plans to integrate the facility, with 1,600 m of quayside, into its neighbouring ECT Delta terminal, while APM Terminals will...
Having put seven ships in the shop window three months ago, sales contracts are finally being signed for Chinese state-run shipping group Sinotrans, which is in the midst of a fleet rejuvenation programme. Two 52,000 dwt bulkers, Great Praise and Great Legend, both built at Tsuneishi Cebu in 2006...
https://splash247.com/bulker-clearout-at-sinotrans-gets-underway/
Ed Buttery-led Taylor Maritime is being linked to a sizeable swoop in the secondhand dry bulk markets, lining up deals for two supramaxes and four handysizes for just shy of $95m. The ships in question are the Pacific Hero and Indigo Traveller – both supramaxes – and the handies Basic Rainbow,...
https://splash247.com/taylor-maritime-linked-to-six-bulkers-in-run-up-to-london-ipo/
Norway’s Equinor is joining forces with Chinese yard CIMC Raffles to develop renewable energy projects in China. The deal will see the two companies jointly mature and develop early and at scale offshore wind projects in the Shandong province. With China planning to generate up to 65 GW of offshore...
https://splash247.com/equinor-and-cimc-raffles-forge-offshore-wind-pact/