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STX Pan Ocean owed Conti $15m before receivership
Some projects now on hold, German owner admits
- STX Pan Ocean faces further ship arrests
- South Korea court clears STX Pan Ocean to enter corporate rehab
- Dry bulk market will absorb STX
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Regulatory authorities will take a long, hard look at planned super-alliance
Big Three face Brussels rules that set a 30% ceiling for carriers’ market share
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MSC’s Aponte hails vessel sharing deal with Maersk and CMA CGM
Alliance is ‘a no-brainer’
Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM form mega-alliance -
Shippers voice mixed feelings about P3 tie-up
Global Shippers’ Forum warns that Big Three deal could breach competition rules
Regulatory authorities will take a long, hard...
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Volumes flatline on P3 trade lanes
Container Trades Statistics figures reveal stagnant first four months of 2013
MSC’s Aponte hails vessel sharing deal with Maersk and CMA CGM -
Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM form mega-alliance
P3 deploys 255 vessels on 29 loops, giving Maersk flexibility to introduce its Triple-Es
Big ships become a regular sight on the Pacific trades
Panama and Suez canals vie for Asia-US services
Are bonds the future of German ship finance?
Heaven helps those who help themselves, argues Rickmers boss
Maersk Triple-E
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Market Data
925 (25) Baltic Dry Index
Clean 569 (-1) Dirty 586 (-1) Baltic Tanker Indices
Containers
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Cagliari box terminal aims to grow its deepsea and feeder services
Sardinia port will also improve its North Africa links
- MOL boxship sinks off Oman
- EU rule changes add to box rate price woes
- Cosco Pacific volumes jump 10%
- US truckers hail Supreme Court ruling on LA eco-penalties
- Container lines’ rate discipline drives spot rate spike
Dry Cargo
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STX Pan Ocean faces further ship arrests
Bulk carrier New Giant detained in New Zealand
- South Korea court clears STX Pan Ocean to enter corporate rehab
- Markets expect improved capesize rates to hold
- Beijing urged to focus on equal treatment of private and state yards
- Jefferies bullish on dry bulk recovery
- Gain on bulker disposals lifts Seanergy into the black
Tankers
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Shell books aframax as Libya resumes crude exports after protest stoppage
Owners prepare to pounce as two oil terminals re-open
- MISC sells very large crude carrier for $38m
- Spot rates for very large gas carriers inch towards an all-time high
- Angola loads first LNG
- Product tanker orders rise
- Jones Act product tankers in demand
Ports & Logistics
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APMT plans to raise stake in Ningbo terminal for giant boxships
Ports arm of Maersk will hold 33% stake in 2.8m teu terminal
- Long Beach names its interim boss
- CMA CGM eyes port growth through strategic China Merchants tie-up
- China consortium bets on Beijing backtracking on valemax ban
- London Gateway names Marks & Spencer as first customer
- Harbour commission approves Los Angeles’ $400m capex proposal
USCG appoints DNV to test and approve ballast-water systems
Decision will ease concerns over number of systems that can be used in US waters
Middle East
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Fault line
We need a thorough investigation into how five-year-old MOL Comfort split in two
Africa
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Fault line
We need a thorough investigation into how five-year-old MOL Comfort split in two
North America
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Ship Finance unveils share offering
Move should raise around $138m for Fredriksen outfit
Central & South America
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Tankers tap into Brazil’s fledgling crude exports
NYK FPSO will produce enough cargo to fill one aframax a week
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Will the arrival of the Triple-E boxship pose a fresh threat to capacity?
/ll/images/pollbar.png;jsessionid=6F79274043C405E660651D9F09E7D1A0Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller will load just 14,300 teu this year
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Finance
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Ship Finance unveils share offering
Move should raise around $138m for Fredriksen outfit
- US funds need soft touch in Hamburg, argues AMA chief
- Sovcomflot clings to first-quarter profit
- Shipping confidence hits its highest level since 2010
- Korea Eximbank pledges further loans to country’s shipyards
- Dry bulk market will absorb STX
Insurance
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Japan and Shipowners P&I clubs’ free reserves soar
Investment income also favourable
- Underwriters expand West Africa high-risk area to Togo
- China Rongsheng Heavy Industries secures insurance deal with Sinosure
- Fake certificates cast doubt over liability for fatal incidents
- Improved investment climate shores up clubs’ free reserves
- International Group Pooling Arrangements - changes in club contributions for 2013
Ship Operations
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EU rule changes add to box rate price woes
Maersk’s Skou says deregulation partly to blame for rate volatility
- Demolition sales bounce back as tax fears evaporate
- Fresh flow of capital poses serious threat to shipping, says Morgan Stanley
- Samsung Heavy Industries secures $5bn offshore orders
- Acquisition merges Norwegian lifeboat makers
- Structural failure blamed for six deaths in Swanland sinking
Regulation
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EU rule changes add to box rate price woes
Maersk’s Skou says deregulation partly to blame for rate volatility
- Nautilus urges UK to tackle seafarer certification fraud
- Paris MOU statistics show France-flagged vessels have fewest detentions
- Baltic Exchange issues guidance to brokers on capesize reporting
- Most serious bulk carrier casualty reports go unpublished
- Union calls for Swanland operators to face corporate manslaughter charges
