News
Ballast water timetable cannot be met, experts warn
Plans imply fitting out 24 ships a day, every day until end of the decade, at $74bn cost
- Ballast water hopes dry up
- New York State makes U-turn on ballast water
- Maritime technology must deliver on its promises
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Hamburg in the balance as KG model falters
Lack of alternative funding threatens city’s maritime dominance
A chill wind blows across the Elbe -
Shipping sidelined at Somalia conference
Industry disappointed by ransom taskforce
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HMM Rule B attachment against Grand China faces identical lawsuit
Reederei Claus-Peter Offen arm San Vicente files $1.9m claim in Alabama
HMM legal campaign against Grand China...
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Maersk aims for second Asia-Europe rate increase
Danish line advises shippers of planned $400 per teu rise on April 1
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Chinese pay up to secure Libyan crude
Concern over Iranian supply boosts suezmax earnings for Libya to China voyages
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Liner conferences
FMC study fuels debate on Europe conferences ban
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Puntland counter-piracy force poised for launch
Market Data
718 (12) Baltic Dry Index
Clean 734 (2) Dirty 798 (-5) Baltic Tanker Indices
Containers
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US box exports reach record 12m teu high in 2011
Eurozone crisis hits fourth quarter volumes
- Diana boxship offshoot scores profit
- Shippers urge Brussels to maintain conference ban campaign
- OOCL and RCL team up for expanded China to Thailand service
- Imabari Shipbuilding lands orders for two panamax bulkers
- Container shipping losses spiral as NOL adds to gloom
Dry Cargo
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Genco prices follow-on share issue
Analyst believes resulting debt cost savings more than offsets 21% equity...
- Hope springs eternal
- Pacific supramax rates recovery offset by Atlantic decline
- Asset value threat for panamaxes
- Secondhand vintage handy market suffers from lack of Chinese interest
- Genco launches $50m follow-on offering
Tankers
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ExxonMobil sends single-hull tanker for recycling in China
AIS data indicates vessel heading to a southern province
- Distressed product tanker sales loom as banks brace to limit support
- StealthGas eyes more ships but bemoans valuation
- Vessel value writedowns hurt Teekay Offshore Partners bottom line
- Teekay LNG Partners to raise dividend
- Offshore and LNG presence helps Teekay dodge tanker bloodbath
Ports & Logistics
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Monthly box traffic index reveals tentative recovery
Index hits 111.1 points in January, up from 107.7 in November
- Durban tackles bottlenecks
- Hutchison’s Dar es Salaam unit hits back at regulator’s criticism
- Boskalis and Jan de Nul land Argentina dredging contract
- Toll Group’s rise in revenues fails to lift profits
- Gujarat Pipavav port turns a profit
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North America
Big Apple box volumes pip the 2007 record
Terminal cluster sets a new high with 4% rise in total volumes to 5.5m teu equivalents
Central & South America
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Port operators pick up a Latin beat
DP World, APM Terminals and Spain’s Grup TCB are building up their presence in South America
Asia
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From boom to bust
Why consolidation means bankruptcy for some Chinese yards
Africa
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West African activity attracts ultra-deepwater drilling rigs
Drilling rigs and support vessels finding work one year on from the start of Jubilee field production
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Asia-Middle East trade drives growth
South to south box links are a two-way street
Finance
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Landmark DryShips Chinese ore carrier loan chalked up to $5bn fund
First major syndicated loan to Greek owner without western bank involvement
- Tougher regulation could force banks to sell off loans at a loss
- Greece must look to shipping to haul itself out of the doldrums
- Dongfang Shipbuilding and local government play down default fears
- Australia seeks feedback on tax cuts for shipping
- Banks will return to ship finance from 2013, says Petrofin Bank Research
Insurance
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Japan Club emphasises partial exposure to EU sanctions
Insurer not liable for parts of claims reinsured under IG programmes
- Turbulent shipping markets mean a tough year ahead for P&I clubs
- Indian fishermen shot dead by Italian anti-piracy team
- Marsh joins forces with Sami to release PMSC package
- Tanker exodus from Iran starts in response to EU sanctions
- Insurers question whether Asian players can plug sanctions gap
Ship Operations
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SHI wins $1.1bn orders for two drillships
Both vessels to be delivered to unnnamed buyers by end-August 2014
- China urges Nigeria to protect Taiwanese bulker after pirate attack
- Pacific Drilling extends option at SHI
- Oil and shipping industries fund Somalia job creation
- Sembcorp Marine quarterly profits drop on fewer high-value orders
- Hochtief Solutions orders second jack-up vessel
Regulation
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Hong Kong’s shipowners want help from China
HKSA hopes Beijing government can ask Chinese shippers to prioritise local...
- New York State makes U-turn on ballast water
- UK puts biometric ID for seafarers on hold
- Industry demands more time to launch CO2 market-based measures
- Expectations rise for restoration of Greek shipping ministry
- MOEX settles Deepwater Horizon civil suit for $90m
