New York-listed Greek bulker owner Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Bulk Trading for one of its ultramax dry bulk vessels. Bulk Trading hired the 2017-built, 60,456 dw...
https://splash247.com/diana-shipping-fixes-out-ultramax-to-bulk-trading/
An investigation is underway in Japan with overtones of the famous Volkswagen emissions scandal. More than 4,000 ship engines could be affected. The transport ministry sent inspectors to two f...
https://splash247.com/more-than-4000-ship-engines-caught-up-in-japanese-fuel-data-scandal/
In one of the largest potential mining mergers in more than a decade, London-listed Anglo American has confirmed it has received an “unsolicited, non-binding and highly conditional” proposal ...
After a break of more than two weeks, the Houthis from Yemen struck back at ships yesterday. The militants took aim at the Maersk Yorktown and an American destroyer in the Gulf of Aden, as well...
Cocaine became Colombia’s largest export last year in US dollar terms, surpassing oil and coal, according to data from Bloomberg. Increasingly drug cartels are turning to coal shipments as a wa...
https://splash247.com/coal-shipments-targeted-by-colombian-drug-cartels/
Wah Kwong has returned to New Dayang Shipbuilding for more ultramax bulk carrier newbuilds. The Hong Kong-based diversified shipowner has contracted the shipbuilding arm of state-run machinery ma...
https://splash247.com/wah-kwong-books-two-ultramax-newbuilds-at-new-dayang/
Egypt’s National Navigation Company (NNC) is set to expand its fleet with a pair of kamsarmax bulk carrier newbuilds from China. The Cairo-based owner has commissioned Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heav...
https://splash247.com/egypts-national-navigation-signs-for-kamsarmax-newbuilds-in-china/
A Liberian-flagged kamsarmax bulk carrier, YM Pioneer, ran aground last night in the area of Bahia Blanca port, Argentina. According to Independent Ship Agents of Buenos Aires, the 81,900 dwt is ...
Greece’s Laskaridis Maritime has stepped up its kamsarmax newbuild series in China with six ships spread across two shipyards. The Athens-based dry bulk shipping arm of the Alimia Group has ret...
https://splash247.com/laskaridis-maritime-boosts-kamsarmax-orders/
Taiwanese bulker owner Franbo Lines has ordered its first ships in China in a deal with Jiangsu Haitong Offshore Engineering Equipment. The publicly-listed company has booked four ultramaxes for ...
https://splash247.com/franbo-lines-signs-for-ultramax-newbuilds-in-china/