Bernhard Schulte Ship-Management (BSM) announce in their official press release the 20,146 TEU container ship, MOL Tribute, came into full management of the Hong Kong Ship Management Center on July 10th, 2017. MOL Tribute is 400 meters in length, having a dead-weight of 196,877 MT and one the world’s largest container-ships belonging to Mitsui OSK…
New Zealand’s Post is about to launch a trial for a new delivery service for Kiwi online shoppers, called Shipmate. As per NZ Post official news announcement for an up-front payment, shoppers can make an unlimited number of purchases with no delivery fee from participating online retailers. Brendan Thawley NZ Post’s head of Customer Strategy…
As per The EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) news they are providing €27.5 million loan for fast-growing sea transportation firm Alternative Transport that will help it realize its international potential. The loan will finance the acquisition of a new roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) cargo ship. In addition EBRD is providing another €4.5 million junior loans…
Maersk Line COO Soren Toft celebrates the naming of Maersk Horsburgh in South Korea, one of Maersk Line’s new H-Class fleet. The current Vessels Value for the box ship will be USD 113.07 million With a dead-weight of 162,100 tons, the new-building features a length of 353 meters and a width of 53.5 meters. A…
NGO Ship-breaking Platform’s report says there were a total of 210 ships broken in the second quarter of 2017. 158 of these ships ended up on South Asian beaches for dirty and dangerous breaking. The Platform was able to document five accidents at the Ship-breaking yards in Chittagong, Bangladesh, between April and June, which led…
Milaha a Qatari Public Shareholding Company various operations include logistics, shipping, transport and supply chain solutions etc announce its official news about launching of in-country operations in Oman. Milaha is initially setting up warehousing and 3PL services within the Sohar Free Zone. The company is also shifting its regional transshipment hub to the Port of…