Sembawang secures two upgrading contracts

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has recently secured two major upgrading and repair contracts worth $82 million involving passenger vessels.
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Source: Motorship

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Sembawang secures Carnival contract

The wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, Sembawang Shipyard, has secured a long-term contract from Carnival Corporation to provide ship-repair, refurbishment and upgrading services for some of its cruise vessels.
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Source: Motorship

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service moves 11 tonne rudder across the world for Pacifica Shipping

Wilhelmsen Ships Service helped Pacifica Shipping, a New Zealand company, move a new eleven tonne rudder and stock literally across the world when one of their vessels had its rudder damaged.

Pacifica Shipping had to source the replacement equipment from The Netherlands, almost the opposite side of the world to Christchurch, New Zealand, where the vessel was awaiting these parts. Wilhelmsen Ships Service used its unique Ships Spares Logistics service working from its central European Freight Forwarding Centre (FFC), the company's single point of contact whose specialist knowledge manages the delivery of spare parts from manufacturer to vessel.

The units were too large and heavy for hold cargo in passenger aircraft so they were restricted to freighter aircraft which could only land at Auckland. Wilhelmsen Ships Service then had to move the units some 1100kms from Auckland to Christchurch with a choppy ferry crossing between the North and South Island in between.

On arrival, the units were quickly cleared by Customs and Quarantine due to Wilhelmsen Ships Service's thorough preparation of paperwork. They were first loaded onto a heavy lift truck at the airport then loaded onto a line haul truck for the journey south. Wilhelmsen Ships Service photographed and measured the equipment to make sure it was correctly supplied before the overland shipment began.

The units, which totalled 11400kgs, were transported to Christchurch without incident, being delivered in a little over 24hrs after arrival in Auckland.

Steve Chapman, General Manager Operations for Pacifica Shipping, praised the effort. "Wilhelmsen Ships Service undertook the logistics task of moving some 11 tonnes of fabricated steel from the Netherlands through to New Zealand with an absolute minimum of fuss, yet with maximum efficiency," he said. "The rudder and the rudder stock each represented a challenge in itself in terms of sheer weight and size."

He continued, "The timeline that Wilhelmsen Ships Service operated to exceeded all our expectations. In an industry in which we at Pacifica Shipping also have a lot of experience, this is what all clients expect from logistics specialists, such as ourselves. Therefore it was particularly pleasing to deal with a transport operator with the same ethos as our own, with one person co-ordinating both the movement and the communications with the client from door to door."

Pacifica Shipping has been in business for 25 years operating a fleet of coastal vessels.

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Platform removal system undergoing tests

Heavy Decom International (HDI) plans to introduce a heavy lift decommissioning device to the UK sector.
The machine is designed for heavy decommissioning and dismantling, notably end-of-life platforms and associated structures which will be of interest to freight and shipping companies looking to get involved in the major decommisioning work which will take place in the North Sea over the next few years.
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Source: Heavy Lift

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Kenya Navy kills three suspected Somali pirates

Kenyan navy officers on patrol in the India Ocean shot dead three suspected Somali pirates who boarded their vessel after mistaking it for a merchant ship, a military spokesman said on Saturday.
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Source: Reuters

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Pirates hijack ship with 29 Chinese sailors - report

Pirates hijacked a Chinese ship carrying 29 sailors in the Arabian Sea and told the ship's owner that they were sailing the vessel to Somalia, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
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Source: Reuters

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Ship in trouble in strong winds

A cargo ship is anchored off Shetland after running into engineering difficulties in rough sea, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
The Antigone Z, a reefer ship carrying frozen fish to Lithuania, got into trouble in gale force north westerly winds close to Lopness Bay.
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Source: Mid Sussex Times

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Pirate Attacks On Cargo Freighters By Somali Pirates Continue

The spate of attacks on freight and passenger vessels alike continued this week with the seizure of the Panamanian flagged MV Hannibal ll in the Indian Ocean at a point between Salalah in Oman and Male in the Maldives.
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Source: Handy Shipping Guide

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Indian Ports Container Volume Surges 12 Percent

Container throughput at major ports in India for the April-October period surged 12 percent over the same period last year, the Indian Ports Association said Thursday.
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Source: Journal of Commerce

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Container Shipping Lines (and Car Carriers) Prefer Green Paint

Almost every week we report on yet another attempt by the major ocean freight carriers to reduce fuel consumption and thereby lower CO2 emissions. Mitsui OSK are one of the companies who are never afraid to innovate in the name of improved performance (and a greener public profile). Now the Japanese box carrier has trialled a new product on one of their fleet of car carriers with impressive results.
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Source: Handy Shipping Guide

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Western Marine gets German vessel

Western Marine Services Ltd, a leading ship builder of the country, has purchased a German built bulk carrier, company sources said.
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Source: Financial Express

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MSC to Raise Trans-Pacific Rates, Other Charges

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will raise rates for container transport from Asia to the U.S. on Dec. 15, part of an overhaul of general rates and bunker surcharges the carrier is imposing across a range of trade lanes around the world.
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Source: The Journal of Commerce

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Tanker market looked in better shape in October says OPEC monthly survey

The dismal state of the tanker market during September was such that October mediocre performance was enough to stage a recovery for the market. According to the latest monthly report from OPEC covering October, total spot fixtures recovered 7.5% during October after the sharp decline in September with almost all routes showing positive performance. OPEC crude oil chartering jumped 7.4% m-o-m during October to 12.69 mb. Middle East eastbound spot fixtures grew by 25.7%, mostly due to orders coming from Chinese refiners, while Middle East westbound chartering experienced 11.7% growth.
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Source: Hellenic Shipping News

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Hanjin and China Shipping plan new vessel orders as world trade rebounds

Hanjin Shipping Co., South Korea’s largest shipping line, and China Shipping (Group) Co. said they were close to ordering new vessels as world trade rebounds from the global recession.
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Source: mb.com.ph

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Newbuilding orders cool off

As we approach towards the end of the year, shipowners in both dry and wet sectors of shipping industry begin to slow down the rate of their investments in terms of fleet growth.
After a year of pretty healthy levels of investment activity, it's clear to everyone that low prices and opportunities were the driving factors of this development, which to many people, even from within the shipowners'community appears as "crazy", given the huge orderbook in most ship segments, both in the dry bulk and the tanker sectors.
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Source: Shanghai International

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