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Following the liquidation of Navios Europe I, Monaco-based tanker owner and operator Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation has taken delivery of five product tankers. The ships in question are MR1 chemical/product...

The first cargo of ethylene has been exported from the 50/50 joint venture marine terminal, owned by Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Navigator Holdings Ltd, located at Morgan’s Point, Texas along the Houston Ship...

The Netherlands-based transportation company Roll Group has started 2020 with the addition of a module carrier to its fleet. On January 6, 2020, Roll Group acquired a 2015-vessel that would be renamed BigRoll Biscay. The...

Operations at the Australian small seaport of Eden have been impacted by the major bush fires raging across the South Coast region of New South Wales, threatening the area. Two passenger ships that were scheduled to call...

Saudi Arabian transportation company Bahri has extended its shipping network to South India, with one of the company’s roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessels making maiden calls at two Indian ports.  The 50,714 GT Bahri Jeddah...

A Brazilian man died, while five more fell ill as they were sailing on board a heavy lift vessel off South Africa. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) of Durban, the ship called for assistance on...

Grimaldi’s roro and passenger company Finnlines has signed an order for two ro-pax vessels with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai), previously known as AVIC Weihai. Finnlines has been outspoken about its plans to...

Taiwanese shipping company Wisdom Marine Lines has taken delivery of Amis Treasure, a 61,000 dwt bulker newbuild, from China-based Dalian COSCO KHI Engineering (DACKS). The delivery of the 77,539 cbm Ultramax was...

Carnival Corporation & plc., the world’s largest cruise company, is set to launch four new cruise ships in 2020 across four of its cruise line brands. Throughout the year, Carnival Corporation’s international brands...

Texas-based T&T Salvage LLC (T&T) has been selected to remove the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound.  T&T salvage will be taking over from DonJon-SMIT, which was the initial...