Shipping

Rio Tinto reaches a historic milestone of shipping 5 billion t of iron ore from its operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

The port registers 2016 as the best year ever.

Diana Shipping Inc. takes delivery of the post-panamax dry bulk vessel m/v Phaidra, enters time charter contract for m/v Semirio and announces direct continuation of time charter contract for m/v Coronis.

The company has released the highlights of their financial and operational results for the first quarter of the year.

CBH broke the state shipping record for the month of April with 1.6 million t shipped.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd has announced that two of its subsidiaries, Taiyo Nippon Kisen Co. Ltd and Escobal Japan Ltd will be merged in July 2017.

Yara will reduce diesel-powered truck haulage by 40 000 journeys a year with the use of the new battery powered and autonomous cargo ship, Yara Birkeland.

Construction of “CAPE HAYATOMO” 250 000 DWT VLOC has been completed by Namura Shipbuilding Co. and delivered to K Line.

Navios Maritime Partners agrees to acquire a 2011 South Korean-built capesize vessel.

Eagle Bulk Shipping takes delivery of the M/V Southport Eagle, the second of 9 Crown-63 ultramax dry bulk sister vessels from Greenship Bulk Trust.

Navios Maritime Partners LP acquires 2009 Japanese-built caepsize vessel.

The company is pleased to announce that it has taken delivery of additional one vessel, Q Kennedy.

Wuhan University of Technology has partnered with Navis to implement the MACS3 ship loading computer and the Navis StowMan stowage planning programme as educational software.

According to Drewry’s latest Dry Bulk Forecaster, the dry bulk shipping market will grow steadily but renewable energy is a downside risk.

G E Shipping takes delivery of a secondhand supramax dry bulk carrier named ‘Jag Rohan’.