The marine industry equipment manufacturer Kalmar is to deliver a further order of straddle carriers to Maher Terminals LLC for use at their marine container terminal located in the Port of New York and New Jersey.According to a press release from Kalm...
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Samsung Heavy Bags USD 188 mln LNG Newbuild Order
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has clinched a deal worth 209 billion won (USD 188 million) to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier.The South Korean shipbuilder said in the New Year's eve said that vessel is being built f...
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Diana Shipping Wins TC for m/v G. P. Zafirakis with SwissMarine
Diana Shipping announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v G. P. Zafirakis.The global shipping…
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Ship Finance International Acquires a Pair of Container Vessels
Ship Finance International, affiliated with the shipping magnate John Fredriksen, has acquired two 2016-built 19,400 TEU container vessels and contracted the vessels until late 2033, or for nearly 15 years, to a leading container line on long…
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NASA space probe ‘phones home’ in landmark mission to solar system’s edge
NASA's New Horizons explorer successfully "phoned home" on Tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind, a frozen rock at the edge of the solar system that scientists hope will uncover secrets to its creation.
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NASA probe believed to have passed distant space rock on landmark mission
A NASA explorer is believed to have reached the solar system's outermost region early Tuesday morning, flying close to a space rock 20 miles long and billions of miles from Earth on a mission to gather clues about the creation of the solar system.
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