d'Amico group, Italian drybulk/product tanker owner/operator, is planning to launch a 56,000-64,000 DWT Supramax bulker pool in the near future. Cesare d’Amico, CEO of the company, revealed it during an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbun (J…
Sanoyas Shipbuilding has developed an 89,000 DWT post-Panamax bulk carrier. As a result of marketing globally, the new ship has shallow draft shape and is an eco-ship design with 28 tons fuel consumption/day. Takashi Ueda, president of Sano…
1) You joined in Scorpio in 2003 at the age of 24. At that time, Scorpio owned just three vessels and was considered “Traditional Shipping Owner”. What did you think that you should change the company first? I was just 24 years old and I…
Oshima Shipbuilding received 65 newbuilding orders totaling approximately JPY 190 billion in FY 2013. Hiroshi Minami, president of Oshima Shipbuilding unveiled the figure at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday. The newbuilding market h…
“We will continuously order new Capesize bulkers in order to maintain the high quality of our core fleet,” Mitsui O.S.K. Lines senior managing executive officer Kenichi Nagata pointed out at an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbun (Japan Mari…
--Could you outline Fearnleys, please? Fearnleys is one of the oldest shipbrokers company in Europe. It was established in 1869. We have long tradition in this business. Now we cover off-shore, off-shore supply, dry cargo, tanker, LPG, L…
--Would you explain the organization of Golar LNG in Oslo? Oslo office is business development, project development, and technical operation, commercial operation of chartering. My main task is to run Golar Wilhelmsen Management AS which…
--First of all, I would like to know about your company’s history. Knutsen OAS was established in 1896. The original owner was Mr.Knut Knutsen. The name of OAS has a special meaning. His father was Mr. Ole Andreas Knutsen. OAS means the …
Kensuke Namura, president of Namura Shipbuilding, stated at a press conference on Thursday that Namura and Sasebo Heavy Industries will merge their ship design and sales sections in October 2014. Namura and Sasebo had each announced on May …
--Could you explain the organization of BW Gas (Oslo) and the number of vessels being managed? At BW Gas in Oslo, we …
--First of all, could you give us an outline of your company? We are providing services for transportation with normal LNG carriers, the import LNG through FSRUs and then we have also the third branch with Floating LNG production. Our al…
Uni-Asia Holdings Limited expanded its ship investment to 23 vessels, including co-owned vessels with other investors and newbuildings on order. “We have finished ordering newbuildings and now are looking for other new investors who would l…
NS United Kaiun has ordered over 10 Capesize bulkers or VLOC newbuildings from various Japanese shipyards. The exact details have not been revealed, but executive officer Tai Sugawara mentioned it at an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbun (J…
Daiichi Chuo Kisen aims to raise cargo contract coverage for its Handymax/Panamax/Post Panamax fleet to 80% when the drybulk market recovers in the near future, up from its current coverage of 50-60%. The company is holding off acquiring…
Namura Shipbuilding and Sasebo Heavy Industries held a press conference last Friday about Namura’s acquisition of Sasebo after the stock swap in October. Kensuke Namura, president of Namura Shipbuilding said that the new Namura group will e…
The P3 Network, which is comprised of three major liner companies, Maersk Line, MSC, and CMA CGM, is waiting for approval from the Chinese antitrust authority in order to start its service. Stephen Schueler Maersk Line Chief Commercial Offi…
IHI received an order for its originally developed LNG containment system SPB (Self-support Prismatic shape IMO type-B) for FSRU (Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit) from Chinese EPC contractor Wison in April. Akinori Abe, IHI’s mana…
Tsuneishi Holdings group has secured 45 newbuilding orders to date this year through its shipbuilding subsidiary Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. The 45 vessels are mainly bulk carriers, such as 82,000 DWT Kamsamax, 35,000 DWT semi-box-shaped, 45,00…
Japanese electric power companies are gradually increasing thermal coal imports from nearby sources such as Indonesia and Far East Russia, Tetsuro Nishio, managing executive officer of MOL pointed out at an interview with Nihon Kaiji Shimbu…
New president of Astomos Energy, the biggest LPG primary distributor in Japan, Osamu Masuda revealed its VLGC fleet expansion plan in his inauguration speech on Thursday, “Along with global LPG trade volume growth, we aim to expand our curr…
