(foxnews)  A flotilla of
hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is slouching
toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific
Ocean, officials said Tuesday  Source

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• More Russian ships toward the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy

    The Russian Pacific Fleet has sent more ships to the Indian Ocean to protect civilian vessels from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden. The large anti-submarine ship the Marshal Shaposhnikov, a tugboat and the Pechenga tanker have set out for Somali coasts, carrying marines and deck helicopters, the Pacific

• CITIC UPW 12 bulk vessels start of construction

    It is reported that CITIC Pacific’s 12 bulk cargo ships with carrying capacity of 115,000 tonnes for each start construction. As per report Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry Co Ltd will build all of those ships. This order was agreed between CITIC Pacific and Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry last year

• Iceberg alert for ships in the South Pacific Sailinlg

    New Zealand maritime officials have issued navigation warnings for ships sailing in the South Pacific in connection with hundreds of icebergs floating, believed to have split off the Antarctic ice shelves and drifting north toward the country’s southern shores, officials said Tuesday. “It is an alert to shipping to be

• Golden Ocean to focus on growth

    Oslo-listed dry bulk company Golden Ocean Group has taken steps to secure cash flow as it remains bullish about the future markets, especially in the anticipation of increased growth coming from the Far East.

• Pirates attempt, two tankers in the vicinity of Singapore aboard

    Pirates attempted to board two tankers in a busy shipping lane off southern Malaysia on Monday, a regional government security agency said. Five men tried to board Panama-registered tanker Pacific Harmony early on Monday near the southern Malaysian port of Tanjung Ayam, just to the east of Singapore, according to the Regional Cooperation

• Pirates attempt, two tankers in the vicinity of Singapore aboard

    Pirates attempted to board two tankers in a busy shipping lane off southern Malaysia on Monday, a regional government security agency said. Five men tried to board Panama-registered tanker Pacific Harmony early on Monday near the southern Malaysian port of Tanjung Ayam, just to the east of Singapore, according to the Regional Cooperation

• Horizon Start China Service

     Horizon Lines, the largest U.S. domestic ocean carrier, will launch a weekly trans-Pacific service from China to the West Coast in December after the expiration of a space-charter agreement with Maersk Line. The new service will use five 2,824-TEU, 23-knot ships that now call at Guam in Horizon’s domestic service and

• Hapag-Lloyd announces rate hikes

        Hapag-Lloyd said it would implement rate hikes on Oct. 1 on several trades as follows:    • North Europe to Oceania (including South Pacific Islands) rates will increase 175 euros ($251) per 20-foot container and 350 euros ($501) per 40-foot container.    • Mediterranean to Oceania (including South Pacific Islands), $250

• DHLs air cargo logistics center for Kodak in Asia-Pacific

     Eastman Kodak Company has appointed DHL as the logistics provider of air freight and ocean freight booking services in the Asia Pacific region, Dow Jones reported. This coincides with the renewal of all existing EU and US contracts, and makes DHL the primary carrier for 1,200 Kodak locations worldwide. Key origin ports

• DHL air cargo logistics center for Kodak in Asia-Pacific

     Eastman Kodak Company has appointed DHL as the logistics provider of air freight and ocean freight booking services in the Asia Pacific region, Dow Jones reported. This coincides with the renewal of all existing EU and US contracts, and makes DHL the primary carrier for 1,200 Kodak locations worldwide. Key origin ports

• ClassNK Releases New Risk Assessment Guidelines

    Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) is pleased to announce the publication of a new guideline entitled, Risk Assessment Guidelines.? The guidelines are based on the results of the implementation and extensive studies related to risk assessment methods. Terms incorporating the word “risk”, such as risk assessment, risk analysis, risk management, and

• Russian ships to return home after anti-piracy mission to Somalia

    A Russian Pacific Fleet task force returned on Monday to its base in Vladivostok after completing an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.

• STX Pan Ocean teams with Hoegh LNG

    STX Pan Ocean Co., South Korea’s largest bulk-shipping line, said Thursday that it will launch a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-shipping business with a Norwegian shipping company. Along with Hoegh LNG AS, STX Pan Ocean will participate in an LNG transportation project planned by Spanish gas and oil company Repsol YPF. The STX

• Wuhan, the aim of cargo ship directly to Asia

     Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei that straddles the Yangtze River, is raising its importance as an international port by shortening shipping time to Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported. The city also hopes to benefit from a US$6.3 billion government plan to dredge the Yangtze to allow much

• Wuhan, the aim of cargo ship directly to Asia

    Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei that straddles the Yangtze River, is raising its importance as an international port by shortening shipping time to Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported. The city also hopes to benefit from a US$6.3 billion government plan to dredge the Yangtze to allow much bigger