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Recession hurting cruise ship builders

AP Features 18 hours ago

Ship builders fear downsizing, or worse, if cruise companies don't order more vessels The cruise industry is rebounding, but not for the companies who build the increasingly elaborate ships. Executives from the major European shipyards say they're not getting enough orders to ...

Cruise liner hit again with illness returns to SC

AP Features yesterday

A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of intestinal illness for a third straight trip from South Carolina returned a day early Thursday as operator Celebrity Cruises brought in extra crew to scrub the ship down for three days. The Celebrity Mercury ...

U.S. cruise lines say return to Cuba would take time

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 2 days ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. cruise companies are eager to add Cuba to their itineraries; but even if U.S. policy allowed that, Cuba's ports would need years of rebuilding to accommodate the ships, industry officials said on Wednesday. "Our business has grown so ...

Overseas Shipholding completes 3.5M share offer

AP News 10 days ago

Overseas Shipholding Group completes 3.5M share offer; collects $158.7 million in proceeds Oil tanker operator Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. said Tuesday it has collected $158.7 million in proceeds from its offering of 3.5 million common shares at $45.33 each. Overseas Shipholding Group ...

Rough seas may be ahead for shipping IPOs

AP News 14 days ago

2 shippers preparing for IPOs may encounter rough seas as investors weigh getting on board Two bulk shipping companies will be competing for investors' attention next week when they are expected to go public, but analysts are questioning their ability to nab ...

SWEDEN FERRIES STUCK

AP News 14 days ago

Damage is seen to the Amorella ferry, a passenger ferry with 753 passengers and 190 crew members, as it returns to port in Stockholm, Friday March 5, 2010, after colliding with another ferry whilst stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea. ...

50 ships, thousands of people, stuck in Baltic Sea ice

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Around 50 ships, including large ferries carrying thousands, were stuck in the ice in the Baltic Sea, with many unable to move until Friday, Swedish maritime authorities said. Several vessels, including at least one passenger ferry carrying more than 1,000 people, had ...

MALACCA TANKERS

AP News 15 days ago

Map locates the Malacca Strait, where Singapore's Navy warned that a terrorist group is planning attacks on oil tankers Copyright 2010 AP News

Shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk posts annual loss

AP News 15 days ago

Danish shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk reports an annual loss of $1.3 billion Danish container shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S on Thursday reported an annual loss of 7.0 billion kroner ($1.3 billion), citing a drop in global shipments of goods amid the ...

DHT Maritime forms new holding company

AP News 18 days ago

Oil tanker operator DHT Maritime forms new company called DHT Holdings Oil tanker operator DHT Maritime Inc. said on Monday that it has formed a new company called DHT Holdings Inc., organized in the Marshall Islands. The company said shareholders of DHT ...

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