The world’s largest cargo ship has arrived at a British
port for the first time.
The CSCL Globe is more than 400m long and carries
around 19,000 containers on each voyage.
It is longer from bow to stern than the Shard
skyscraper in London is tall.
The ship arrived at the port of Felixstowe at around
12.30 GMT yesterday. Spectators on the Suffolk shoreline watched the ship dock.
Registered in Hong Kong, the CSCL Globe left on its
maiden voyage from the port of Qingdao in China in mid-December 2014.
It displaces 186,000 tonnes of water and was
constructed by the South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The ship is owned by China Shipping Container Line,
commonly known as CSCL, and was ordered in May 2013 along with four other
similar capacity ships at a cost of around £463 million
China Shipping Container Line is part of China
Shipping Group, China’s state-owned shipping company, which is directly administered
by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.{1}
Baltic
Trading Ltd (NYSE:BALT) closed lower -5.36% to $2.12, recently declared that it has joined into a new
credit contract with Nordea Bank Finland plc and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
AB for a $148 million senior secured credit facility. The
new five-year credit facility is comprised of a $115 million revolving credit
facility and a $33 million term loan facility. The $115 million revolving
credit facility refinances the total amount outstanding under the organization's
existing senior secured revolving credit facility, which was scheduled to
mature in 2016. The total amount outstanding under the $115 million facility
will be $104.5 million as of January 7, 2015 and remaining amounts can be used
for general corporate and working capital purposes.
Eagle
Bulk Shipping Inc (NASDAQ:EGLE) closed higher 1.97% to
$13.99, through its subsidiaries, is involved in the ocean transportation of
various bulk cargoes worldwide. The organization owns, charters, and operates
dry bulk vessels that transport a range of bulk cargoes, such as iron ore,
coal, grain, cement, and fertilizers. As of December 31, 2013, it owned and operated
a fleet of 45 oceangoing vessels, including 43 Supramax and 2 Handymax vessels
with a combined carrying capacity of 2,451,259 deadweight tons. The company was
founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
International
Shipholding Corporation (NYSE:ISH) closed declined -1.23%
to $14.51, declared that the organization’s Board of Directors has declared a
dividend of $2.375 per share on its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual
Preferred Stock (NYSE:ISHPRA) and a dividend of $2.25 per share on its Series B
Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (NYSE:ISHPRB), each
representing payment for the full ninety day period ending January 30, 2015.
The dividend will be paid on January 30, 2015 to preferred shareholders as of
record on January 29, 2015.
Kirby
Corporation (NYSE:KEX) closed gained 2.60% to $79.81,
declared that it expects 2014 fourth quarter net earnings to be in the $1.10 to
$1.20 per share range, Kirby's previously announced earnings guidance range of
$1.30 to $1.40 per share. For the full
year, Kirby is revising 2014 guidance to $4.84 to $4.94 per share, below
previously announced guidance of $5.04 to $5.14.
Source {1}: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worlds-largest-cargo-ship-arrives-in-british-port-for-the-first-time-9964159.html
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