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New Ghost G180F motor yacht Ghost Yachts has announced the new Ghost G180F, an innovative 55m high-performance yacht developed in cooperation with leading Dutch yacht builder Feadship.		Superyacht Lady M launched Sold by Moran Yacht & Ship in January 2012, the project Stimulus becomes a reality. The 65.5m superyacht has been launched by Palmer Johnson this weekend under her definitive name Lady M.

Sailing technology test Setting out to build an ultra-high-performance cruising monohull, Danish Yachts has joined forces with Infiniti Yachts with an exclusive agreement to build the Infiniti 100S, featuring the patented Dynamic Stability System (DSS) by Hugh Welbourn.		Two Dual-Fuel Ro-Pax Ferries Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) yesterday announced the conclusion of a two ship order from La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ).

DHL wins three awards DEUTSCHE Post DHL has claimed three prestigious awards of Best Express Operator, Best Logistics Service Provider - Air Freight and Best 3PL at the 27th Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) in Beijing.		AV+ saves energy up to 25pc MAERSK Container Industry (MCI) says its automatic ventilation system AV+ can save cargo owners and shippers up to 25 per cent in energy costs in refrigerated containers.

New investors needed to help THE collapse of the German KG ship financing system leaves a hole in the small box ship market, which needs to be filled, particularly as smaller vessels need to be more fuel efficient and eco-friendly, says Drewry Maritime Research.		Joint China-Thailand service COSCO, Regional Container Line and OOCL is to launch a jointly-operated service connecting Central China, Thailand and Vietnam to be named RBC/CBS.


Maersk Receives IMO Award Maersk won the IMO 2013 themed award: “Sustainable Development – IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20” in support of the IMO’s theme for World Maritime Day for 2013, at the 25th annual Seatrade Awards ceremony held in London recently.		Sale of T-15 Tender Rig Seadrill Limited has today completed the previously announced transaction to sell the T-15 tender rig to Seadrill Partners.

Delivery of NEVA-LEADER 3 North-Western Shipping Company, JSC took delivery of the third self-propelled dry-cargo vessel of RSD49 project ‘NEVA-LEADER 3′ from Nevsky Shipyard on May 16th 2013.		Focal Marine's Focal Marine Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, amounting up to 10 ships to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.

G E Shipping Sells Jag Ravi The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd. (G E Shipping) has signed a contract to sell “Jag Ravi”, a Handymax dry bulk carrier. The 1997 built vessel of about 45,300 dwt will be delivered to the buyers in Q1FY14.		UAE in port building spree THE world's centre of economic gravity is shifting from west to east and the Abu Dhabi Port Company's (ADPC) ambitious AED26.5 billion (US$7.2 billion) port development aims to make the UAE a global maritime hub, reports the UAE's Gulf Business News.

United Nations dry port THE eastern Yiwu city in Zhejiang province has been listed as an international dry port during the 69th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), reports Xinhua.		ICTSI, shares are overvalued MANILA's International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) continues to attract investors mainly due to the company's continuing profitability of the container terminal management sector, according to Drewry Maritime Equity Research (DMER).

For east-west Malaysia trade MALAYSIA's MTT Shipping Sdn Bhd wants to buy two ships in the 1,200-TEU range to exploit the growing west-east Malaysian trade, adding to the five already in service, reports Bernama news agency.		No big shift expected soon CHINA Shipping Container Lines' (CSCL) CNY4.2 billion (US$683.9 million) new order for five 18,400 container ships with Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has given confidence to investors about the shipbuilding market.

More scepticism than belief SCEPTICISM lingered from analysts reacting to news that China's trade grew at more than expected by 15.7 per cent in April after allegations that figures had been falsified, reports Reuters.		Dumping of steel tubes CHINA is investigating the dumping of seamless steel tubes and pipes in domestic markets by American, European and Japanese companies in response to complaints from Chinese producers, Reuters reports.

EU hints at anti-dumping duties The European Union is threatening to impose sanctions against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which has 25 per cent of the EU market, and its smaller rival ZTE Corp, over allegedly illegal export subsidies in the latest tit-for-tat anti-dumping war.		LA 640,330 TEU in April THE Port of Los Angeles April cargo volumes declined 9.5 per cent to 640,330 TEU compared to 707,182 TEU in the same month last year.

Asia SAEC Service Reshuffles SIX shipping giants, CMA CGM, Maersk, Hamburg Sud, CSAV, China Shipping and Hanjin, will restructure Far East to South America east coast services with three new joint strings from July.		Revenues up to US$6.17bln GERMANY's Hamburg Sud, the world's 12th biggest container shipping line, has declared a 2012 revenue increase of 16 per cent year on year to EUR4.8 billion (US$6.17 billion), but declined to reveal profit or loss figures.