DryShips Agrees to Buy Newcastlemax Quartet

Athens-based owner of drybulk carriers DryShips Inc. has entered into agreements to purchase four modern Newcastlemax bulk carriers for a total of USD 124 million.

Oriental Ocean Disposes of Bulker Trio

China’s Oriental Ocean Shipping is decreasing its fleet as the company reached an agreement to sell two of its 2011-built Post-Panamax bulkers, according to data provided by VesselsValue.

ITF: Abandoned Bulker Crew Return Home

Seventeen crewmembers of the bulk carrier Sea Honest, who were abandoned unpaid and unprovisioned in Algeria in July 2016, have finally returned home, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

Gunmen Attack Bulker off Nigeria

A bulk carrier was attacked off Nigeria on March 8 when seven gunmen approached in a skiff and fired upon the ship underway.

USCG Medevacs Seafarer from Bulker

A crewman aboard the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Evoikos Theo was medevaced from the ship on March 3 due to an illness, according to the US Coast Guard.

Pan Ocean Set to Order Five Open Hatch Carriers

South Korean shipping company Pan Ocean has decided to order five open hatch wood chip carriers as the company secured a long-term shipping deal with Brazil-based pulp and paper firm Fibria.

NTSB: Actions of Pilot, Tug Captain Led to Collision

An investigation into a collision between a bulk carrier, a tug and a tank barge, which occurred in late January 2016 in the Lower Mississippi River, showed that the actions of the pilot aboard the bulker and the tug captain led to the incident, ​the Nati