The oil-to-water lubricated tailshaft conversion Thordon Bearings carried out last year to the 26,260dwt Great Lakes Fleet-managed bulk carrier SS John G

Brokers report that Karadeniz Holdings’ bargain basement run of bulker acquisitions continues.

The vessel will be converted to self-adischarging bulk carrier with conveyor belts that allows the vessel to discharge cargoes quickly and efficiently. The new system will manage itself all automatically.It is a turn key project and Gisan will deliver the vessel to Italian owner on beginning December 2012.

EGYPTAIR Cargo has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), reports London's Air Cargo News