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Danish Projects Boost Maritime Digitalization

Apr 05, 2018

Digital nautical charts and better communication at sea are some of the concrete solutions that can boost the development of the maritime sector.Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Brian Mikkelsen, is pleased with…

Oceanographic Icebreaker Kronprins Haakon Delivered

Apr 05, 2018

A new icebreaking research vessel built for the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing, was delivered this week in Norway. After the building process was completed at Fincantieri’s Integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso and Muggiano in Italy…

Britannia Bolsters Underwriting Team

Apr 05, 2018

Britannia has bolstered its underwriting presence with three appointments as part of the company’s growth strategy. The recruitment drive comes as the curtain falls on the 30-year underwriting career of Steve Myatt, who has decided to step down from his role as underwriting Director…

Chiquita Orders Maersk Reefers

Apr 04, 2018

Dedicated to creating more sustainable shipping practices, the world renowned banana producer is further bolstering its fleet or Star Cool Integrated containers and adding more controlled atmosphere systems to deliver premium banana quality…

Team Tankers International Acquires Two Firms

Apr 04, 2018

Team Tankers International announced that the acquisitions of Laurin Shipping AB and Anglo-Atlantic Steamship Company have been completed. The Bermuda-based chemical tanker company on 28 February 2018 and 23 March 2018 regarding its agreements…

Share Holders Okay Macquarie, Goldman Sachs to Acquire HES International

Apr 04, 2018

Riverstone Holdings and The Carlyle Group jointly announce that  they intend to sell HES International to a consortium of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) & Goldman Sachs.  Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5, which is managed by MIRA…

Diana Shipping TC for m/v Los Angeles with SwissMarine

Apr 04, 2018

Diana Shipping  announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Los Angeles.  The global…

MPC Buys Secondhand Feeder Vessel

Apr 04, 2018

Oslo based ship owner MPC Container Ships ASA said it has reached a deal to acquire SITC Makassar, a 2,496 TEU vessel built in 2006 in Germany. The vessel, to be renamed AS Patricia, will be acquired for $9.9 million, including initial working capital…

US Program Helps Ports Assess Cybersecurity

Apr 04, 2018

HudsonAnalytix, Inc. and its subsidiary HudsonCyber have completed a U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Cargo Handling Cooperative Program (CHCP) grant to perform cybersecurity capability assessment workshops at three U.S. ports. HudsonAnalytix’s…

Richard Mueller Named Fellow by SNAME

Apr 04, 2018

NETSCo president and CEO Richard A. Mueller has been nominated by his peers and approved by the Fellows Committee to be elevated to Fellow membership in the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).  Mueller has been a SNAME…

Crowley Logistics Expands Miami Ops

Apr 04, 2018

Crowley Logistics opened its newly expanded Medley warehouse in Miami this week to provide more seamless and efficient supply chain services to South Florida customers. The project, which began in November 2017, consolidates the company’s Medley…

Iron Ore Cleared to Transport from Goa

Apr 04, 2018

Vedanta Resources, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, and other miners can transport already mined iron ore from Goa on which royalties have been paid, India's top court ruled on Wednesday, providing relief to the state's miners.India's…

Euroseas Announces Time Charter Contracts

Apr 04, 2018

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today the following chartering arrangements for two of its container carriers:   a) EM Athens…

GAIL to Start Importing LNG Under Gazprom Deal

Apr 04, 2018

GAIL (India) to begin getting liquefied natural gas (LNG) under reworked deal with Gazprom from May, India's oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told lawmakers on Wednesday GAIL signed a 2.5 million tonnes a year LNG import deal with Gazprom…

SUNY Maritime to Honor Capt. Robert Johnston

Apr 04, 2018

Capt. Robert Johnston ’69 will be awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the State University of New York at SUNY Maritime College’s May commencement ceremony.  Johnston will receive the degree and give the commencement speech, addressing…

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