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Organisations Across Europe Ask EU to Invest More in Transport

Sep 21, 2017

With the slogan “More EU budget for transport, the best investment plan for Europe” a coalition of thirty European transport organisations are launching today their campaign for a strong connecting Europe Facility for the next financial period 2021-2028…

GAC Announces IT Appointments

Sep 21, 2017

The GAC Group has announced two key IT management appointments as the group aims to maximize the effectiveness of digital tools to serve and grow its global business. Chief Information Officer Martin Wallgren says GAC’s new digital platform focuses on market intelligence…

Portland Receives $1.25 Mln Port Security Grant

Sep 21, 2017

Port of Portland said it will receive $1.25 million from the federal Port Security Grant Program to upgrade marine terminal security systems. Through the Area Maritime Security Committee, the port successfully applied for and received the…

IMS Group Buys OceanSaver Assets

Sep 21, 2017

Norway’s IMS group AS announced it has signed a purchase agreement with the OceanSaver Trustee to acquire the ballast water treatment system manufacturer’s intellectual property, certificates and assets following its bankruptcy filed on September 13…

Baltic Index Extends Gaining Streak

Sep 21, 2017

Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose for a sixth consecutive session, helped by stronger rates for capesize and smaller vessels.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize…

CMA CGM Confirms CSSC Yards for Mega-Ships

Sep 20, 2017

CMA CGM, the world's third- largest container line, and CSSC Group have officially signed the contract for the construction of nine 22,000 TEU ships, the largest container vessels ordered to date.Representatives from CMA CGM, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group)…

NYK Group, Dualog, NTT Group Join Partnership for Onboard IoT Platform

Sep 20, 2017

The Japanese shipping group NYK Group (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, MTI Co., Ltd.) will collaborate with Dualog and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Group on a vessel platform proposal that is currently being validated with ship information systems (SIMS) data…

Weakened Maria Could Regain Major Hurricane Status -NHC

Sep 20, 2017

Maria, which weakened into a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, could regain major hurricane status by Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. Catastrophic flash flooding was occurring over portions…

Crowley Awards Scholarships to Four Cal Maritime Cadets

Sep 20, 2017

Crowley Maritime Corp. awarded four California Maritime Academy (CMA) students with Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships during last night’s Containerization and Intermodal Institute’s Connie Awards dinner in Long Beach, Calif. Crowley’s Victoria Ellis…

Loutit Awarded Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship

Sep 20, 2017

The trustees of the Robert Allan Memorial Scholarship Trust have awarded the scholarship for 2017 to Taryn Loutit. Loutit is a fourth year mechanical engineering student at the University of Victoria with a passion for and an objective to…

Northwest Seaport Alliance CEO Wolfe Receives 2017 Connie Award

Sep 20, 2017

John Wolfe, CEO of The Northwest Seaport Alliance, received the 2017 Connie Award presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, September 19.Since the formation of the NWSA in August 2015, Wolfe…

Dominican Republic Shuts Most Ports ahead of Hurricane Maria

Sep 20, 2017

Dominican Republic closed most of its ports ahead of Hurricane Maria, but the country's 34,000-barrel-per-day refinery was still running, the government said on Wednesday. Ports that suspended operations under the 'red alert' declared for extreme weather conditions are La Romana…

Damen to Open Novorossiysk Service Hub

Sep 20, 2017

Damen Shipyards Group said it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Delo Group of companies, establishing plans to open a service hub in the Russian port of Novorossiysk. According to Damen, the new hub will aim to optimize the services…

Kalmar, MSC Pact for Container-Handling Equipment

Sep 19, 2017

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to continue its cooperation with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) with a new order for container-handling equipment.  The order, comprising five Kalmar reachstackers and two empty container handlers, was booked in Cargotec's 2017 third quarter intake…

IUMI: Offshore Energy Insurance Market “Sinking”

Sep 19, 2017

At annual IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance) conference in Tokyo, James McDonald, chairman of IUMI’s Offshore Energy Committee warned that the sector was “sinking”.  His warning was based on declining total premium income set…

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