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Inmarsat: New Pacific North West Pricing for Fleet One

Sep 27, 2017

Inmarsat Maritime has launched a new fishing pricing plan for the Pacific North West which will make it easier and more economical for regional Fleet One users to get live weather updates, track and trace fish, and send catch reports. The…

DNV GL Creates Digital Solutions Organization

Sep 27, 2017

DNV GL announced it is creating a specialized Digital Solutions organization that will set out to capture the opportunities that lie in data sharing, advanced analytics, automation, and machine learning as well as addressing challenges related to data quality and security…

WSS Rolls Out New Cargo Hold Cleaning Equipment

Sep 27, 2017

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will launch its new line of cargo hold cleaning equipment at maritime exhibition INMEX India. The new high pressure lance and add-on heating system are tailor made for cleaning difficult to reach areas of the hold…

Polaris Orders 10 ‘Green’ VLOCs at Hyundai Heavy

Sep 26, 2017

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, announced today that it signed a $800 Million worth contract to build ten 325,000 dwt VLOCs (Very Large Ore Carrier) with Polaris Shipping, the domestic dry bulk owner and operator…

Navios Takes Delivery of Three Bulkers

Sep 26, 2017

Navios Maritime Partners, an international owner and operator of container and dry bulk vessels, announced today the delivery of three dry bulk vessels into its fleet. The Navios Symphony, a 2010-Chinese-built Capesize vessel of 178,132 dwt…

Kandla Port Renamed as Deendayal Port

Sep 26, 2017

The Indian Ministry of Shipping has issued a notification renaming Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port Trust with effect from 25th of September, 2017.  Kandla Port, located on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, is one of the twelve major ports in the country…

US Denies Request for Puerto Rico Shipping Waiver

Sep 26, 2017

The Trump administration on Tuesday denied a request to waive shipping restrictions to help get fuel and supplies to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying it would do nothing to address the island's main impediment to shipping, damaged ports. The Jones Act limits shipping between coasts to U…

Netherland Hosts International Simulation-based Training Conference

Sep 26, 2017

Almost 200 delegates from across the world are gathered at the Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus in Den Haag, The Netherlands this week to hear about the latest developments in maritime training based on state-of-the-art simulation technology. Kongsberg Group…

ICS Chairman: Shipping Industry Focused on Serious CO2 Emission Reduction

Sep 26, 2017

“The world has great expectations for IMO delivering an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction strategy for the international shipping sector.  We are confident that this initial IMO strategy, once adopted next year, will match the goals and philosophy of the Paris Agreement on climate change…

Logimatic, Eiger Marine Join for Fleet Management Solution

Sep 25, 2017

Logimatic has formed an alliance with Eiger Marine to market the most comprehensive and operational Fleet Management System to the shipping industry, in Greece and Cyprus.  The partnership will offer customers in the maritime sector a complete software solution for Fleet Management: SERTICA…

GOGL Sells 6 Vessels

Sep 25, 2017

Golden Ocean Group has  announced that it has entered into agreements to sell six Ultramax vessels built at Chengxi between 2015 and 2017 en bloc for USD 142.5 million to an unrelated third party.  The net cash proceeds from the sale after the repayment of $39…

FueLNG Completes First Commercial LNG Bunkering in Singapore

Sep 25, 2017

FueLNG, a joint venture between Keppel and Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (Shell), has achieved the first commercial Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunker transfer in Singapore by completing truck-to-ship bunkering for the Floating Liquefaction (FLNG) vessel…

Hapag-Lloyd Recycles Three Containerships

Sep 25, 2017

Liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has sold three of its older containerships for green recycling in China and Turkey.The three vessels, Deira, the Najran and the Sakaka, have been part of the Hapag-Lloyd fleet since its merger with UASC at the end of May…

China Workshop Discusses Oil Pollution Response

Sep 25, 2017

Current research and technical developments in oil spill preparedness and response were in the spotlight at a major seminar in Tianjin, China (20-21 September).  The International Oil Spill Response Technical Seminar brought together over 150 representatives of national government…

International Efforts to Reduce GHG Emissions

Sep 25, 2017

Close to 240 maritime leaders and professionals will gather in Singapore to identify priority areas for international action and exchange best practices in maritime technology transfer and capacity building at the Future-Ready Shipping 2017 Conference…

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