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Inland Waterways to Get Boost in India

Dec 23, 2016

The National Waterway Act, 2016 declaring 111 national waterways, including the 5 national waterways declared earlier has been enforced w.e.f. 12th April, 2016.  The process for preparation of techno economic feasibility (TEF) study/Detailed…

Future Care Launches New Website

Dec 23, 2016

Future Care, Inc., a provider of global maritime medical management and cost containment services to the maritime community, has launched its new website www.futurecareinc.com. The revised website showcases Future Care’s Caring for the Crew program…

Korean Register Names New Chairman & CEO

Dec 23, 2016

Classification society the Korean Register (KR) has elected Lee Jeong-kie as its new Chairman and CEO.  Lee assumes the role of Chairman and CEO, following the death of B. S. Park, who passed away after a short illness in October 2016. Lee has worked for KR for 29 years…

Descartes Acquires Datamyne

Dec 23, 2016

Descartes Systems Group, a leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce via the Global Logistics Network (GLN), announced that it has acquired Datamyne, a provider of cloud-based trade data content solutions for customers to analyze import and export trade activity…

Samskip Extends Operations with Hector Rail

Dec 23, 2016

Hector Rail and Samskip have agreed to develop their partnership on Sweden and the continent further. As of the 1st of January six round trips per week between Helsingborg in Sweden and Duisburg in the Ruhr area in Germany, via Copenhagen in Denmark…

Long Beach Approves MSC's Bid for Hanjin Terminal

Dec 23, 2016

The Port of Long Beach’s Harbor Commission on Wednesday approved an agreement to replace the bankrupt operator of its largest cargo terminal.The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners greenlighted the move by a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Co…

Hoover Ferguson acquires Uniteam business

Dec 23, 2016

Hoover Ferguson Group (Hoover Ferguson), the global leader in container, workspace and packaging solutions for the energy and petrochemical industries and general industrial enterprises, has acquired the rights and obligations of Uniteam Holding AS’s (Uniteam’s) offshore container rental business…

Status Report: Major Port and Merchant Shipping Legislation in India

Dec 22, 2016

With a view to promote the expansion of port infrastructure and facilitate trade and commerce, the proposed bill aims at decentralizing decision making and to infuse professionalism in governance of ports.   The new Major Ports Authority Bill…

Indian Ministry of Shipping Updates on Sagarmala Program

Dec 22, 2016

Sagarmala Programme, an ambitious port-led infrastructure development programme of the government to harness India’s 7,500-km, is now moving from the conceptualization and planning to the implementation stage.  The National Perspective Plan (NPP)…

Indian Shipping Industry Focus

Dec 22, 2016

India has one of the largest merchant shipping fleet and ranked 17th among the developing countries with average age of the fleet being 18.03 years.  95% of the country’s trade by volume (68% in terms of value) is moved by sea. India has a total of 1299 ships comprising of 11…

Two Maersk OSVs Sink off of France

Dec 22, 2016

A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday two of its offshore oil industry supply vessels sank off the coast of France earlier in the day as they were being towed for scrapping in Turkey. It said the two vessels, Maersk Searcher and Maersk Shipper…

Hill Dickinson Defends in Norovirus Class Action

Dec 22, 2016

Hill Dickinson said it successfully defended its client, Bourne Leisure, in a 219-claimant class action involving a Norovirus outbreak which occurred at a Butlin’s site in 2011.More tthan 4,000 guests and an additional 1,200 team members…

Matson Closes $75m Debt Private Placement

Dec 22, 2016

Matson, Inc. ('Matson') announced the issuance of $75 million in privately placed 11-year final maturity senior unsecured notes (the 'Notes') pursuant to a previously announced commitment letter dated October 27, 2016.   The Notes will have…

Radio Holland's NavCom for Six Malaysian Patrol Crafts

Dec 22, 2016

Radio Holland  Malaysia (RHM) secured a contract from Destini Shipbuilding & Engineering for the supply of Navigation and Communication equipment on board of six New Generation Patrol Crafts (NGPC). The vessels are being built for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA)…

H&S Container Line Starts New Rail Shuttle

Dec 21, 2016

Since December 14 2016, multimodal rail operator H&S Container Line is offering a direct rail connection between the port of Antwerp and Andernach (Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate).  Andernach’s trimodal terminal is already connected to Antwerp…

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