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India, China Open Maritime Talks

Feb 05, 2016

Amid enduring tensions over the South China Sea, India and China held inaugural round of talks on maritime cooperation on February 04 in New Delhi.  The meeting of New Delhi and Beijing officials covered a gamut of issues of 'mutual interest…

Shipping Traffic Noise Severely Affects Whale Populations

Feb 05, 2016

Underwater sound pollution disrupts the communication methods of killer whales and could harm their ability to locate salmon, researchers have found. Increasing ship traffic is raising the level of underwater pollution and threatening a range of endangered marine species…

Campaign for Webb at $28 Mln and Counting

Feb 04, 2016

Webb Institute’s Campaign Cabinet, led by President Keith Michel ’73 and Campaign Chair Joseph Cuneo ’57 announced that $28 million (70 percent) of the $40 million goal has been raised to date in the Campaign for Webb. The Campaign for Webb…

Taiwan President Honors Evergreen Founder

Feb 04, 2016

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou honored Evergreen Group founder Dr. Chang Yung-Fa with a posthumous commendation in recognition of his contributions to international transportation and social welfare during the memorial service today. The company's North America headquarters are in Jersey City…

Subsea UK to Sponsor MATE ROV Competition

Feb 04, 2016

Subsea UK announced today, at Subsea Expo, that it will sponsor an initiative which inspires budding subsea engineers for a second year.  The body which represents the £9billion subsea industry has now committed £20,000 to the Scottish MATE ROV competition…

Crowley Celebrates Seven Million Man Hours Without LTI

Feb 04, 2016

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tanker escort and docking services group in Valdez is celebrating over seven million man hours and more than six years since logging its last Lost Time Injury (LTI).   In addition to this remarkable number…

BSM, Bernhard Schulte Engage with Japan Shipping Cluster

Feb 04, 2016

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) yesterday joined with parent company, Bernhard Schulte, in hosting a reception in Tokyo to engage with the shipping community and recognize the long-standing relationships that have been developed with Japanese partners over a 40 year period…

Videotel, Safebridge JV for Onboard ECDIS Certification

Feb 04, 2016

Videotel, a provider of e-Learning maritime training solutions and a company of KVH Industries, has joined forces with online maritime training business Safebridge GmbH, which specializes in ECDIS training, to provide shipping companies with…

DNV GL, RS Ink Cooperation Deal

Feb 04, 2016

DNV GL’s Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen recently met with Konstantin Palnikov, Director General of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), at the RS head office in St. Petersburg to sign a bilateral framework agreement for cooperation between both class societies During the talks…

Balasus-Lange to Head DEA Deutsche Erdoel Division

Feb 04, 2016

Effective as of 1 February, Uwe Balasus-Lange (49) took over the function as Head of the newly created division Germany/Denmark of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. He was previously engaged as Head of Field Development at the Hamburg-based company.In…

Maritime India Summit Road Show Kick Starts

Feb 04, 2016

Kolkata, 3rd Feb, 2016: Industry leaders, corporate heads, policy makers and senior executives took part in the very first road show which served as a run up to the Maritime India Summit’16.Maritime India Summit is being organized by the…

Dramatic Turnaround for Hanjin Shipping in 2015

Feb 04, 2016

The Korean shipping giant Hanjin Shipping  improved its financial result in 2015 and came back to profit trajectory.  It reported a $6m net profit in 2015 from a $396m loss the previous year and said it expects cost-saving measures to help it weather a tough 2016…

A2SEA Jack-Up Capsizes Off Denmark

Feb 04, 2016

A2SEA has announced that wind turbine installation vessel has capsized off the Danish coast due to harsh weather on Wednesday.  It has gone from bad to worse for A2SEA-vessel Sea Worker. A week ago, jumped tethers during a towing of the 1…

GEODIS joins Maersk Line’s Carbon Pact challenge

Feb 04, 2016

Global Forwarder GEODIS and Maersk Line deliver their share and partner on a 5-year strategic commitment to reduce their environmental footprint.  This agreement integrates both companies’ sustainable commitments to reduce GEODIS’ CO2 emissions…

Sovcomflot IPO Expected in Q3 2016

Feb 04, 2016

The Russia's top shipping company Sovcomflot initial public offering (IPO) is expected in Q3 2016, part from the privatization program by the government.  An IPO for Sovcomflot could take place later this year. The current fleet of Sovcomflot numbers 142 vessels with total deadweight of 12…

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