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Port Community System Unveiled at Dubai Seminar

Oct 19, 2015

An electronic port community system to make all trading transactions paperless in Algerian ports based on the Dubai Trade portal has been unveiled at a major seminar in Dubai on investment opportunities in the country. The new system…

100 Oil Decomposing Microorganisms Identified

Oct 19, 2015

Under a contract with Rosneft to create a microbial medication for northern seas signed in 2014, scientists of Moscow State University’s biological faculty have identified about 100 microorganisms able to decompose oil and petroleum products at low temperatures including below zero ones…

Boat capsizes in Philippines, 7 dead

Oct 19, 2015

A pump boat carrying about 36 passengers  and five crew memberscapsized in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait  in central Philippines at around 4 p.m. on Sunday (October 18). According to the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo (PCG), the passenger motorboat with 41 people on board capsized in a storm…

Hong Kong Terminals Mark 200 Million TEU

Oct 19, 2015

Hutchison Port Holdings' (HPH) Hong Kong assets marked a significant milestone with cumulative throughput of 200 million teu. Congratulating HPH Trust on this important chapter in the history of Hong Kong’s container port industry, Secretary…

AVIC Terminates Proposed Acquisition of Shanghai Catic

Oct 19, 2015

AVIC International Maritime Holdings Ltd, an active player in the marine and offshore industry, issued a statement that its proposed acquisition of Shanghai Catic Industrial Co Ltd has been terminated after failing to secure relevant regulatory approval…

No kickbacks in Scorpene Submarine Deal, Says Indian Government

Oct 19, 2015

No kickbacks were paid in connection with the purchase of Scorpene submarines for the Indian Navy in 2005 from French company Thales the government has told the Delhi High Court, reports PTI. Indian government was responding to a PIL, filed…

Lanka to Allow Chinese Subs Visit

Oct 19, 2015

Sri Lanka will allow future submarine visits by China provided they are not too frequent, and will keep the neighboring India informed of the visits, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. In future, Sri Lanka will set out definite criteria for calls by foreign naval ships…

Wessels Goes LNG

Oct 19, 2015

German Government-backed project could mark the start of a series of vessel conversions.  Wessels Reederei has received a government grant to convert one of its container ships to liquefied natural gas (LNG). The company said it has received…

A Tanker Statistic You May Not Know?

Oct 19, 2015

‘VWGate’ has raised a flag for managers and technicians in the transport business. ‘Efficiency’ used to be left to the market, but the intrepid twins, consumer health and climate change, have changed all that, says a report from Clarkson Research Services…

American Maritime Safety Award for Crowley

Oct 18, 2015

Crowley Maritime Corporation was recognized today with a 2015 AMS Safety Award by American Maritime Safety, Inc. (AMS) for the company’s implementation of a drug and alcohol awareness program for crewmembers that perform safety-sensitive functions on vessels calling U…

Exercise Malabar 2015 Launched

Oct 18, 2015

Naval forces and liaisons from India, Japan and United States begin Exercise Malabar 2015, Oct. 16, through air defense collaboration.The featured cooperation consists of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Carrier Airwing (CVW) 1…

Obama, Park say North Korea must show it is serious

Oct 17, 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday the door remained open to negotiations with North Korea that could bring relief from sanctions, but Pyongyang needed to show it was serious about abandoning its nuclear weapons program…

SSI CEO to Present at KORMARINE

Oct 16, 2015

SSI CEO Darren Larkins continues to consult with shipbuilders around the globe on how to leverage 3D Product Data Models using Autodesk technology. His next presentation on 3D Product Data Models will be October 22 at the shipbuilding and offshore show KORMARINE in Busan…

Maritime Labor Alliance Holds Leadership Summit

Oct 16, 2015

The presidents and other elected officials of the constituent unions comprising the Maritime Labor Alliance (MLA) met Wednesday for their semiannual meeting in Washington D.C. to review the state of maritime labor in the U.S. and to establish priorities for the upcoming year…

TOTE: World's First LNG-Powered Containership Delivered

Oct 16, 2015

General Dynamics NASSCO and TOTE announce the delivery of Isla Bella, the world’s first LNG-powered containershipThe culmination of a historic journey in U.S. shipbuilding history ended today with the announcment that General Dynamics NASSCO delivered  Isla Bella…

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