Multimodal network operator Samskip and inland waterway transport provider Pro-Log are celebrating the 10th anniversary of barge operations connecting Rotterdam and Duisburg by adding a second vessel, increasing service frequency to six times weekly…
The Chamber of Marine Commerce this weekend joins the nation in honoring America’s maritime heritage and the men and women who serve as merchant mariners with a Top 10 list of reasons to celebrate Great Lakes-Seaway shipping.“National Maritime…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has demonstrated its continued commitment to compliance with the appointment of Karen Moore as Global Compliance Officer. Karen joins from financial markets and technology company, NASDAQ, where she was Associate General Counsel…
Scandlines focused the business on the Germany-Denmark routes and made significant investments in future-proofing the group’s ferry operations as well as catering and retail activities in 2015. Efforts to promote the Rostock-Gedser route paid…
Greece-based DryShips Inc. (DRYS) reported first-quarter of 2016 net income of $55.4 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The company said it had profit of $2.05 per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains…
Shanghai's Zhonggu Shipping may buy 3,398-TEU Stadt Aachen, that was up for sale for US$7.1 million, say local media reports. Zhonggu Shipping earlier stated that it plans to acquire a handful of vessels this year, all of which will start operations between June and August…
U.S. Merchant Marine veterans, current seafarers and maritime industry stakeholders will gather Friday, May 20, 2016, to commemorate National Maritime Day in the Port of Duluth-Superior. The event is set for noon in the Horizon Room at the DECC Harbor Side Convention Center in Duluth…
Under the theme ‘Safe for you, Safe for me’, APM Terminals Inland Services, South Asia celebrated Global Safety Day on 28 th April with emphasis on raising awareness on the importance of risk management among employees, contractors and external stakeholders…
In order to get through the crisis of global shipping, Germany-based container line Hapag-Lloyd will ally with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC). HL is in talks to merge with UASC, representing the latest move in container shipping corporate consolidation…
Throughput at Cai Mep International Terminal, the APM Terminals facility in Vietnam’s Ba Ria‐Vung Tau province, southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, expanded by 130 percent in the first quarter as new service calls added in 2015 began to impact volumes…
Forty years ago, he developed today’s ubiquitous flip placard system for trucks that indicates the presence of dangerous goods (DG) and next week, at the age of 95, Labelmaster’s Abe Samuels will retire after a long and distinguished career…
Caribbean maritime leaders meet to discuss industry trends, challenges and opportunities Representatives from all aspects of the maritime shipping industry met in Cocoa Beach, Fla., May 16-18 for the Caribbean Shipping Associations’ (CSA) Shipping Executives Conference…
Eniram Limited, a provider of fuel-saving technology and data analytics to the shipping industry, has announced that it is expanding its European operations by opening a new office in Central London. 'Our new office is located in the heart…
The Port of Hueneme realized record economic growth with indirect, direct, induced and related jobs up 25 percent according to a new Economic Assessment prepared by Martin Associates, a firm specializing in economic analysis for the U.S. port industry…
Leading global ocean transport operator, serving the breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo industry AAL is set to strengthen its growing presence in the China region, with the appointment of specialist project and steel cargo freight forwarder Central Oceans…