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United Heavy Lift Gears up for the Asian Boom

Aug 30, 2015

Set to expand its footprint in the South Asian market, Hamburg-based United Heavy Lift (UHL) appointed strategically placed Lexicon Overseas Pvt Ltd. as its General Agents in India, to help ramp up operations from Mumbai. With two vessels…

World’s Quickest Trip Through Northern Sea Route

Aug 30, 2015

Chinese sailor Guo Chuan intends to make it world’s quickest Northern Sea Route trip from Murmansk to the Bering Strait in 14 days without engine power.His trimaran “Qingdao China' is docked in Jarfjord outside Kirkenes, Norway, as the last preparations for the Arctic voyage are handled…

Dutch Green Ports to be Model for Turkey

Aug 28, 2015

Netherlands will be a model for Turkey’s ports within an environmentally-friendly Green Port implementation, says Daily News. Port of Amsterdam and Dutch officials said that they were ready to boost ties with Turkey suring their visit to Istanbul…

Bollore Bags Contract for Kribi Container Port

Aug 28, 2015

France's Bollore-led consortium has been awarded the contract to develop and operate a container terminal in Cameroon's deep-water port of Kribi, says a report in Reuters. Bollore's consortium included France's CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container shipper…

Maersk Group Optimistic on $4Bln Profit Target

Aug 28, 2015

AP Moeller Maersk Group has continued to fix its eyes on its forecast of a $4 billion profit for 2015, despite the challenges it is facing in its operating environment, according to Thisday Live. The group said in a statement that from its records…

CFSAI Shifts to New Office in New Mumbai

Aug 28, 2015

Container Freight Station Association of India (CFSAI) has set up a full-fledged Secretariat and moved to its new office at “Anchorage Building” in Dronagiri  Node on 26th August 2015. Mr. Sanjeev Behari, IRS,  Chief Commissioner of Customs…

Port of Long Beach Names HR Director

Aug 27, 2015

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday selected veteran human resources executive Louis Gutierrez as the port’s Managing Director of Human Resources and Team Development. In the newly created executive role, Gutierrez, an attorney and former Fortune 500 company executive…

Standards Tighten for Supplying Seafarer Food in Mombasa

Aug 27, 2015

Accreditation to international quality standards in the supply of food and drink to ships is becoming essential to do business, says Mohammed Muses, Managing Director of All Supply Mombasa Shipchandlers, based in Mombasa, Kenya.The move…

RoRo Operations Start at APM Terminals Pipavav

Aug 27, 2015

APM Terminals Pipavav (Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd) and NYK Auto Logistics (India) today announced the commencement of RORO operations at Pipavav Port. Ford Motors India Pvt Ltd dispatched the first lot of its new Ford FIGO built in its Sanand plant in Gujarat for exports…

Hapag-Lloyd Swings to Profit in H1 2015

Aug 27, 2015

German container carrier Hapag-Lloyd is starting to see the commercial benefits of its integration with the container shipping arm of Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV), which is now expected to deliver larger synergies than initially anticipated…

Cosco Pacific Profits up 12%

Aug 27, 2015

Major terminal operator Cosco Pacific has reported a 12% on-year increase in net profits for the first half of this year to nearly $164.4m on good cost control and optimisation of management efficiency. However the revenue of the port and…

CNOOC Profits Nosedives, Eyes South China Sea

Aug 27, 2015

Cnooc Ltd., China’s biggest offshore oil and gas explorer, posted a 56 percent decline in profit for the first half of this year. Net income dropped to 14.73 billion yuan ($2.3 billion), or 0.33 yuan a share, from 33.59 billion yuan, or 0…

HPA Clarifies Stand on Industrial Dispute, Communications to Staff

Aug 26, 2015

Hutchison Ports Australia (HPA) says it remains committed to negotiating a resolution to the current industrial dispute with workers in Brisbane and Sydney.HPA also wishes to clarify some of the reporting to date, including the financial…

Qatar Onslaught of LNG Supply to Shake-up the Market

Aug 26, 2015

Gas giant  Qatar is the world’s top supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), but in the coming five years it could be surpassed by Australia, a shift which could weigh on its dominance in Asia, reports Reuters. Asia accounts for almost…

Anglo-Eastern and Univan Set Sail Together: Largest Ever Ship Management Merger

Aug 26, 2015

There has been a great deal of merger activity in the shipping industry over the past few years, especially amongst owners, but, Anglo-Eastern Group and Univan Group have reached an agreement, with the culmination of the largest ever merger of independent…

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