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Cargomatic Hires Whiteley as COO

Jun 11, 2015

Cargomatic announced that technology executive Sean Whiteley has joined the company as chief operating officer. Whiteley will be charged with overseeing operations, sales and marketing efforts for Cargomatic as it continues its mission to transform local trucking through its mobile technology…

‘Few Incidents in Terminals are Unpreventable’

Jun 11, 2015

Speaking at the Trans Middle East Conference in Doha, Qatar last month, Julien Horn, TT Club’s Middle East Regional Executive and Director of TTMS (Gulf), the Network Partner based in Dubai, lay particular emphasis on the role human error plays…

Top US Shipping Execs to Receive USS Awards

Jun 11, 2015

Anthony Chiarello, Matthew J. Cox and James C. McKenna named 2015 USS Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award recipients The United Seamen's Service (USS) 2015 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) will be presented to Anthony Chiarello, President and CEO of TOTE…

MSC to Optimise Capacity on Asia-Europe Network

Jun 11, 2015

MSC  has announced plans to optimise all of its Asia-Europe services. The changes, which will be implemented progressively over the coming months will include: port combinations, vessel rotations and capacity deployment.Since the launch of the new Asia – Europe network in January 2015…

Singapore Tops as Leading Maritime Capital

Jun 11, 2015

Norwegian consulting firm Menon has named Singapore as the world's leading maritime city, according to a Menon Business Economics Group survey. Singapore ranks first based on its business friendly policies, and strategic location on the trade route between Europe and Asia…

China to be the Top Shipping Nation by 2030

Jun 11, 2015

China’s total international shipping volume will reach 6.2bn tons, which will account for 17% of the world’s shipping volume, says 2030 China Shipping Development Outlook report published by the Shanghai International Shipping Institute. Container…

Maritime Services Become More Globalized

Jun 11, 2015

Shipping is the premise for international trade and has always been an international industry. A central driver for the global shift has been the operational and technological development of the shipping industry, which has lowered transportation costs dramatically…

Honeywell Global's Satellite Terminals for Asset Tracking

Jun 10, 2015

Honeywell unveils the TAM-442 satellite terminal for asset tracking and monitoring. This battery-powered terminal from Honeywell Global Tracking, a division of Honeywell Scanning and Mobility, is rugged, versatile and ideally suited for tracking a wide range of mobile and fixed assets…

Busy Season for Seaway

Jun 10, 2015

Grain shipments through the St. Lawrence Seaway are up 7 per cent this season, continuing the pace set last year when ships carried the largest volume of grain through the navigation system in 14 years.According to The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation…

Panama Canal’s Third Set of Locks Set for Water Trial

Jun 10, 2015

Water will start rushing into the newly expanded Panama Canal on Thursday (local time) in one area that was widened, ahead of the waterway's April 2016 re-inauguration. The area around the new Agua Fria locks in Gatun, on the Atlantic coast…

China Shipping Charters Diana Panamax

Jun 08, 2015

Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Hong Kong - based China Shipping Bulk Carrier, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Calipso.  The 'Calipso' is a 73,691 dwt Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2005. The gross charter rate is US$6…

King Abdullah Port Bullish on Prospects

Jun 08, 2015

King Abdullah Port (KAP) in Rabigh aims at being part of the overall development of the Saudi economy, which is the largest economy in the region and among the top 20 in the world, said Abdullah Hameedaddin, managing director of Ports Development Company (PDC)…

Terminal Operator HHLA Prepares for Big Vessels

Jun 08, 2015

Port of Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logisitik AG (HHLA) is making further preparations for the latest generation of mega-ships.  It has ordered two new container gantry cranes for its Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT)…

Maersk Mulls African Expansion

Jun 08, 2015

AP. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest shipping container line Maersk Line is to drive to secure contracts to build and upgrade ports in Nigeria and Kenya, according to Bloomberg. Maersk is awaiting a final sign-off on a contract…

Hamburg to Roll out Third Cruise Ship Terminal

Jun 08, 2015

To meet the cruise industry’s growing demand, Hamburg will open its third cruise terminal in Steinwerder, a former island separated by the Elbe River from downtown Hamburg, according to the port authority. Hamburg is Germany’s leading port for luxury cruise ships…

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