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Single Window Reporting for All German Ports

May 13, 2015

Effective from 27 May 2015, German Authorities will implement the reporting requirements for vessels according to EC-directive 2010/65/EU (national single window reporting formalities).This directive is designed to achieve harmonization…

TSB to Investigate : MOL Precision Strikes Berth

May 12, 2015

Richmond, British Columbia, 11 May 2015 — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to Port Metro Vancouver, in British Columbia, where the container vessel MOL Precision struck the berth. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence…

CMA CGM in Cuba Deal

May 12, 2015

CMA CGM Group will work with Cuban company Almacenes Universales SA to run a logistics complex serving the Port of Mariel, giving a boost to the island’s effort to make itself a transshipment hub. CMA CGM, the world’s No. 3 container ship operator by capacity…

DryShips Loss $59.2mln in Q1

May 12, 2015

The Athens, Greece-based DryShips Inc. (DRYS) has reported a loss of $59.2 million in its first quarter. DryShips is an owner of dry bulk carriers and tankers that operate worldwide. The company said it had a loss of 9 cents on a per-share basis…

AAL and Peter Döhle Team Up

May 12, 2015

A Singapore-based breakbulk, project cargo and heavy lift carrier AAL (formerly Austral Asia Line) and German multipurpose shipping operator Peter Döhle have announced the launch of a new global cooperation. From June onwards, the pair will offer joint tramp and project services…

Havila Extends Niche Deal with Maersk

May 12, 2015

Havila Shipping ASA has seen Maersk Oil & Gas (MOG) extend an option for a vessel, allowing the company to avoid the weak North Sea spot market for 12 more months. Maersk Oil and Gas Company declared the first of three one year options for the Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) Havila Fortune…

Troy Container Line VP to Retire

May 11, 2015

Walter Gimbert, vice president of Troy Container Line, will retire from the company as of May 14, 2015, after more than 20 years of service, the company announced today. “An inspiration to the entire team, Walter’s imprint on the company will continue to influence the company for years to come…

Cummins: New Environmental Sustainability Goals

May 11, 2015

Cummins Inc. announced two new environmental sustainability goals for its products in-use and the logistics of the company's managed freight. These new goals are part of a broader effort for Cummins to reduce its environmental footprint…

Seminar Highlights Freight Liability in Russia

May 11, 2015

International freight insurer TT Club convened a special seminar at the recent conference on transport and logistics, Trans Russia in Moscow.  Lead by TT Club’s General Manager, EMEA, Kevin King and Kirill Berezov from the insurer’s long-established Russian network partner Panditrans…

Hiltwein Joins Rand Logistics as VP, CFO

May 11, 2015

Rand Logistics, Inc. has welcomed Mark Hiltwein as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Rand's President and Chief Executive Officer, Edward Levy.In this role,  Hiltwein will be responsible for all aspects of the company's financial management…

Suezmax Tanker Market Improves

May 11, 2015

Suezmax tanker owners are among the “happiest” ones when it comes to the performance of their vessels during 2014, as well as throughout this year as well says the latest weekly report from the London-based shipbroker Gibson. For most of last year the Suezmax market outperformed VLCCs…

Floating Storage Picks Up

May 11, 2015

Surprisingly, it seems that the use of VLCCs for floating storage has increased in recent weeks, says a report by Poten & Partners  Information about the ships reveals that about every third vessel on charter contract earlier this year is now being used for floating storage…

SSGC Shortlists Akbar Associates for Second LNG Terminal

May 10, 2015

Akbar Associates has won the bid for constructing the second liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pakistan by offering the lowest tariff of 49.87 cent per million British Thermal Unit (mmbtu) for the LNG terminal. The board of Sui Southern…

Evergreen Launches New Shipping Route in SE Asia

May 10, 2015

Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp. is launching a new service soon to Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia in a bid to tap into the booming economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Starting today (May 10), two 1,164 twenty…

Nor Lines Launches Cuxhaven RoRo Link

May 10, 2015

The Norwegian shipping company Nor Lines has started a direct weekly RoRo connection between German Port of Cuxhaven and Norway. The first departure of the liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered 5,000 dwt short sea cargo vessel MS Kvitbjørn was on May 7…

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