Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has announced another key hire to its African regional management team as the company gears up for ambitious growth across the region in 2015.Joining ISS on 1st January, Riaan Blom takes up the position of Vice President Sales…
Bergen-based Gearbulk said the Bulk Jupiter en route from Malaysia to China has sunk off Vietnam with only one man known to have survived.A Norwegian cargo vessel has sunk off Vietnam. Bergen-based Gearbulk says only one of the 19 Filipino crew members was known to have survived…
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is delivering four of its latest generation Gloria reachstackers to International Container Terminal Services Inc Group (ICTSI). The 45 tonne capacity units are the first operational in the Asia-Pacific territory…
Magnolia LNG LLC (MLNG), wholly owned subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited executed a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR, Inc. (KBR) to undertake cost verification and provide other services supporting MLNG project delivery…
The head of the Senate energy committee plans to introduce a bill next week to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, though the full chamber faces a battle in obtaining needed votes to overcome any veto by President Barack Obama…
In a continued effort to provide quality services, CMA CGM group hereby informs of a Rate Restoration Program:Effective February 5th, 2015:From India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka ports to North Europe, Med Sea, Scandinavia, Baltic, Black Sea…
GAC Norway AS has been added to the 2014 Gaselle List, a nationally-recognised catalogue of Norwegian businesses that have proven sound finances and sustained growth over a number of years.Introduced by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv,…
Rosneft has entered into definitive documentation to acquire 49% stake in Petrocas Energy International Limited (“Petrocas”), creating the joint venture (“JV”) for its activities in the South Caucasus region.The deal represents an important…
Gazprom entered into agreements today with Eni, Wintershall and EDF on purchasing 50 per cent of total shares in South Stream Transport from them.The deals with the minority shareholders of South Stream Transport were previously agreed on by the Gazprom Board of Directors.
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Li Hui, Chinese Ambassador to Russia.The parties addressed the issues of further bilateral cooperation.…
The port of Antwerp is expected to handle a total of 198.8 million tonnes of freight by the end of this year. That’s an increase of 4.2% in comparison with 2013 and a new record for the port. The previous record dates from 2013, when the freight volume came to 190…
Brushing aside calls for federal mediation in prolonged contact talks with employers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports, the union for 20,000 dockworkers urged shipping executives on management's board of directors to take a more active part in negotiations…
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, inaugurated today a new office building of Gazprom Export in St. Petersburg.Taking part in the ceremony were Mikhail Mokretsov, Vice-Governor of the city of St. Petersburg, Alexander Medvedev…
Justin Archard. Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Oceania at SAL Heavy Lift Singapore Pte Ltd sees a turnaround in the Heavy lift and Over Dimensional Cargo tranport segment. As one of the world’s leading carriers specialised in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo…
The Temporary Empty Container Depot on Pier S at the Port of Long Beach is now open. The depot was approved by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in November to free up truck-trailer chassis and ease congestion on the docks at the second busiest seaport in North America…