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CMA CGM to Upgrade its PEX 3 Service

Feb 27, 2016

CMA CGM introduced its new PEX 3 service rotation linking US Gulf Coast and US East Coast (South Atlantic) to Asia, Africa and Mediterranean. Effective March 9th, 2016 in Houston with m/v CMA CGM CHATEAU D’IF voy. 062PGW, the new rotation…

CMA CGM Modifies its Midas and Swahili Services

Feb 26, 2016

CMA CGM has announced the strengthening of its current MIDAS service by cooperating with PIL under a new Vessel Sharing Agreement. A fleet of 11 vessels of 3,500 TEU nominal capacity will be deployed, and CMA CGM will contribute to the majority with 9 vessels…

Kongsberg Appoints New Managing Director

Feb 24, 2016

Leif Kristian Weum has been appointed to the position of Managing Director of the Kongsberg Maritime Sales and Service office in Athens, Greece. Kongsberg Maritime Hellas SA is a key Sales & Customer Support office established to serve the significant number of Greek shipping companies…

Boaterz N’ Bikerz Hull of a Tour 3 is West Bound

Feb 24, 2016

After two previous successful motorcycling and boating events in 2013 and 2015, organizers of the Boaterz N’ Bikerz of America Hull of a Tour are back this summer for “Pacific Coast Rush,” a nine-day escorted motorcycle ride from Seattle to San Francisco…

China, Iran key Drivers for New Suez Canal

Feb 23, 2016

The new deeper Suez Canal will be a beneficiary of the ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative taken by China’s  leader Xi Jinping, especially when it comes to the opening up of the Iranian market following the lifting of international sanctions and the moving into importance of the Indian refinery markets…

Suez Canal to Feel Pinch of Slow Down

Feb 22, 2016

The traffic developments through the Suez Canal showed the change in each type of transient and cargo ships, which gives an indication of the future of traffic in the canal, according to analysis conducted by Daily News Egypt. According to data…

El Faro Captain's Pleas for Help Played at Hearing

Feb 21, 2016

The captain of the doomed El Faro warned that the 'clock was ticking' as his cargo ship took on water in an Atlantic hurricane that would eventually sink the vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard panel heard on Saturday.Captain Michael Davidson pleaded for help as his ship…

CMMI's First Life Time Award for Inderjit Singh

Feb 21, 2016

The country's largest community of Mariners who had congregated for their Annual Meet yesterday under the banner of the Company of Master Mariners' of India (CMMI) extended their greatest honor to one of the founders, the 92-year old Capt Inderjit Singh…

BigOceanData Rolls out Gen-Next Vessel Tracking System

Feb 21, 2016

A new name has joined the vessel tracking sector with a product that promises to set new standards in functionality and user-friendliness.  BigOceanData is the new brand from Globavista, the professional vessel tracking and monitoring provider…

Shippers Avoid Panama and Suez Canals Due to Charges

Feb 19, 2016

Container lines are adopting alternative routes to the Panama and Suez Canals to avoid charges say the Copenhagen-based SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. SeaIntel state that since October 2015 115 vessels deployed on Asia-USEC and Asia-north…

Arctic Shipping Routes May Open by 2080 -NOC

Feb 17, 2016

Commercial summer shipping across the North Pole may be possible by the end of the century, with the first potential crossings feasible for ice-strengthened ships around 2040.  According to this study, by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)…

Megaship Benjamin Franklin to Call at Seattle and Long Beach

Feb 17, 2016

In a history-making run, the largest container ship  CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin will arrive in Seattle Monday, Feb. 29 after visits in Long Beach and Oakland, California. It will visit Long Beach Thursday bringing goods from China. Although the event is not public…

UK P&I: Communication, Team Work Vital During Pilot Operations

Feb 16, 2016

A joint study by UK P&I Club and Solis Marine Consultants found ‘human error’ and the breakdown of communications on the bridge is a major contributing factor in claims. Stuart Edmonston, Loss Prevention Director at UK P&I Club, and Captain John Simpson…

LR, ABS Join Forces to Deliver New Generation CSR software

Feb 16, 2016

Common Structural Rules Software LLC, (CSRS) a joint venture company formed by Lloyd's Register (LR) and ABS, has released new software tools for meeting the requirements of the IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR), which entered into force on 1 July 2015…

Indonesian Center Installs Kongsberg Simulators

Feb 16, 2016

Kongsberg Maritime has completed the delivery and installation of a suite of new bridge simulators for Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation. The new simulators at the Ministry of Transportation’s Maritime Training Centre, located at its headquarters in Jakarta…

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