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Baker Technology Buys Stake in CH Offshore

Jul 28, 2018

Oil and gas equipment supplier Baker Technology on Thursday made a mandatory unconditional cash offer for all the shares in CH Offshore, a vessel chartering firm.'BT Investment (BTI), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary Baker Technology, has announced…

GTT Revenue Grows Thanks to Strong LNG Market

Jul 27, 2018

French liquefied natural gas containment system specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), on the back of liquefied natural gas (LNG) market growth, reported 12% growth in revenues linked to royalties  for the first half of 2018.Growth in LNG…

Quadrise Fuels Signs MoU with Freepoint Commodities

Jul 27, 2018

Fuel oil technology firm Quadrise Fuels International said it had signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with commodities trader Freepoint Commodities to provide commercial opportunities for its MSAR fuel technology product.The Synthetic…

Evergas Rolls-out Largest Ethane Carrier in the World

Jul 27, 2018

Evergas announced that the first 85.000cbm very large ethane carrier (VLEC) was successfully undocked in China and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2019.Following the successful undocking of the first VLEC, the steel cutting of the…

OOCL: Total Volumes Up by 4.6%

Jul 27, 2018

For the second quarter ended 30th June 2018, total volumes were 4.6% up from the same period last year said Orient Overseas (International) Limited. Total revenues increased by 4.0% to US Dollars 1,462.4 million.Loadable capacity increased by 4…

Diana Containerships Slips Into the Red

Jul 27, 2018

Diana Containerships reported a net loss of $42.3 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared to net income of $36.5 million for the same period of 2017.  The loss for the second quarter of 2018 includes $15.6 million of impairment charges of one vessel and $19…

ZF Appoints New Board Members

Jul 27, 2018

ZF Friedrichshafen AG's Supervisory Board has appointed Sabine Jaskula and Dr. Holger Klein to the company's Board of Management.Jaskula, an experienced HR manager and lawyer, will be responsible for Corporate HR and Legal functions from latest January 1…

Port of Rotterdam Throughput Drops 2.2% in 1H 2018

Jul 26, 2018

The port of Rotterdam achieved throughput of 232.8 million tonnes in the first six months of 2018. That is 2.2% less than in the first six months of 2017.Container throughput, one of the strategic priorities of the Port Authority, rose by 5…

Scorpio Bulkers Gets New Loan Facility

Jul 26, 2018

Monaco-based international shipping company Scorpio Bulkers announced that it has received a commitment from ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale for a loan facility of up to USD 60 million.The loan facility will be used…

Liberia Becomes Fastest Growing Flag in Shipping

Jul 26, 2018

Liberia is the fastest growing major open registry in 2018 in both the shipping and offshore sectors, according to shipping services provider Clarksons in its Clarksons World Fleet Monitor June 2018.Alfonso Castillero, CCO of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR)…

Women in Shipping: 21st Century Workforce

Jul 26, 2018

In an industry facing significant skill shortages many organizations are ready to take a fresh approach to recruiting and retaining women in the shipping workplace. According to Lee Clarke, Regional Director – Northern Hemisphere at Dynama,…

Gibdock Secures New ISO Certification

Jul 26, 2018

Gibdock has underlined its commitment to Occupational Health & Safety by becoming the first shipyard in the Mediterranean region, and one of the first companies worldwide, to achieve ISO 45001:2018 certification.An audit by LRQA completed on…

KVH Videotel Launches Task-based Competency Assessments

Jul 26, 2018

KVH Videotel has announced a new feature of its Videotel Performance Manager service that provides the ability to structure task-based competency assessments for seafarers on any given subject and monitor progress as they develop their skills…

Great Lakes-Seaway Shipping Boosted in June

Jul 26, 2018

United States grain exports via the St. Lawrence Seaway are up 32.1 percent this season compared to 2017. Construction materials were also heavily influential in the latest results with a nearly 38 percent increase in asphalt from the same time last year…

MV Priscilla Successfully Re-floated

Jul 25, 2018

The cargo ship MV Priscilla was successfully re-floated, said Her Majesty's Coastguard (HM Coastguard), a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in UK.Following an initial assessment it was agreed she was in safe condition to be towed to Scapa Flow…

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