Panama and Cuba, both in the midst of growth and international expansion, are examples of two different economic models that are helping to attract foreign companies through government initiatives providing investor security. Seeking to…
Carnival Corporation & plc, DNV GL, ENGIE, ENN, GE, GTT, Lloyd’s Register, Mitsubishi Corporation, NYK Line, Port of Rotterdam, Qatargas, Shell, TOTE Inc. and Wärtsilä are among firms that are part of a new cross-industry initiative called SEA\LNG…
Hapag-Lloyd remains the market leader among liner shipping companies in Canada. In the past year, the shipping company saw its market share increase to over 18%. Hapag-Lloyd is the largest liner shipping company in terms of throughput…
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Matthew Lake assumed command of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard on July 1, 2016. He is the 42nd Commanding Officer in the 117-year history of the yard, the only shipbuilding and major ship repair facility of the U.S. Coast Guard…
When she left her home in the remote Faroe Islands and took a temporary job as a stewardess on a cargo ship, Inger Klein Thorhauge wanted most to become a wife and mother. But life at sea held such an attraction that she worked her way up through…
Navico Holding AS (Navico) is to be Acquired by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Altor Fund IV Navico – a provider of marine electronics and parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G and GoFree brands – announced that Goldman…
Genscape is expanding its AIS and maritime data services collaboration with exactEarth (TSX: XCT). For more than three years, the two companies have had a collaboration combining their respective industry-leading capabilities in satellite…
Recognized for a third time in a row, Al Sharqi Shippping is awarded yet another year as a top customer for CMA CGM Logistics service provider Al Sharqi Shipping informs it has been recognized yet again as one of container shipper CMA CGM’s top customers for 2015…
With the strong commitment to provide seamless services to the customers as India’s prime facilitator of international trade, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), in the last one year, has focussed on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ says a report in the Hindu…
Paragon Shipping Inc is at cyclical lows, as the entire drybulk shipping sector has suffered and, along with the container and LNG sectors. Michael Bodouroglou, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Shipping Inc. has…
INTERSCHALT maritime systems GmbH, a provider of maritime software for cargo operations and fleet management, NavCom services and manufacturer of VDR systems, announced a change in the company’s executive management today. This follows Cargotec…
Zachary Thomas has joined the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to lead the Operations Service Center (OSC), and Bob Meyer has been promoted to lead port operations and manage safety. In his new position, Thomas leads efforts to partner…
Physical supplier and trader of marine fuel oil the Bomin Group is launching a physical operation in Port Louis, Mauritius, effective from July 12, 2016. Bomin (Mauritius) Ltd. will utilize the 2008-build, double-hulled bunker barge MT Hakkasan to provide customers with products…
A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. has announced that as of May 16, 2016, Claire-Celine Ancher Bausager was employed as Bunker Trader at the office in Copenhagen. Claire-Celine has been working with sales and marketing since 2009, and has joined the…
The Swedish Club launched its latest publication, Claims at a Glance, which provides an insight into the full range of claims the Club has handled over the last five years, and is intended as a tool to reduce the frequency of incidents for both P&I and H&M claims…