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SMM Hamburg Opens the Door for Iran

Feb 01, 2016

For the first time after the end of the trade sanctions, Iran will be represented by a national pavilion at international maritime trade fair SMM Hamburg. “An industry fair is a great platform for building new relationships and getting to know each other…

More than 100 Graduate from SUNY Maritime

Feb 01, 2016

More than 100 students crossed the stage to receive their degrees at State University of New York Maritime College Jan. 29.  Graduates represent 15 fields of study, a quarter of them at the graduate level. More than 60 of them will also graduate with U…

STCW 2010 - Employers Need to be Ready, Says ICS

Feb 01, 2016

The transitional period for the 2010 amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 2010) comes to an end on 1 January 2017.  To prevent last minute certification ‘logjams’…

Shipping Lawyer, Lovell Joins Reed Smith

Feb 01, 2016

Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the arrival of market-leading admiralty and casualty response lawyer, Richard Lovell, as a partner in the firm’s Singapore office. Richard joins Reed Smith from Ince & Co, where he was head of shipping and managing partner of the firm’s Singapore office…

Maybulk Issues Profit Warning

Feb 01, 2016

Malaysian Bulk Carriers Bhd (Maybulk) is forecasting significant losses for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the financial year ended December 31, 2015 amid depressed market condition. Maybulk, which operates the country’s largest fleet of dry bulk vessels used for international shipping…

Ecochlor Selects Drew Marine for Global Resupply and Service Support

Jan 31, 2016

Ecochlor signed an agreement with Drew Marine to assist them in providing logistics support for the resupply of their BWTS precursor chemicals at selected ports and harbors globally. In addition, Drew Marine will provide chemical storage at designated ports…

Cutlass Express 2016 Commences

Jan 31, 2016

Maritime forces from Eastern Africa, Western Indian Ocean island nations, Europe and the United States, as well as several international organizations began the fifth iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express, Jan. 30…

Williams wins World Match Racing Title

Jan 31, 2016

Williams and GAC Pindar claim record sixth World Match Racing Tour title after Monsoon Cup victoryJohor, Malaysia – GAC Pindar skipper Ian Williams has today entered the record books as the first to win sailing’s World Match Racing Tour title six times…

Yangtze to Ship Direct Containers

Jan 30, 2016

Taicang Container Lines Co. Ltd has rolled out the  first direct container shipping line linking China's Yangtze River basin and Southeast Asia, reports Xinhua. The container ship departs once a week from and arrives at Taicang Port in east China's Jiangsu Province…

Chinpo Shipping Fined Over North Korea Gunrunning Case

Jan 30, 2016

Chinpo Shipping Company was fined a total of $180,000 on Friday (Jan 29) for transferring funds that could reasonably have been used to contribute to North Korea's nuclear programme and for running a remittance business without a valid licence…

LSC Shipmanagement Receives 3 New Ships

Jan 30, 2016

In the first half of this year, JSC “Latvijas kugnieciba” subsidiary “LSC Shipmanagement” Ltd (LSCSM) will add three newly built oil and chemical tankers under technical management.  The first of the three ships was delivered on January 11 – the 183 meters long tanker “Elandra Spruce”…

Hong Kong - Macau Yacht Races

Jan 29, 2016

Yacht races between Hong Kong and Macau will take place on 6 February 2016 (Saturday) and 8 February 2016 (Monday). About 25 sailing boats are expected to participate in the races.The outbound trip from Hong Kong to Macau will start at 1000…

Slashed Charter Rate for Diana's m/v Houston

Jan 29, 2016

Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva…

InterManager Condemns Mangouras Prison Sentence

Jan 29, 2016

InterManager has described as ‘abhorrent’, the decision by Spain’s Supreme Court to sentence the Master of the Prestige oil tanker, which sank off Spain's northwest coast in 2002, to two years in prison and has called on the shipping industry…

New York Area Ports Shut Down after Dock Workers Walk Out

Jan 29, 2016

New York and New Jersey's cargo terminals shut down on Friday after more than a thousand longshoremen walked off the job, shuttering one of the country's busiest port networks. The employees stopped working around 11 a.m. (1600 GMT). It was not immediately clear what had prompted the walkout…

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