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Changes on BHP Billiton Board

Aug 14, 2015

BHP Billiton Chairman, Jac Nasser, today announced a number of changes to the BHP Billiton Board of Directors.Anita Frew has been appointed to the BHP Billiton Board as an independent Non-executive Director, effective as of 15 September 2015…

Maersk Drilling Navigates Low Market Visibility

Aug 14, 2015

Maersk Drilling delivered a profit of USD 218m (USD 117m) in the second quarter of 2015. The result was positively impacted by continued strong operational performance, fleet growth, general cost savings and a USD 29m payment related to the divestment of the Venezuelan activities in 2014…

Allcargo Acquires 2 Vessels for Coastal Operations

Aug 14, 2015

Allcargo Logistics has announced the acquisition of two additional vessels aggregating 24000 DWT. for its coastal shipping business. Post this acquisition Allcargo now owns a total of five cargo vessels making it one of the largest players in the logistics industry…

APSEZ, NCML Ink Management & Services Deal

Aug 14, 2015

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and a part of Adani Group, a global integrated player, entered into a strategic partnership with National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML), a major Agri-infrastructure player…

Otto Marine 2Q Losses Lower

Aug 14, 2015

• Marked improvement in performance as losses after tax for 2Q2015 reduced to US$2.5 million from US$13.3 million in 1Q2015.• Group secured new chartering contracts worth a total of US$132.2 million in 2Q2015 and that brought total order book to US$307…

Buyers Reach Agreement on Imtech Takeover

Aug 13, 2015

Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital announced they have agreed to buy Imtech Marine, the marine division of Dutch engineering services company Royal Imtech who has been declared bankrupt. No monetary figures have been shared. The final details of the takeover are yet to be worked out…

Imtech Bankrupt, Parts Sold to Investors

Aug 13, 2015

Dutch engineering services company Royal Imtech has been declared bankrupt and its Marine and Nordic divisions are being sold to private investors, the company and its administrators said on Thursday. Imtech, which employs 22,000 people…

Alphatron Marine Appoints Regional Manager

Aug 13, 2015

Alphatron Marine announced it has appointed Erik van Boom as country manager for the Euro border region Scheldemonden. With recent changes in Belgium, where Alphatron Marine has taken over the sales and service activities of maritime navigation and communication equipment of Astron NV…

Eddings Fills Offshore, DP Role at Braemar Engineering

Aug 13, 2015

In announcing plans to restructure its offshore and dynamic positioning (DP) operations in the U.K. and U.S., maritime engineering consultancy Braemar Engineering informs it has appointed Kyle Eddings to a new role within the company. Eddings…

Ship of the Future: Container Feeder

Aug 13, 2015

More Cargo, Less Fuel, Greater Flexibility are Design HallmarksDeltamarin debuted a design that it dubs the first state-of-the-art container vessel of its series, the A.Delta2300. With extensive R&D the maritime design house delivers what…

APM Terminals Enters Colombia

Aug 13, 2015

APM Terminals and Colombian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) have signed a joint venture agreement to jointly manage and operate Compas S.A.’s existing multipurpose Cartagena Terminal…

Kalmar Bags Colombia's SPRBun Order

Aug 13, 2015

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A. (SPRBun) as they gear up for growth at their operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S…

CFO Slettebø Quits Noreco

Aug 13, 2015

Odd Arne Slettebø, CFO of Noreco since November 2014, has handed in his resignation and his employment will cease on 31 October.Since Mr. Slettebø joined Noreco in 2012 he has played a central role within accounting, compliance and the restructuring processes during the past years…

Washington State Ferries Adds Extra Trips

Aug 13, 2015

Friday’s preseason game against the Denver Broncos marks the start of football fans’ ferry travel season. To manage the influx of people, Washington State Ferries will provide additional ferry sailings leaving Bremerton at 10:15 p.m. and leaving Seattle at 11:30 p…

Energy Outlook Lowers Crude Price Forecast

Aug 13, 2015

The Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) released on August 11 forecasts that North Sea Brent crude oil prices will average $54 per barrel (b) in 2015 and $59/b in 2016, which is $6/b and $8/b lower than projected in last month’s STEO, respectively (Figure 1)…

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