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DP World to Offer Container Weighing Service

Feb 16, 2016

DP World’s British container terminals are to offer container weighing services for UK exporters to determine the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of each container ahead of new legislation coming into effect from the July 1, 2016. Both DP World…

Port Security goes High Tech in South Africa

Feb 15, 2016

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) introduced a new port security system valued at more than $53 million to safeguard customer cargo, port users, as well as Transnet’s own port assets, staff and contractors. Richard Vallihu, Chief Executive at TNPA…

India to Showcase 200 Projects in Maritime India Summit

Feb 15, 2016

The Ministry of Shipping, India  will showcase all its investable opportunities  to domestic and global investors in the first-ever Maritime India Summit (MIS) to be held in Mumbai from April 14-16, 2016. The 200 projects comprise 20 projects…

APM Terminals Mumbai Switches to Paperless transactions

Feb 15, 2016

APM Terminals Mumbai became the first Indian container terminal to go paperless by providing shipping lines electronically with the required Export Form 13 for export containers entering the terminal by truck. Building upon the success of the Export e-Form 13…

DP World Bolsters Investment in India

Feb 13, 2016

DP World Pvt. Ltd, the world’s fourth biggest container port operator majority owned by the Dubai government, has plans to invest over $1 billion in India for augmenting its port-related operations. The company is seeking to invest in expansion of brownfield terminals…

Owner Fined for 'Dangerously Unsafe' Vessel

Feb 12, 2016

The owner of a harbor tanker has been fined £3,000 with more than £7,000 costs after pleading guilty to a charge of operating a vessel for being dangerously unsafe. Joseph O’Connor was fined at the hearing in Southampton Magistrates Court…

Nautilus, Metro Move to New HQ in Long Beach

Feb 12, 2016

After more than 92 years of operating from various locations in Wilmington, Calif., Nautilus International Holding Corp., along with its subsidiaries Metro Ports, Metro Cruise Services, Metro Shore Services and Metro Risk Management, is moving…

Maersk Line to Face Miserable 2016

Feb 11, 2016

In a video interview Group CEO of AP Møller-Maersk Nils S. Andersen comments on the 2015 full year result, low oil and freight rates, and the challenges and opportunities for the Maersk Group in these difficult markets.  He has warned that…

Liberia to Receive Preferential Flag Status with Respect to Chinese Tonnage Dues

Feb 11, 2016

Pursuant to the Maritime Transport Agreement signed between the Republic of Liberia and the People’s Republic of China on 3 November 2015, Liberia will be added to the preferential list of countries when determining the tonnage dues for vessels…

Cluver, Martinez Join Port of Oakland Commission

Feb 10, 2016

Local labor leader Andreas Cluver and long-time community leader Arabella Martinez have been appointed to the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners. They join the Board February 11. Nominated by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the City Council appointed Cluver…

Bangladesh, Thailand Plans Direct Coastal Shipping

Feb 10, 2016

Bangladesh and Thailand are planning to launch direct coastal shipping, connecting the Chittagong Port in the Bay of Bengal with the Ranong Port in the East of the Andaman coast in south-western Thailand. Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand…

N.Korea Shipper Skirts UN Sanctions, Gets Port Access

Feb 09, 2016

A U.N.-blacklisted North Korean shipping company continues to evade sanctions through its use of foreign-flagged ships, name changes and other means of obfuscation, according to a new report by United Nations monitors. The U.N. Security Council's Panel of Experts on North Korea…

ICS Publishes Flag State Performance Table

Feb 09, 2016

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table for 2015/2016, which can be downloaded free of charge via the ICS website. The ICS Table provides an annual overview of the performance…

CMA CGM Increases Port Calls and TEU Capacity

Feb 09, 2016

French container line CMA CGM has announced imminent changes to its PCRF line service which links Northern Europe with the French West Indies, by adding two new calls at Zeebrugge and Rotterdam and increasing freight capacity on the route.  The…

Hess sells Shannon LNG Terminal

Feb 09, 2016

New York-based energy company Hess has sold Shannon LNG, a proposed gas-import terminal in County Kerry, Ireland’s Sunday Independent has reported. The newspaper did not name the buyer for the site. The identity of the new owner of the…

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