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BP Puts Tab for Gulf Disaster at $62 Bln

Jul 17, 2016

BP announced today that following significant progress in resolving outstanding claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill, it can now reliably estimate all of its remaining material liabilities in connection with the incident…

NOIA Applauds Passage of House Interior Appropriations Bill

Jul 17, 2016

NOIA President Randall Luthi released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the 2017 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill:“NOIA applauds members of the House of Representatives for passing the first Interior and Environment Appropriations bill since 2009…

USCG Repatriate 33 Cuban Migrants

Jul 16, 2016

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore repatriated 12 Cuban migrants Tuesday and another 21 Cuban migrants Friday to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba.These repatriations are a result of four separate migrant interdictions at sea within the last week in the south Florida Straits…

Tighe Takes Charge of Information Warfare, Naval Intelligence

Jul 16, 2016

Vice Adm. Jan Tighe assumed the duties of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) for Information Warfare (N2N6) and Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) July 15 at the Pentagon.Tighe succeeded Vice Adm. Ted N. 'Twig' Branch, who has…

Zim to Adopt INTTRA eVGM Service

Jul 15, 2016

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, one of the world's leading container shipping carriers, and INTTRA, the world's ocean shipping electronic marketplace, stated that ZIM's implementation of the INTTRA eVGM Service, which will facilitate compliance…

Alfa Laval to Help Meet 0.5% Sulphur Fuel Cap

Jul 15, 2016

Alfa Laval is ready to help customers meet a global 0.5% sulphur fuel limit, no matter what the outcome of the MEPC70 meeting. The new Alfa Laval PureSOx Global is part of a major expansion of the PureSOx platform that will be released at SMM in Hamburg…

TTA Disposes Ship Agency

Jul 15, 2016

Thailand-based Thoresen Thai Agencies (TTA) has disposed of all its holdings in affiliated ship agency Thoresen Shipping and Logistics Ltd (TSL). TTA said in an exchange filing that it had disposed of around 240,000  TSL shares to Thailand-based Naxco Shipping and Logistics…

EU Ship Recycling on the Radar

Jul 15, 2016

The European Union Ship Recycling Regulation has been effective since 2013 and applies to all ships entering ports and terminals of EU Member States.  While it is consistent with the broad objectives established in the International Maritime…

UK Convicts Captain, First Mate of Drug Trafficking

Jul 14, 2016

The captain and first officer of an ocean going tug boat have been found guilty of drug trafficking following the biggest ever U.K. seizure of class A drugs, the country’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced. The cocaine, worth an estimated…

Hill Dickinson Strengthens Commodities Team

Jul 14, 2016

International law firm Hill Dickinson continues to strengthen its growing commodities team with the return of partner Andrew Buchmann.Following qualification in South Africa, Andrew joined Hill Dickinson’s London office in 2003. He returned to South Africa in 2008…

BOURBON to Pay Dividend for 2015

Jul 14, 2016

The Annual General Meeting of BOURBON shareholders held on May 26, 2016 approved the payment of the dividend for 2015 of €1.00 per share and that each shareholder can choose to receive the dividend either in cash or in new shares.The period for exercising the option ran from June 15…

AKD to Open Office in Luxembourg

Jul 13, 2016

Benelux law firm AKD said it intends to open an office in Luxembourg to meet growing demand for integrated, international legal services in stable jurisdictions. AKD’s new office in Luxembourg will expand its corporate, tax, banking and finance…

Virginia Port throughput a Modest 2.57 Mi TEUs

Jul 13, 2016

Driven by strong imports, The Port of Virginia handled 216,672 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in its strongest June cargo performance on record that helped to push the port to a solid finish for fiscal year 2016.“We finished fiscal year 2016 in positive territory…

Brexit: Potential Implications For The Maritime Sector

Jul 13, 2016

While the nature of the United Kingdom’s future trading relationship with the European Union (EU) will take some time to become clear, it is important to realise that in the immediate aftermath of the result of the UK’s recent EU referendum…

Myanmar accedes to CLC Protocol

Jul 13, 2016

​Myanmar has deposited its instrument of accession to the 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC).  The efforts to bring the legislation into national law followed the participation…

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