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Shipping Making Progress Towards Sustainability

Feb 24, 2016

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) is calling on the wider industry to embrace new finance models to fund clean tech upgrades and back calls for a new international framework for tackling shipping emissions. SSI has announced the…

Adani Ports Eyeing Acquisitions

Feb 23, 2016

India’s biggest private port operator Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ)  is actively looking at acquisitions to complete its “string of pearls” ports strategy, reports Livemint. CEO Karan Adani is leading the drive, it adds. In India…

Moore Stephens Alerts Employers on UK Pension Rules

Feb 22, 2016

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens has warned that shipping sector employers need to take action to ensure that they meet their compliance obligations following a recent ruling by the High Court in London that peripatetic ships’ crew living in the UK…

Tubman Confirmed as Marad Chief Counsel

Feb 22, 2016

Former FMC counsel David Tubman has served in FMC Commissioner Doyle's office as counsel since 2013 at U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. After being cleared by the White House and U.S. Department of Transportation late last week, starting today (February 22…

Ports of Auckland Interim Profit Up

Feb 22, 2016

Ports of Auckland Chief Executive Tony Gibson has announced a ‘solid’ half year result for the company, achieved despite a fall in volumes and revenue. The port produced an interim net profit of $31.6 million for the six months to December 31…

POSH Sinks into Loss in 2015

Feb 22, 2016

Offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has plunged into the red in 2015 due mainly to a huge impairment charge of $144.58m. The group reported yesterday a net loss of US$149.7 million (S$211 million) for the three months to Dec 31…

El Faro Captain's Pleas for Help Played at Hearing

Feb 21, 2016

The captain of the doomed El Faro warned that the 'clock was ticking' as his cargo ship took on water in an Atlantic hurricane that would eventually sink the vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard panel heard on Saturday.Captain Michael Davidson pleaded for help as his ship…

US, Australia and EU Warn China on South China Sea

Feb 19, 2016

China was warned by many the United States and the European Union  that it should respect a ruling later this year on its dispute with the Philippines over territory in the South China Sea, reports Reuters. In a message has been sent to China…

ABG Shipyard Stake for Sale

Feb 19, 2016

The cash-strapped Indian shipbuilder ABG Shipyard will likely close the deal for a 51 per cent stake sale by the end of this financial year, its managing director and CEO Syed Abdi said.   Syed said the company had narrowed it down to one…

ICS Welcomes Progress on ILO SIDs Convention

Feb 18, 2016

The International Chamber of Shipping, as the Secretariat for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO), co-ordinated employers’ representatives at the Ad Hoc Tripartite Maritime Committee on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised)…

Progress on SID Convention Weclomed by ICS

Feb 18, 2016

The International Chamber of Shipping, as the Secretariat for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO), co-ordinated employers’ representatives at the Ad Hoc Tripartite Maritime Committee on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised)…

OOCL Implements Shipping Ban on Whale, Shark and Dolphin

Feb 18, 2016

Hong Kong-based shipping giant Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL)  said it would not accept cargo bookings for whale, shark, dolphin and their related products with immediate effect. In a statement the container shipping firm said: 'In…

Greece Formally Approves Cosco's Bid for Piraeus Port

Feb 18, 2016

The Greek privatization fund TAIPED formally accepted the binding bid submitted by Cosco Pacific for the majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority (OLP), while the port company’s stock posted a significant increase on the Athens bourse in response…

Norstar to Launch JV

Feb 17, 2016

The tanker company Norstar is setting up a new Commercial Management joint venture based in Westport Connecticut USA named Norstar Chartering (USA) LLC. The new entity is a collaboration between brothers Chris and Tom Bonehill, principals…

15 Carriers Agree to EU's GRI Modifications

Feb 17, 2016

15 container liner shipping companies have said they will stop publishing and communicating general rate increases (GRIs) that are expressed solely as an amount or percentage of the change, says the European Commission. Shipper representatives…

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