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Hempel Appoints Boyer-Søgaard as CFO

Dec 09, 2015

Hempel A/S announces that Anders Boyer-Søgaard, CFO and member of Executive Management of GN Store Nord A/S, will succeed CFO Kim Junge Andersen who will join Rockwool as CFO as per January 1, 2016.In 2007, Anders Boyer-Søgaard joined…

NYK's Environmental Management Conference

Dec 09, 2015

On November 30, NYK welcomed about 60 environmental supervisors from 46 NYK Group companies to the group’s annual Environmental Management Conference in Tokyo. NYK holds this conference once a year with NYK Group companies to share information…

OSV Owners Face Bankruptcy Risk

Dec 09, 2015

More than half of the public companies in the offshore supply-vessel industry face a high probability of restructuring or bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported quoting a research released from the consulting firm AlixPartners. Even before crude…

Star Bulk Sells Bulker Quartet

Dec 09, 2015

Star Bulk Carriers, a global shipping company providing transportation solutions in the dry bulk sector,  has reached agreements to sell four modern vessels, two capesize and two kamsarmax vessels.  The vessels were sold for an aggregate…

Bright future for Bunkering at Indian Ports

Dec 08, 2015

Hinode’s 5th Annual conference on the Outlook for bunkering and Marine Lubricants in India clearly acknowledged the fact that India was well on its way to becoming a Bunkering destination. Lack of infrastructure, duties, quality of bunkers…

Moody's changes outlook on CMA CGM's B1 ratings to stable

Dec 08, 2015

Moody's Investors Service has today changed to stable from positive the outlook on CMA CGM S.A.'s B1 corporate family rating, B1-PD probability of default rating and B3 senior unsecured rating.  Concurrently, Moody's has affirmed the ratings assigned to the company…

IMO Urges Fishing Vessel Treaty Acceptance

Dec 07, 2015

The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has called on its Member States to accept a 2012 international fishing vessel safety agreement, in order to bring it into force and address the heavy casualty rate in the sector…

AAPA Welcomes FAST Act

Dec 06, 2015

President Obama is today, expected to sign a five-year, $305 billion transportation reauthorization bill that Congress overwhelmingly passed yesterday which includes $11 billion in new freight funding grants and programs and other top priorities among America’s seaports…

Hanran, Heywood Join Townsville Port Board

Dec 05, 2015

Port of Townsville Limited (POTL) has welcomed the announcement this morning by Treasurer Curtis Pitt and Minister for Ports and Energy and Water Supply Mark Bailey of the appointment of two new locally-based Directors to its Board. Mr Shane…

Bulker Held in US for Breaching Environmental Law

Dec 04, 2015

The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its investigation of an oceangoing bulk carrier, currently at anchor in Duluth, Minnesota, for allegedly violating U.S. environmental laws. The Coast Guard said it is investigating the crew, equipment and…

Campaign to Cut Haulage Miles

Dec 04, 2015

Peel Ports announced that it has secured 50 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative and is urging other shippers in the North-west to add their weight to the campaign.Launched in May, Peel Ports called for importers and exporters whose…

CMA CGM Secures Bank Funding for NOL Takeover

Dec 04, 2015

CMA CGM has secured the necessary financial backing to proceed with an acquisition of Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Reuters reports, citing two people said to be familiar with the matter. The French shipping giant is reported to have received “firm commitment” from lenders HSBC…

House Passes Bill Axing Oil Export Ban, Obama Veto Looms

Dec 03, 2015

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a wide-ranging bill on energy reforms on Thursday that includes a measure to repeal the 40-year-old oil export ban, but the legislation did not get enough votes to overturn a potential veto by President Barack Obama…

Watchkeeper for Maritime Corruption

Dec 03, 2015

BIMCO has always been a powerful enemy against the corruption that lurks in the maritime world. Indeed, the world’s largest international shipping organisation might be considered one of the few effective sources a ship operator can turn to…

Tenneco’s Marine SCR Gets DNV GL Classification

Dec 03, 2015

Tenneco, a leading global supplier of Clean Air after-treatment technologies, has been awarded two approved in principle (AIP) certificates for its high horsepower selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system from DNV GL, one of the world’s…

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