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Maritime Skills Academy Launches Survival Complex in Dover

Sep 12, 2016

Taking place on Thursday, September 8, Maritime Skills Academy celebrated the launch of its specialist training facility showcasing all that the state-of-the-art Academy has to offer to key industry guests. An integral part of the Viking ‘Family of Companies…

APL Wins 'Best Green Shipping Line' Award

Sep 11, 2016

APL has been named the ‘Best Green Shipping Line’ by HAROPA, the French port of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris on 7 September 2016. For the second year in a row, HAROPA is recognising APL’s exemplary environmental performance in reducing air emissions…

Seaspan Hosts Atlantic Canada Industry Day

Sep 07, 2016

More than 100 people representing over 70 companies attended Seaspan Shipyards’ second annual Atlantic Canada Industry Day hosted in Halifax today. During the session, attendees received an update on Seaspan’s progress on its National Shipbuilding…

Marco Polo Appoints Adviser for Business Review

Sep 07, 2016

Singapore's Marco Polo Marine Ltd, whose business includes building and chartering ships, said it has appointed KPMG Services as an adviser to conduct an independent business review of the company. The company, which has S$50 million ($37…

Maersk Line Opens Transpacific Service Line

Sep 07, 2016

Maersk Line has opened a new transpacific service between Asia and the United States West Coast. The first sailing is scheduled for September 15. 'We are responding to increased demand in the Transpacific,' says Klaus Rud Sejling, Head of Maersk Line's East-West Network…

ICS Chairman Sets 3 Challenges for Shipping

Sep 07, 2016

At the annual International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Conference in London today (7 September) – in the presence of IMO Secretary-General, Kitack Lim – the new ICS Chairman, Esben Poulsson, suggested that the shipping industry must respond proactively…

Australia Bans Bulk Carrier for 12 Months

Sep 06, 2016

Hong Kong flagged bulk carrier Five Stars Fujian has been banned from Australian ports for 12 months once it was discovered that the vessel lacked sufficient provisions for its intended voyage and the crew had not been paid in several months…

New Deck Carrier Joins United Heavy Lift Fleet

Sep 06, 2016

J.M. Baxi Group commissions Hamburg company for the global management of its newly constructed special-purpose ship  J.M. Baxi Group, a 100-year-old group of companies specializing in maritime logistics and port infrastructure, has commissioned…

Underwater Inspections a Boon - Hydrex

Sep 05, 2016

Building upon conventional technical skills and know-how while also taking advantage of the latest technology, Hydrex offers a unique hull monitoring service to its customers. This gives shipowners total control of their ship's hull condition and consequently its performance…

Maersk Line Sees Little Impact on Customers' Cargo from Hanjin Collapse

Sep 02, 2016

Maersk Line, the world's biggest container shipper and a unit of Danish conglomerate A. P. Moller-Maersk, said on Friday in relation to the collapse of South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd: * Maersk Line expects minimal impact on its customers' cargo…

E.R. Schiffahrt to Manage Two NYK Ships

Sep 02, 2016

Hamburg-based ship management company E.R. Schiffahrt is expanding its strategic partnerships with international clients and shipping lines. For Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) – one of the largest shipping companies in the world with nearly 800 vessels…

Five Vessels Delivered for Qatar’s New Port Project

Aug 29, 2016

Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) has delivered five vessels as part of an 11-vessel order for New Port Project (NPP). Built entirely at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City, the vessels were launched and…

BG Freight Line Orders Four Containerships

Aug 23, 2016

BG Freight Line, a fully owned subsidiary of Peel Ports Group, is to receive new tailor-made short sea container feeder vessels optimized for the company’s Irish Sea Hub services.  The new class of ‘green’ vessels has been developed by BG…

USCG Assists Disabled Fishing Vessel near Honolulu

Aug 20, 2016

The Coast Guard safely towed a disabled 46-foot commercial fishing vessel with three persons aboard back to the Port of Honolulu, Friday.A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Honolulu relieved the USCGC Kittiwake (WPB…

"K" Line Recognized for Vessel Speed Reduction Program

Aug 18, 2016

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has received recognition from the port authorities of both Long Beach and Los Angeles, for recording high level of compliance throughout 2015 with voluntary speed reduction by “K” Line’s containerships…

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