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Shipping Executives Should Join Labor Talks: Union

Dec 30, 2014

Brushing aside calls for federal mediation in prolonged contact talks with employers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports, the union for 20,000 dockworkers urged shipping executives on management's board of directors to take a more active part in negotiations…

USCG Cutter Tahoma Returns

Dec 30, 2014

Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned Sunday to their homeport of Kittery, Maine after a 55-day patrol conducting operations and training in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank. The crew carried out Living Marine Resources boardings under the guidance of the 1st Coast Guard District…

ST Engineering Increase Stakes in Mexican JV

Dec 30, 2014

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its electronics arm, Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) has subscribed to a capital call of MXN7.5m (about S$0.7m) from GFM Electronics S…

St. Petersburg Becoming Int'l Gas Sales Hub

Dec 30, 2014

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, inaugurated today a new office building of Gazprom Export in St. Petersburg.Taking part in the ceremony were Mikhail Mokretsov, Vice-Governor of the city of St. Petersburg, Alexander Medvedev…

Criminal Proceedings Against Ex-Employee of ST Marine

Dec 30, 2014

On 12 September 2011, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd announced that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (“CPIB”) was investigating certain transactions involving former and current employees of Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (“ST Marine”)…

More Heavy Lifting Ahead

Dec 30, 2014

Justin Archard. Managing Director, Asia Pacific & Oceania at SAL Heavy Lift Singapore Pte Ltd sees a turnaround in the Heavy lift and Over Dimensional Cargo tranport segment. As one of the world’s leading carriers specialised in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo…

Empty Container Depot Opens at Long Beach

Dec 30, 2014

The Temporary Empty Container Depot on Pier S at the Port of Long Beach is now open. The depot was approved by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in November to free up truck-trailer chassis and ease congestion on the docks at the second busiest seaport in North America…

Rebalancing Trade Flows

Dec 30, 2014

McQuilling Services Industry Note on 'Rebalancing Trade Flows: The New World Order' :Many types of crude oil are produced around the world. Depending on the requirements of a particular refinery, a blend of heavy and light crudes is processed to manufacture a variety of petroleum products…

BOURBON Continues to Sell Vessels

Dec 29, 2014

BOURBON completes vessel sales to ICBC Financial Leasing and Standard Chartered Bank and announces new sale and bareboat charter agreement with Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. BOURBON has completed the transfer of ownership under the agreements…

BAE Systems Seeks 710 Apprentices for 2015

Dec 29, 2014

BAE Systems in the U.K said it will take on 710 apprentices in 2015, the highest intake in the company’s history. Next year's intake surpasses the record set in the previous year by 142 places and includes 45 places for apprentices who will…

IMF to Resume Greece Bailout Talks after Election

Dec 29, 2014

The International Monetary Fund will resume bailout talks with Greece once a new government is in place after next month's snap general election, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said in a statement on Monday, noting that Athens faces no immediate funding needs…

Merchant Ships Collide, Six Feared Dead

Dec 29, 2014

Two people drowned and four were missing at sea and feared dead after two merchant ships collided in rough seas off the Italian coast on Sunday, Italian officials said.A Turkish ship with 11 crew members sank after the collision with a vessel…

USCG Search for Man Overboard

Dec 29, 2014

The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a freight ship reported overboard approximately 60 miles east of Wake Island Sunday.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center were notified at approximately 6 p.m…

ARC Towage Takes Delivery of 4 Damen Tugs

Dec 29, 2014

ARC Towage of Trinidad & Tobago has taken delivery of the last of a series of four Damen ASD 2810 Tugs.All four have been delivered in less than 18 months. The speed of delivery was one of the reasons ARC Towage chose Damen Shipyards Group for its new vessels…

Swissco's S$ 2.58 mi misappropriated

Dec 29, 2014

The Board of Directors of Swissco Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries have informed shareholders of the Company that the Group has discovered that an aggregate amount of approximately S$2.58 million was misappropriated from the accounts…

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Port of Los Angeles Handles Over 1 Million TEUs in October

Port of Los Angeles Handles Over 1 Million TEUs in October

Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Pipeline Pumping Station

Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Pipeline Pumping Station

EU Wheat Drops as Focus Shifts to Ukrainian War, Argentinian Exports

EU Wheat Drops as Focus Shifts to Ukrainian War, Argentinian Exports

White House to Extend Jones Act Shipping Waiver

White House to Extend Jones Act Shipping Waiver

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