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UK P&I Club Announces Increase for 2012

Oct 18, 2011

UK P&I Club announces 3 per cent general increase for 2012. Key financial indicators • General increase for 2012 set at 3 per cent• Combined ratio for 2011 policy year on target for underwriting balance• Free reserves and capital…

Global Diving & Salvage Welcomes New AK GM

Oct 18, 2011

Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. Welcomes New Alaska Region General Manager Deirdre Daily. Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. is proud to announce the advancement of Deirdre Daily to General Manager of the Alaska Region. Throughout her time with…

Troy Container Line Appoints Account Executive

Oct 17, 2011

Troy Container Line Ltd., one of the largest American-owned NVOCCs, today announced the appointment of Daniel A. Vorsky as account executive. Based in the company’s Red Bank, NJ office, Vorsky will use his experience in logistics and supply…

MOL Drill Tests Disaster Response

Oct 17, 2011

MOL Table Top Drill Tests Response to Possible Product Tanker Collision, Fire in Tokyo Bay. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Koichi Muto) announced the completion of a table top drill based on a scenario in which the MOL Group…

Royston Strengthens Automation engineering Focus

Oct 17, 2011

Diesel engine specialist Royston Limited has now extended its capabilities to include automation and control systems. The new area of activity follows a strengthening of its engineering support team with the recent appointment of Steve Roberts as a process control engineer…

Maersk Uses Emsys for USN Biofuel Trials

Oct 17, 2011

W R Systems, Ltd (WRSystems) was asked to supply its Emsys laser-based Emissions Monitoring System (EMS) for the purpose of emission verification for an ongoing fuel trials on-board the AP Moller-Maersk vessel Maersk Kalmar. WRSystems was asked…

Containership Route Reshuffling

Oct 17, 2011

CMA CGM Group, MSC and CSAV are pleased to announce the reshuffling of their service linking Asia, Mexico, Central America and West Coast of South America.Operated by CMA CGM and CSAV until then, this service (called ACSA for CMA CGM and ANDEX for CSAV) will now be joined in by MSC…

APL Appoints North Asia Regional Head

Oct 17, 2011

APL announced the appointment of Wong Siew Loong as Regional President of its North Asia business. “Siew Loong brings with him 15 years of experience within the company. I am confident he is the right person to steer our North Asia business…

Gibdock Completes Boluda Tug Overhaul

Oct 17, 2011

Gibdock completed a complex propulsion system job, following the recent docking of the 57-ton bollard pull capacity Boluda group harbour tug Siroco. The 2001-built Siroco, which operates in the port of Algeciras, arrived in Gibraltar in early…

Rolls-Royce Wins Deal to Power 18 Tugs

Oct 17, 2011

Rolls-Royce won orders worth around £18 million for the supply of Azimuth thrusters to power 18 new tugs being built in China.  Qingdao and Yingkou Ports will take delivery of 12 new tugs, four of which will be the most powerful operating in China…

Daewoo: Exceeds $11B Order Target by 9%

Oct 17, 2011

According to a report on www.marketwatch.com, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. exceeded its annual order target of $11 billion by 9%, helped by two separate contracts totaling $1.95 billion. The contracts take orders to $12 billion as of Monday…

Bulk Carrier to Ride on Bubbles to Reduce CO2 25%

Oct 17, 2011

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a new bulk carrier which it repotes will enable reductions in CO2 emissions by about 25% compared with conventional averaged bulk carriers. As the first commercial application of the new design…

Odfjell Buys New Vessel

Oct 17, 2011

Odfjell entered into a contract for the purchase of MT Holly Galaxy, a 19,975 dwt chemical tanker (IMO II/III) with 22 stainless steel cargo tanks, built in 2006 at Fukuoka Shipbuilding in Japan. The vessel will be delivered in December 2011 and shall be traded regionally in South America…

Thome Ship Management Appoints New Managing Director

Oct 17, 2011

Carsten Brix Ostenfeldt has been appointed Managing Director of Thome Ship Management with immediate effect. He replaces Bjorn Hojgaard who has resigned from the group to pursue other interests. Carsten becomes Managing Director of Thome…

DnB NOR’s Asia Energy Team Adds Sekkat

Oct 17, 2011

Omar Sekkat has joined DnB NOR’s energy division at the bank’s Asian headquarters in Singapore. He comes to the role after transferring from DnB NOR in London. Mr Sekkat’s appointment as a Senior Vice President of the energy division at DnB…

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