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GAC Moves 3.5-ton Sculpture from Poland to New York

Apr 26, 2016

There’s a unique new artwork on display at one of Manhattan’s best-known cultural hubs, and it was GAC that delivered it from Europe to the Big Apple. Van Gogh’s Ear, a sculpture by Scandinavian artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset…

Iranian Ships to Make Trips to Europe, Americas

Apr 26, 2016

Iran all set launch a shipping line to Europe, North and South American countries, as sanctions against Iran’s shipping industry has been recently lifted. The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has resumed its routes to various destinations across Europe…

Stockholm Ports Set Record

Apr 26, 2016

The number of TEUs shipped to Ports of Stockholm increased by five percent over the first quarter of 2016.During the first quarter of 2016 there was a five percent gain in TEU numbers at Ports of Stockholm compared to the same period of the previous year…

Shell to Close BG UK HQ by Year End

Apr 25, 2016

Royal Dutch Shell will close the head office of BG Group, the gas producer it agreed to acquire for $50 billion in February, by the end of the year, it said on Monday, as part of a plan to save costs and cut 10,300 jobs worldwide.The oil…

VPS, Seagull Maritime Join Forces for Fuel Management Training

Apr 25, 2016

Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and Seagull Maritime AS announced today that they have signed a collaborative agreement that will capitalise on their complementary strengths to bring state-of-the-art fuel management training to the maritime industry…

Maersk Cuts Landing Certificate Issuance Time

Apr 25, 2016

* Maersk Line will introduce a simplified process for obtaining the Landing Certificates from May 1st , 2016  * Maersk line waives off the  Landing Certificate fee of INR 1000Mumbai, 25th April, 2016: Maersk Line India has taken a major…

New Appointments at GAC

Apr 25, 2016

GAC at Dubai announced two new appointments within its Group Management team.Håkan Wester takes on the new role of Group Vice President – Strategy & Planning, and is charged with coordination and supporting the implementation of GAC strategy…

First Call of MSC's Vessel Received at Sohar

Apr 25, 2016

Oman International Container Terminal (OICT) received the first call of the Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s second largest container shipper with over 2.7m twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per year, Lana vessel at the Port of Sohar…

Maersk Opens Direct Cork-Cuba Service

Apr 25, 2016

Danish shipping giant Maersk — the world’s largest container carrier — began its first ever connection between northern European ports and Cuba last Friday, promising the fastest freight transit times between Europe and the Cuban port of Mariel…

South Korea Eyes Iran's Shipping Industry

Apr 25, 2016

South Korean companies are briskly moving to tap into Iran's fast-growing shipping industry, regarding the Iranian boom as a breakthrough to their prolonged business slump amid the global economic slowdown. According to  IRNA, the head…

ExxonMobil Starts Production at Point Thomson

Apr 24, 2016

ExxonMobil said today it has started production at its Point Thomson project, the first company-operated project on Alaska’s North Slope.Central pad facilities are designed to initially produce about 5,000 barrels per day of condensate and 100 million standard cubic feet per day of recycled gas…

ECSA Calls for Short Sea Shipping Friendly Framework

Apr 24, 2016

European shipowners hope that the momentum created by the Dutch Presidency’s High Level Event on Short Sea Shipping held in Amsterdam last February will result in maritime directors putting Short Sea Shipping on the top priority list when they meet today in Brussels…

National Oilwell Varco Slashes Norway Staff Again

Apr 22, 2016

U.S. oilfield equipment maker and service provider National Oilwell Varco Inc will cut its Norwegian workforce by another 520 people after low oil prices resulted in fewer orders, the company said in a statement on Friday.The latest round…

CMA CGM to Delay Mega-Ship Move

Apr 22, 2016

CMA CGM Group has decided to postpone its project to deploy 18,000 TEU-capacity vessels on Transpacific market trade. The much-anticipated launch of a weekly service with six mega-ships which was planned for the end of May has been delayed  in order to optimise the use of its fleet…

Ships Instructed to Avoid Piracy-prone Waters around S. Philippines

Apr 21, 2016

The Indonesian Navy has instructed all commercial vessels to avoid piracy-prone waters around the southern Philippines, a spokesman for the Indonesian military said on Thursday, following a spate of kidnappings and piracy in recent weeks. 'The Indonesian Navy…

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