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Kongsberg Appoints New Managing Director

Feb 24, 2016

Leif Kristian Weum has been appointed to the position of Managing Director of the Kongsberg Maritime Sales and Service office in Athens, Greece. Kongsberg Maritime Hellas SA is a key Sales & Customer Support office established to serve the significant number of Greek shipping companies…

Standardization for Cost Effective Pipeline Innovation - DNV GL

Feb 24, 2016

-40 years of standardization paves way for cost efficient offshore pipeline systems -Growing global energy demand and requirements for additional pipeline capacity are driving the pipeline segment.  However, pipeline related innovation is prioritized by only 4% of senior oil & gas professionals…

CMA CGM Acquisition NOL: Aprroval Expected by Mid-2016

Feb 24, 2016

CMA CGM acquisition target Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has made all necessary anti-trust filings and expect that the approvals will come sometime in the middle of 2016. NOL group president and chief executive Ng Yat Chung said NOL, which…

CMA CGM Confirms Alliance Talks

Feb 24, 2016

CMA CGM Vice-Chairman Rodolphe Saadé confirmed talks between the French container shipping line and potential partners regarding the future of its alliances, says WSJ. Saadé told the Journal that “we are becoming a larger shipping line…

Hapag-Lloyd Returns to Profit Via CSAV

Feb 24, 2016

The German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd posted an operating profit of €366m ($406m)  in 2015 compared with a loss of €382m a year earlier. The ocean carrier, which merged with the container arm of  Chile’s CSAV in late 2014, reported revenue of $9…

Succession Fight for Evergreen Heats Up

Feb 24, 2016

The feud among the scions of late billionaire Evergreen Group founder Chang Yung-fa's family boiled to the surface, reports local Taiwanese media. The struggle between the heirs to Evergreen Group has escalated as the three older brothers…

U.S. BTS Seeks Nominations for Port Performance Working Group

Feb 23, 2016

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is seeking nominations for the newly-created Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group. The working group, mandated by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act…

Tanker Freight Rates Could Weaken in 2016

Feb 23, 2016

Tanker shipping freight rates are expected to remain firm in the first few months of 2016, but with the influx of tonnage these rates are expected to soften towards the end of the year, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster…

China, Iran key Drivers for New Suez Canal

Feb 23, 2016

The new deeper Suez Canal will be a beneficiary of the ‘One Belt One Road’ initiative taken by China’s  leader Xi Jinping, especially when it comes to the opening up of the Iranian market following the lifting of international sanctions and the moving into importance of the Indian refinery markets…

Rickmers Maritime Reports Significant Loss

Feb 23, 2016

Rickmers Maritime, which is affiliated to the Hamburg-based Rickmers Group,  slumped to a $129.2 million loss in 2015 from a $16 million profit a year earlier on increased write offs on the value of its ships and depressed container charter rates…

Coscocs Targets 2 Mln TEUs by 2018

Feb 22, 2016

China's biggest shipping line China Ocean Shipping Corporation (Coscocs) has revealed an ambitious plan to increase its container shipping capacity to hit a 2 million TEUs over the next three years, says China Daily. The company is raising…

Suez Canal to Feel Pinch of Slow Down

Feb 22, 2016

The traffic developments through the Suez Canal showed the change in each type of transient and cargo ships, which gives an indication of the future of traffic in the canal, according to analysis conducted by Daily News Egypt. According to data…

Bulk Shippers Hit by Commodity Storm

Feb 21, 2016

The dry bulk shipping sector has been dashed upon the rocks of vessel oversupply and slowing economic growth.  Not dry bulk shipping business is grappling with an unprecedented crisis of too many ships and not enough cargoes, says a report in WSJ…

Diana Shipping Announces Time Charter Contract for Protefs with Transgrain

Feb 21, 2016

Diana Shipping has  chartered the 73,630 dwt, 2004-built panamax, Protefs to Transgrain shipping for 12 – 16 months at a rate of $4,500 per day minus 5% commission. This employment is anticipated to generate approximately US$1.55 million…

MOL to Promote Growth of Maritime Cluster

Feb 20, 2016

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it will launch trial of onboard data transmission and accumulation for its operated vessels in cooperation with Ship Data Center Co., Ltd.(*) (Representative Director: Yasushi Nakamura; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku…

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Unresolved Issues Plague Vietnam-US Trade Talks

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New Crane Tips Over During Delivery at Tuas Port

New Crane Tips Over During Delivery at Tuas Port

Imports drop 9% at Los Angeles Port in May Under 145% Tariffs on China

Imports drop 9% at Los Angeles Port in May Under 145% Tariffs on China

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