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Optimarin, Goltens Ink Spare Parts and Service Deal

Jun 13, 2017

Optimarin informs it has signed an agreement with Goltens Green Technologies giving the Norwegian-headquartered ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist a global network of spare parts warehousing and service engineers. The framework agreement…

Sinochem, Seagull Enter Training Collaboration

Jun 13, 2017

Sinochem Shipping Co.Ltd. has signed a long-term agreement with Seagull Maritime to deliver earning on board its entire fleet of chemical tankers.Sinochem will start with a selected library of e-learning modules and reflective learning films for their fleet…

North P&I Club Joins Cyber Crime Fight

Jun 13, 2017

North P&I Club joined a collaboration between shipping industry leaders, including BIMCO, DNV GL and the Marshall Islands Registry, to combat cyber criminals by committing to the CSO Alliance’s global information and reporting platform for digital attacks…

Star Bulk Acquires Supramax

Jun 12, 2017

Star Bulk Carriers, a global shipping company focusing on the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a Supramax dry bulk carrier from an unaffiliated third party. The acquisition…

BP in Talks with Sirius for Ororo Offtake

Jun 12, 2017

Nigeria's Sirius Petroleum has said that it is in talks with BP, regarding an offtake and pre-payment facility to support the financing of Sirius's proposed drilling programme on the Ororo field in Nigeria. According to the company, the…

Hunter Maritime Terminates Tender Offer for Bulkers

Jun 12, 2017

Marshall Islands based Hunter Maritime Acquisition revealed it has “mutually agreed” with Germany’s Oskar Wehr to terminate the master agreement and the memoranda of agreement (MOA) related to the acquisition of five Capesize dry bulk carriers…

Ecoslops, Total Plan Micro-refinery in La Mède

Jun 12, 2017

Ecoslops, a company that upgrades ship-generated hydrocarbon residues, or “slops”, into valuable new fuels and light bitumen, said is has signed an agreement with TOTAL Group to set up a maritime transport induced oil residue waste-processing unit at La Mède…

Port of Oakland Welcomes 20 Paid Interns

Jun 12, 2017

Twenty college students preparing for careers in engineering, law, marketing and more have started paid summer internships at the Port of Oakland.For the next two months, interns will be involved in the port’s daily operations while learning…

Tideworks Launches New TOS Data Platform

Jun 12, 2017

New offering from Tideworks provides insight into data across its Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) product suite to enhance operations  Tideworks Technology Inc., a full-service provider of terminal management and planning software solutions…

Seaspan Ferries Opens Duke Point Terminal

Jun 12, 2017

Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC) hosted an official ceremony in Nanaimo, BC to mark the grand opening of its new Duke Point Terminal. The 18 acre, multi-berth facility, which took approximately 19 months to build, consolidates operations…

UK Urges Gulf States to Ease Blockade Against Qatar

Jun 12, 2017

Britain on Monday urged Gulf states including Saudi Arabia to ease a blockade of Qatar and to find an immediate solution to the impasse through mediation.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties a week ago…

World’s Biggest Containership Eases into Felixstowe

Jun 12, 2017

The Madrid Maersk, the latest in a long line of record-breaking containerships, arrived on June 6, 2017 at the Port of Felixstowe’s newest quay, its first port of call in Northern Europe on its maiden voyage.  As the world’s current biggest containership (weighing in at 214…

Chinese, Greek Ports Teams Up to Boost Container Traffic

Jun 12, 2017

Piraeus Port, operator of Greece's biggest port and majority-owned by China's COSCO Shipping, has agreed to team up with the operator of Shanghai port, the world's largest container port, to promote container shipping traffic.Piraeus, COSCO…

Shipping Routes via Oman Opened to Give Qatar Food Lifeline

Jun 12, 2017

Qatar and container lines have launched new shipping services via Oman in an effort to sidestep a port ban in neighbouring countries and secure a food lifeline after other Gulf states severed ties with Doha last week.Saudi Arabia, the United…

ABS Expands Greek Presence

Jun 12, 2017

Classification society ABS unveiled its Global Ship Systems Center and announced the formation of its Hellenic Technical Committee in Athens.   “This cutting-edge facility brings together industry-recognized technical leaders to support clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their assets…

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Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Remain High

Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Remain High

EU Wheat Falls Further As Market Awaits Black Sea Diplomacy

EU Wheat Falls Further As Market Awaits Black Sea Diplomacy

Russia Ships More Than 10 Million Barrels of Crude to China Via Northern Sea Route

Russia Ships More Than 10 Million Barrels of Crude to China Via Northern Sea Route

Baltic Index Hits Almost Five-Year High

Baltic Index Hits Almost Five-Year High

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