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NH Court Upholds Water Pollution Judgment Against Exxon

Oct 03, 2015

New Hampshire's top court on Friday upheld a $236 million judgment against Exxon Mobil Corp over groundwater contamination linked to gasoline additive MTBE.The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling affirms a 2013 jury decision that rejected…

USCG Urge Caution Ahead of Hurricane Joaquin

Oct 03, 2015

The Coast Guard urges the public Thursday to use extreme caution and to prepare for the onset of heavy weather, extreme sea conditions, storm surge and high surf throughout the Mid Atlantic region as Hurricane Joaquin approaches the coast…

Braemar Hires Kruszewski for Offshore, DP and FEMA

Oct 02, 2015

Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, informs it has appointed Chis Kruszewski to the role of senior electrical engineer in its offshore, DP and FMEA group. Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…

Kruszewski Joins Braemar Engineering

Oct 02, 2015

Braemar Engineering, the specialist maritime engineering consultancy, today announced the appointment of Chis Kruszewski to the role of Senior Electrical Engineer in its Offshore, DP and FMEA Group.Mr Kruszewski joins Braemar Engineering with immediate effect…

IACC Focuses on $ 500 Bln Indo-US Trade

Oct 02, 2015

The Road Map to $500 Billion Indo-US Trade  by 2025 was the focus  of the Annual Convention of the  Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, on September 28th and 29th, 2015 in Mumbai. The Convention, addressed by Policy makers and Industry leaders…

Maersk Goes to Thailand

Oct 02, 2015

Maersk Line will add a call at the port of Laem Chabang in Thailand on its Boomerang service starting from October 2015. This unique setup offers Thai exporters and importers with the first and only direct service between Thailand and Australia…

Zim Improves Asia-Mediterranean Loops

Oct 02, 2015

The Israeli ocean carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services is upgrading its Asia-Mediterranean service network, comprising the East Med-Black Sea Express, or EMX, and the Asia-India Subcontinent East Med, or AME, by adding new port calls and upsizing tonnage deployment…

Subic Port Container Volumes Double

Oct 02, 2015

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) said that the volume of container cargo handled the Port of Subic between January and August nearly doubled year on year. SBMA Chairman Roberto V. Garcia said container volume at the Port of Subic has already reached 83…

Sacyr Says Will Deliver Panama Canal expansion on Time

Oct 02, 2015

The consortium in charge of the expansion of the Panama Canal, led by Sacyr reported that the fissures presented in the third set of locks will not delay the opening date scheduled for April 2016. The Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), comprising the Sacyr Spanish and Italian Salini Impregilo…

Arctic Ice 'Too Thick' for Shipping Route

Oct 02, 2015

Sea ice in the Arctic is still too thick for Northwest Passage commercial shipping route in spite of warming temperatures. This is according to new research from York University. Despite climate change, Arctic sea ice remains too thick and treacherous…

Thyssen Taps Anil Group for Sub Bid

Oct 02, 2015

Diversified German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG has initiated talks to partner Anil Ambani-led ADAG in building up to 12 submarines in a contract expected to be worth Rs50,000 crore ($7.6 billion), reports PTI. ThyssenKrupp, the Germany-based 41-billion euro company…

Epic Gas Secured Credit Facility for 7 Newbuilds

Oct 02, 2015

Epic Gas Ltd has closed a new USD 120 million post-delivery senior secured credit facility to finance its remaining seven owned vessels under construction. The facility covers approximately 65% of the contract price of the vessels, and has been closed in partnership with Coordinator…

SSI to Present Welding & 3D Model Papers at ICCAS

Oct 01, 2015

'Intuitive Weld Management' and 'Innovative methods for leveraging a 3D model' are two of the white papers that representatives from CAD/CAM developer SSI will present this week at the 17th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS) in Bremen…

Harkand Appoints GM for Africa

Oct 01, 2015

Inspection, repair, maintenance (IRM) and light construction company Harkand has informs it has united its African presence under the leadership of Doug Fieldgate as Africa General Manager.  Fieldgate has 23 years of experience in the African oil and gas market primarily focused on West Africa…

DNV GL Publishes New Classification Rule Set

Oct 01, 2015

DNV GL's new rules for classification of ships become publicly available online today following a development and review process involving 250 internal experts and more than 800 customers and maritime stakeholders.The result of the combined…

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