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Fleet Optimization Conference Set for October in Stamford, CT

Feb 22, 2013

Second SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization Conference Scheduled for October 22-24 in Stamford, Conn. The organizers of the SHIPPINGInsight Conferences have announced that the 2013 Fleet Optimization Conference will take place Oct. 22-24 in Stamford…

Hydroid Hires New Engineers

Feb 22, 2013

Hydroid, Inc. announced the addition of two new faculty. Steve Brodet has joined Hydroid, Inc., a Pocasset-based, manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), as an Applications Engineer. Brodet brings more than eight years’ experience as a Physical Scientist…

Furuno Type Specific ECDIS Training Now Available

Feb 22, 2013

Furuno has established training facilities in India and the Philippines through close cooperation with the newly established Moloobhoy Training Center in Mumbai and COMPASS Training Center in the Philippines.  The two training centers have…

NOL Reports $208m Year-On-Year Improvement

Feb 22, 2013

Group’s 4Q 2012 performance improves 75%; meets cost saving goal of US$500 millionGlobal container shipping and logistics group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) reported fourth quarter 2012 Core EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) loss of US$69 million…

COSCO Turnover Down But 2012 Profitable

Feb 22, 2013

COSCO Group achieved net profit attributable to equity holders of $105.7 million on turnover of $3.7billion in 2012.Group turnover decreased 10.3% to $3.7 billion in 2012 from $4.2 billion in 2011 owing to a decrease in shipyard and dry bulk shipping revenue…

International Shipholding Stock Sale Raises Nearly US$24-million

Feb 21, 2013

International Shipholding Corporation closes public offering of $25 Million of its 9.50% Series A cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock.Dividends will be payable on the Series A Preferred Shares at an initial rate of 9.50% per annum of the stated liquidation preference when…

HII Apprentices Career Day: Students Set a Design Challenge

Feb 21, 2013

The Apprentice School gymnasium at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division transformed.Using materials such as duct tape and marshmallows, NNS, in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center and the Peninsula Engineering Council (PEC)…

'Hawser', Line' & 'Wire' Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Feb 21, 2013

The three New York, New Jersey based Coast Guard tugboats of these names celebrate their 50th Anniversary.To celebrate their years of service, the 65-foot harbor tugs steamed together north on the Hudson River, beginning at the Poughkeepsie Walkway over the Hudson to Kingston…

Denmark's Dan-Bunkering Appoint New Trader

Feb 21, 2013

Lindy Ghercke Wegener Friis has been appointed a trader in the company's head office.Lindy has previously been working in the sales department.  He has now been appointed a member of the trading department in the company’s head office in Middelfart…

AEU Adds Merchant Mariner to Loss Control Staff

Feb 21, 2013

The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) hired Jason Lake as Loss Control Manager. Jason joins the current staff of highly experienced loss control managers at AEU. His background will complement the staff of shipyard and marine cargo handling incident prevention experts at AEU…

Coast Guard Foundation Tribute Honors Heroes

Feb 21, 2013

20th Annual Dinner to be Held in New Orleans on March 1st, 2013.The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that its 20th Annual…

ITF Condemns 'utterly unbelievable' Moroccan Court Decisions

Feb 21, 2013

The ITF has condemned as ‘utterly unbelievable’ a totally unexpected decision by a court in Morocco to jail trade union leaders Said Elhairech and Mohamed Chamchati. Elhairech the general secretary of the Moroccan Ports Union, part of the ITF-affiliated UMT…

Kim Pedersen Becomes Executive VP

Feb 21, 2013

Kim Pedersen, 47, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Geodis Wilson.  Starting March 1st, 2013, he will be heading the global Freight Forwarding division of Geodis. In taking this position he also becomes a member of the group’s executive management…

Tide Runs Against Dry Bulk Carrier Genco in 2012

Feb 21, 2013

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited reports its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012.Financial Review: Full Year 2012The net loss attributable to Genco was $144.9 million or $3.47 basic and diluted loss per share for the year ended December 31…

Gulftainer Reports Huge Middle East Port Growth

Feb 21, 2013

Gulftainer has recorded a 24% overall increase on trade volumes in 2012 when compared with the previous year.Its Sharjah ports saw the greatest volumes throughout the year, with Khorfakkan Container Terminal seeing growth of 28 per cent on its 2011 figures with a staggering throughput of over 3…

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US Freight Industry Hopes for Back-to-School Demand Boost After Tariff Truce

CMA CGM to Redeploy Fleet to Avoid US Port Fees on Chinese Vessels

CMA CGM to Redeploy Fleet to Avoid US Port Fees on Chinese Vessels

Israel Attacks Yemeni Ports, Says Houthi-Run TV Outlet

Israel Attacks Yemeni Ports, Says Houthi-Run TV Outlet

DFDS Reaches 10,000 Sailings in Türkiye

DFDS Reaches 10,000 Sailings in Türkiye

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