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Concordia Maritime Supports Mercy Ships Cargo Day

Oct 04, 2017

Mercy Ships Cargo Day is being held for the second year, and Concordia Maritime is one of the companies supporting the activities on board Mercy Ships’ hospital ship. The participants can either donate part of their commission this day or choose a sum of money they want to donate…

Vitol Returns for $8 Bln Loan Refinancing

Oct 04, 2017

Geneva-headquartered energy and commodities trader Vitol has signed an US$8bn loan refinancing of credit facilities agreed in October 2016, the company announced on Wednesday. The revolving credit facility, which is used for working capital and general corporate purposes…

BaltNav to Handle Part of Pioneer Marine's Fleet

Oct 03, 2017

Pioneer Marine, a leading shipowner and global drybulk handysize transportation service provider enters into cooperation with BaltNav A/S, Copenhagen. The owner of 16 handy size bulk carriers commenced as of October 3rd, a cooperation with the Danish operator BaltNav…

Harley Marine Hires Adlakha as CFO

Oct 03, 2017

Harley Marine Services is pleased to welcome Sterling Adlakha to its executive team where he will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. A graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Sterling served 10 years in the U.S. Coast Guard. He…

CGG Wins Creditor Support for Chapter 11 Plan

Oct 02, 2017

CGG SA announces that all creditor classes entitled to vote on the chapter 11 plan proposed in the chapter 11 cases commenced on 14 June 2017 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York by CGG SA’s 14 main foreign, direct and indirect subsidiaries…

Dong Energy Changes Name to Orsted

Oct 02, 2017

Following the profound strategic transformation from black to green energy and the recent divestment of the upstream oil and gas production, the name DONG Energy does not fit the company anymore. Consequently, DONG Energy has today called…

Interlake Steamship Joins Green Marine

Oct 02, 2017

The Interlake Steamship Company has become the first U.S. Great Lakes ship owner to join Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for the maritime industry in North America. As the largest privately held U.S.-flagged fleet on the Great Lakes…

CMA CGM to Acquire SOFRANA Unilines

Oct 02, 2017

CMA CGM announced it will purchase through its subsidiary, ANL, the majority of the shares in SOFRANA Unilines, a key player in the Pacific Islands regional maritime trade. With operations in the South Pacific region for almost 50 years…

DP World to Develop Logistics Plan for Mali

Oct 01, 2017

DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, met with the President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, last week to discuss a trade and logistics master plan to unlock the resource rich country’s economic potential. The plan…

DP World to Expand in African Market

Oct 01, 2017

DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem has met with Senegalese President Macky Sall as part of a tour of West and North Africa to confirm development of infrastructure projects in the country. The discussions, attended…

MacGregor Sets up Head Office in Singapore

Sep 29, 2017

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has established a head office in Singapore, bringing to an end a period of more than three years where the company operated with a virtual head office. MacGregor president Michel van Roozendaal and vice president…

Kalmar, K-Motion Heading to China

Sep 28, 2017

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received the first order of Gloria reachstacker with K-Motion Technology from Kunming Tianfu Logistics Co. Ltd. in China. The order was booked into Cargotec's 2017 third quarter order intake with delivery scheduled on September 2017…

Hapag-Lloyd to Raise Capital Following Merger with UASC

Sep 28, 2017

Hapag-Lloyd AG will now carry out the capital increase that was agreed upon as part of the merger of Hapag-Lloyd and UASC. The gross proceeds are expected to amount to approx. EUR 352 million (approx. USD 414 million). The official merger of the two companies occurred on 24 May 2017…

APM Terminals Announces New Labor Pool

Sep 28, 2017

APM Terminals Gothenburg has signed an agreement with the staffing agency Adecco to hire temporary personnel effective 1 October 2017 to address adhoc extra staffing needs at peak times. “The main work carried out at our container terminal will continue to be performed by our permanent staff…

Seafarers’ House Warrick Named ICMA Trustee

Sep 28, 2017

Seafarers’ House at Port Everglades has announced that Executive Director Lesley Warrick was appointed a trustee of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA). Warrick, who also is vice president of the board of the North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA)…

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Rosneft Diverts Oil From Novorossiysk After Drone Attack

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Singapore: Container Ship Fire Extinguished

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US Navy to Block Ships from Iranian Ports

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Port Tampa Bay Welcomes Container Vessel with Largest Carrying Capacity

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