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Yangtze to Ship Direct Containers

Jan 30, 2016

Taicang Container Lines Co. Ltd has rolled out the  first direct container shipping line linking China's Yangtze River basin and Southeast Asia, reports Xinhua. The container ship departs once a week from and arrives at Taicang Port in east China's Jiangsu Province…

Chinpo Shipping Fined Over North Korea Gunrunning Case

Jan 30, 2016

Chinpo Shipping Company was fined a total of $180,000 on Friday (Jan 29) for transferring funds that could reasonably have been used to contribute to North Korea's nuclear programme and for running a remittance business without a valid licence…

LSC Shipmanagement Receives 3 New Ships

Jan 30, 2016

In the first half of this year, JSC “Latvijas kugnieciba” subsidiary “LSC Shipmanagement” Ltd (LSCSM) will add three newly built oil and chemical tankers under technical management.  The first of the three ships was delivered on January 11 – the 183 meters long tanker “Elandra Spruce”…

Hong Kong - Macau Yacht Races

Jan 29, 2016

Yacht races between Hong Kong and Macau will take place on 6 February 2016 (Saturday) and 8 February 2016 (Monday). About 25 sailing boats are expected to participate in the races.The outbound trip from Hong Kong to Macau will start at 1000…

Slashed Charter Rate for Diana's m/v Houston

Jan 29, 2016

Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with SwissMarine Services S.A., Geneva…

InterManager Condemns Mangouras Prison Sentence

Jan 29, 2016

InterManager has described as ‘abhorrent’, the decision by Spain’s Supreme Court to sentence the Master of the Prestige oil tanker, which sank off Spain's northwest coast in 2002, to two years in prison and has called on the shipping industry…

New York Area Ports Shut Down after Dock Workers Walk Out

Jan 29, 2016

New York and New Jersey's cargo terminals shut down on Friday after more than a thousand longshoremen walked off the job, shuttering one of the country's busiest port networks. The employees stopped working around 11 a.m. (1600 GMT). It was not immediately clear what had prompted the walkout…

Intelsat Appoints Jacques Kerrest as CFO

Jan 29, 2016

Satellite services provider Intelsat S.A. announced that Jacques Kerrest will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Intelsat’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Spengler. Kerrest will be responsible…

Developers Invited to Inmarsat’s 2016 Conference

Jan 29, 2016

Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications, is inviting application, hardware and software developers to join its growing community of technology companies at the second annual Inmarsat Developer Conference (IDC 16), being held in London (29 February – 1 March)…

US Coast Guard Nominates Ambassadors to IMO

Jan 29, 2016

Rear Adm. Cari Thomas and Ms. Carleen Lyden Kluss, co-founder and executive director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association, were recently appointed to be International Maritime Organization (IMO) ambassadors.An…

AMI Elects Board Directors

Jan 29, 2016

The Association of Marina Industries (AMI) elected its 2016 Officers and Directors at its annual International Marina & Boatyard Conference (IMBC) held January 27-29, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Brad Gross, Certified Marina Manager (CMM) of Dana Point Harbor was appointed Chair…

Svitzer Names Manager for Middle East & Africa

Jan 29, 2016

As of February 1, Mohammed Ahmed is appointed new Regional Manager of Svitzer Middle East & Africa, including the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Ahmed has been with the Maersk Group for 11 years, most recently working as Maersk Line Cluster Manager of Africa Horn Cluster in Addis Ababa…

Greece Ports Strike Extended

Jan 29, 2016

A general strike in Greece has been extended by another 48 hours and is affecting the routes of domestic and local ferries and commercial vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi and Megara ports for cargo discharging, announced Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS)…

VARD's LNG Tank gets DNV GL Approval

Jan 29, 2016

VARD’s new LNG tank design has been granted General Approval for Ship Application (GASA) by DNV GL. The new LNG-type B-tank design is based on vertical cylindrical-shape geometry and has a patented support design.The tank is the result of…

IMTRA Acquires Custom Product Sales Talent

Jan 29, 2016

Marine Manufacturer Adds Talented Technical Sales Professional To Expand Key Big Boat Market Segment PresenceIMTRA, the leading manufacturer and importer of quality marine products, announced today the addition of Prentice Weathers to its sales team…

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DFC, Chubb Announce Additional Partners and Maritime Reinsurance Coverage

DFC, Chubb Announce Additional Partners and Maritime Reinsurance Coverage

Petronas-Chartered Tanker Passes Through Hormuz

Petronas-Chartered Tanker Passes Through Hormuz

Ukrainian Drones Sink Russian Cargo Vessel

Ukrainian Drones Sink Russian Cargo Vessel

Operations Begin at Jubail Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia

Operations Begin at Jubail Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia

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