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Unique Group Debuts Seaflex SAVE System

Jun 08, 2015

Unique Group’s Buoyancy & Ballast division has announced the official launch of an integrated system designed to neutralise the risk to life and possessions from the potential capsize or sinking of smaller vessels. The Seaflex Auto-Inflating…

Strategic Marine Appoints New GM

Jun 08, 2015

Specialist shipbuilder, Strategic Marine, has appointed Rob Osborn as General Manager for Fabrication and Engineering. Over the last few years, Strategic Marine has established and rapidly developed production capability in the sectors of marine infrastructure…

SCI Adds Katupalli, Visakhapatnam to Its SMILE Service

Jun 08, 2015

India's Largest shipping Company, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) in its continuous efforts to facilitate shipping solutions to the Indian trade has now upgraded the Coastal ports of call on the SMILE Service to include Katupalli and Visakhapatnam on East Coast…

On AIDAcara's Birthday AIDA Cruises Turns 20

Jun 08, 2015

With the birthday of the cruise ship AIDAcara on June 7, 2015, AIDA Cruises is heralding the 20th year of its company history. On Sunday evening, more than 20,000 guests will toast together aboard the 10 AIDA ships, opening the anniversary celebrations…

Eurotunnel Sells Ships to Danish DFDS Group

Jun 08, 2015

Eurotunnel reluctantly sold to its subsidiary, the Calais-to-Dover ferry business, MyFerryLink the Danish DFDS, the competitor of the Channel Tunnel reports Le Monde. The company is a forced seller of the service because of antitrust action…

China Capsized Vessel Death Toll at 431

Jun 07, 2015

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized on the Yangtze River has reached 431, with 11 still missing, a government spokesman said on Sunday.  (Reporting by Megha Rajagopalan; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Kim Coghill)

Taiwan Launches New ships as South China Sea Tensions Rise

Jun 07, 2015

Taiwan's coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty in the form of two 3,000-ton patrol vessels, as the island boosts defences amid concerns about China's growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea.The new…

Obscure Chinese Town Rallies After Ship Disaster

Jun 07, 2015

Since being thrust onto the world stage, residents of a once obscure part of China have rallied round to help those affected by the sinking of a cruise ship, an outpouring of kindness in a country more used to worrying about a decline in public morals…

Dockworkers Union At Peru's Top Port Reach Deal

Jun 07, 2015

The dockworkers union at Peru's biggest port, Callao, has reached a contract agreement to end a three-week strike, with provisions that include improved benefits and modifications to a system for scheduling shifts, union officials said on Friday…

Upgrade Packages Ordered for Odfjell Tankers

Jun 07, 2015

Fuel-saving upgrade package with Kappel technology to optimise propulsion efficiency and lower fuel consumption of 11 vesselsMAN Diesel & Turbo’s Propeller & Aft Ship organisation has won an order to retrofit and upgrade a series of 11 × 37…

Scanship, Jets Join Forces to Better Serve Cruise Ships

Jun 07, 2015

Two of the world’s leading companies in maritime waste management have signed an agreement to join forces, in an effort to better serve cruise ship operators and yards globally. Scanship’s well-known Total Clean Ship System, which incorporates…

SNAME Graduate Scholarships Award Winners

Jun 07, 2015

SNAME announced the recipients of the Graduate Scholarships awarded for year 2015-16. The winners are:Wilbur N. Landers Scholarship Award goes to Alyssa M. Bennett, 2015 Ocean Engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, to study at the University of Michigan…

SoCal Beach Stretch Reopens After Tar Ball Problem

Jun 06, 2015

Officials reopened a stretch of Southern California coastline on Friday after closing it because of tar balls that washed ashore, in a phenomenon authorities are examining for any possible link to an oil pipeline spill.Officials had closed the 4-mile (6-km) stretch of shore in Long Beach…

Biggies to Rule Ocean, says Maersk CEO

Jun 06, 2015

The WSJ reports that the Danish container-shipping group is ordering more megaships even as freight rates remain low. Reason? The world’s biggest container-shipping companies are set to dominate seaborne trade over the next few years, leaving…

New VP of Sales & Operations at Bouchard Transportation

Jun 05, 2015

Independently-owned ocean-going petroleum barge company Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. announced the appointment of Brendan J. Bouchard as VP of Sales and Operations, establishing the fifth generation of the Bouchard family. Bouchard Transportation was started by Brendan J…

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Two CK Hutchison-Operated Ports Near Panama Could See State Partnerships Take Over

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