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EMGS to Appeal Ruling On Patent Invalidity

Feb 16, 2015

As previously announced, Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has issued claims against Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) in the High Court of Justice, Patent Court, in London, UK, and in Norwegian courts on the basis that PGS used its Towed Streamer EM in the territory of the United Kingdom…

PGS Wins Patent Dispute with EMGS

Feb 16, 2015

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA ('PGS' or the 'Company') today announces that Oslo District Court in its judgment of 13 February 2015 ruled in favor of PGS in the lawsuit filed by ElectroMagnetic GeoServices ASA ('EMGS') against PGS for patent…

Keppel Appoints Vestring to its Board

Feb 16, 2015

Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Till Vestring as Independent Director on the Company's Board with effect from 16 February 2015Mr Vestring, 50, is a partner in Bain & Company's (Bain) Southeast Asia office…

Founder Stolt-Nielsen Passes Away

Feb 16, 2015

Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, 83, passed away today in the company of his family at his home in Oslo. An entrepreneur and visionary of boundless enthusiasm and energy, Jacob Stolt-Nielsen founded Parcel Tankers, Inc. in 1959 and pioneered the global trade for liquid chemicals…

Horizon Lines to Settle Merger Litigation

Feb 16, 2015

Horizon Lines, Inc. announced it has reached an agreement in principle providing for the settlement and dismissal, with prejudice, of the consolidated putative class action complaint pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery in connection with Horizon's proposed merger with Matson Navigation…

Sun Pharma Founder to Invest $290 mln in Turbine Maker Suzlon

Feb 15, 2015

The founder of India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc, Dilip Sanghvi, has agreed to buy a 23 percent stake in Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd for about $290 million, the company said late on Friday.Sanghvi, India's second-richest man…

West Coast Ports Backups Prompt Coffee Traders to Switch Ports

Feb 15, 2015

U.S. coffee importers have begun diverting shipments bound for West Coast roasters to ports on the Gulf and East Coasts due to a labor dispute that has caused prolonged backlogs in California, market sources said.Traders said they began…

U.S. West Coast Ports Reopen Briefly

Feb 15, 2015

Clogged ports along the U.S. West Coast reopened to cargo vessels on Friday after a daylong closure, but shippers planned to re-impose a partial shutdown through the holiday weekend barring a settlement in stalled labor talks with the dockworkers union…

Farmers Hit by Strife at West Coast Ports

Feb 15, 2015

Protracted labor strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week…

Juicy Yields on Energy Bonds Attracting PE Firms

Feb 15, 2015

Crude price volatility may not have completely closed the funding doors for US high-yield energy companies as private equity firms and new funds prepare to snap up juicy yields on offer after a recent slump in the sector's bonds.In a likely sign of things to come…

Euroseas Reports Results FY & Q4 2014

Feb 15, 2015

Euroseas Ltd. an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced today its results for the three month period and full year ended December 31…

AllCargo's Shashi Kiran Decorated by King of Belgium

Feb 14, 2015

Mr. Shashi Kiran Shetty, chairman of the Indian logistics multinational Allcargo Logistics, has been appointed Commander of the Order of Leopold II by King Phillip of Belgium. The honour was presented to Mr. Shetty by H.E. Jan Luykx, Belgian ambassador in New Delhi…

USCG Warns Against Ice Dangers On Lake Champlain

Feb 14, 2015

Coast Guard crews at Station Burlington, Vermont, are urging Lake Champlain locals and visitors to use extreme caution on the lake and surrounding waters this weekend.With more snow forecasted, unsafe ice may be hidden from view and poses…

Organisational Restructuring at VSS

Feb 14, 2015

In order to remain competitive and reduce costs, the management of Viking Supply Ships A/S (VSS) has decided to close down the Aberdeen office with effect from 1 July 2015.The Aberdeen office has operated the Viking PSV fleet and the organisational…

Aker Solutions Post 4Q 2014 Results

Feb 14, 2015

*Sales of NOK 9.2 billion 4Q 2014 vs NOK 7.5 billion 4Q 2013*Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of NOK 786 million vs NOK 661 million a year earlier*Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of NOK…

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