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Slow Boat From China
Manufacturers and retailers looking to cut shipping costs by slowing their supply chains are finding unlikely new supporters of the...
Panama vows to implement shipping tolls
The administrator of the Panama Canal has vowed to press ahead with a programme of steep toll increases despite complaints...
OceanSaver secures world first Ballast Water Systems contract for large ships
OceanSaver announced the signing of the world’s first major Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) contract for large ships. Hyundai Heavy...
Sea Vision UK and The Knowledge Zone take maritime careers direct to students and their advisors
Sea Vision UK, the campaign to raise awareness and understanding of the sea and maritime activities, has appointed the Cowes-based...
Bibby Ship Management opens training centre in New Delhi
Bibby Ship Management has opened a new dynamic positioning training centre in New Delhi to cater for increasing demand to...
Establishment of Reef Subsea AS - JV Between GC Rieber Shipping and HitecVision
GC Rieber Shipping and the private equity investor HitecVision has, in line with the stock exchange notice on 22 October...
China Capesize Bookings Jump 38% on Australian Cargo, Data Show
The number of iron ore and coal- carrying capesize ships hired to deliver cargoes to China jumped 38 percent last...
Supertanker rates may jump 75%: broker
The cost to move crude oil from the Arabian Gulf to the U.S. Gulf Coast using supertankers may jump 75...
Helping customers reduce costs through energy efficiency and fuel management
In response to customer demand for reducing operating costs and rising concerns over carbon emissions, DNV is working with a...
Global floating storage set to play a key role in tanker rates
Crude tankers lying offshore to take advantage of the contango in the oil futures market will be a key factor...
VIKING celebrates 50 years of saving and protecting people at sea
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is proud to announce the company’s 50th Anniversary and the 50th Anniversary of its Chairman of the...
China Shipping Container Foresees Net Loss for 09
China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. predicted in late January, 2010 that it would record a net loss for 2009,...
United Arab Shipping Company Reduces Bandwidth Costs by 70 Percent with Blue Coat Appliances
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), the...
Norden down on bleak shipping outlook
Shares in Denmark-based shipper D/S Norden fall as much as 2.5 percent, against the positive broader market trend. Nordic bank...
Maritime Industry: Strategic Insight into Current Issues and Future Outlook
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost Sullivan's new report Maritime Industry: Strategic Insight...
GAC appoints industry veterans as new MDs in Thailand & Abu Dhabi
In its latest round of management appointments, the GAC Group has named industry veterans Mark Delaney and Ronnie Knowles as...
IMO panel completes draft amendments to STCW code
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that draft amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and...
Container Lifeboat Launcher partnership
Nadiro, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller - Maersk, has entered into a cooperation agreement with German lifeboat manufacturer Fassmer, to...
WA seafarers on brink of victory
Seafarers in the offshore oil and gas industry, members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), are on the verge...
Interesting Maritime Port Data And Seaspan
We're probably overdue in updating our periodic How's the Economy Doing series, although we did include economic data...

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