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UASC: Shipping Alliances Will Stifle Smaller Operators
01/10/2014 12:03
UASC President has projected a bright outlook for major box shippers who have been struggling with depressed freight rates and overcapacity ever since the global financial crisis of 2008.
However, small-scale shipping companies might get muscled out of the business by the...
World Maritime Day for 2014 is Thursday, 25 September
25/09/2014 10:53
The theme for this year's World Maritime Day "IMO conventions: effective implementation" was chosen in order to provide an opportunity to shine a spotlight on those IMO treaty instruments, which have not yet entered into force, as well as those for which ratification by more States and more...
MedCruise elects C Salvado as President and a new bod
24/09/2014 11:48
The 45th MedCruise General Assembly that was held in Barcelona, Spain elected Mrs Carla Salvadό, Marketing and Cruise Manager of the Port of Barcelona as the new President of the association representing cruise ports in the Med and its adjoining seas.
Carla Salvadό started working at...
Chouest Kicks Off B-Port Project in Brazil
24/09/2014 11:26
In April 2014, Chouest and Prumo Logistica signed the initial lease for the port property, recently amending the agreement to include a total area of 574,200 square meters, if all future contract options are exercised. “We are already investing to meet the current demand...
Oil Prices and Sanctions Impacting Exploration Projects
23/09/2014 11:30
At present we are seeing lower oil prices as a function of softer demand growth in both Europe and China combined with recent output increases from OPEC, particularly Libya, together with the ongoing surge in US production.
In the short-term, supply could start to be taken out of the...
Italian ferry runs aground off Greece's Corfu island
21/09/2014 20:00
Τhe Italian-flagged ferry Europalink with 762 people on board ran aground early Sunday on an islet off Corfu island at the Ionian Sea in western Greece, Greek authorities said.
There were no injuries or water on an alarming level on the vessel Europalink, which safely reached the...
MO Secretary General Will Retire in 2015
20/09/2014 17:19
Koji Sekimizu, secretary general of IMO, has announced he will step down at the end of his first term of office ending in December 2015 for personal reasons.
His wife has been seriously ill Sekimizu has decided to commit himself to caring for her in case she becomes unwell...
Phoenix International Awarded US$75-M Subsea Navy Contract
20/09/2014 17:14
US Department of Defense inform that Phoenix International Holdings Inc., Largo, Maryland, is being awarded a $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award fee contract for worldwide undersea deep ocean search and recovery operations and associated services to support...
MUA Urges for Protection of Australian Jobs in Coastal Shipping
19/09/2014 17:37
The call comes as the Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss voices the need to boost the country’s coastal shipping which has seen an almost 2% decrease on 2011-12. According to Truss this is indicative of a longer-term trend of decreasing amounts of coastal...
Brevard Sheriff Takes Law Enforcement Reins
19/09/2014 16:14
Starting October 1, the Brevard Sheriff Department becomes responsible for law enforcement and seaport security services at Port Canaveral as part of a $4.9 million annual contract.
“We are confident that our community and partners will experience a seamless transition and can be...
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