MOL Launches Ship Management, Training Businesses
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that the company has established MOL Synergy Marine (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. jointly with Synergy Group , a ship management services group in Chennai…
Swissco Extends Monohull Crewboat Fleet
Incat Crowther announced that Cheoy Lee has delivered a second pair of 36m Monohull Crewboats to Singapore-based operator Swissco Holdings. Swissco Spring and Swissco Leopard follow on from the highly successful Swissco Puma and Swissco Cheetah. The design features 94 square meters of aft cargo deck, capable of carrying 50 tons. The main deck passenger compartment features 70 seats, beverage counter, luggage racks and a pair of heads.
Cruise Ship Passenger Isolated Due to Ebola Risk
A Texas hospital employee who may have handled lab specimens from an Ebola victim has entered voluntary isolation on board a Carnival cruise ship in the Caribbean. According to Carnival, the worker, who has been monitored by cruise ship’s medical doctor and confirmed to be in good health, has shown no symptoms of the disease and will remain isolated until the ship returns to its home port Galveston on Sunday. Although the passenger is reportedly healthy, the U.S.
ICS Welcomes IMO Progress on BW Issues
Governments attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) this week have made real progress towards agreeing solutions to major issues that have previously impeded ratification of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention, says the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for ship operators. Speaking at IMO headquarters…
First Indian Elected on WISTA Board
At the 34th WISTA International AGM & Conference held in Limassol, Cyprus, Sanjam Sahi Gupta, President of WISTA India was elected to the board of WISTA International.She…
ClassNK's Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
Leading classification society ClassNK announced that it has released Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems. These guidelines cover class safety requirements…
SCI onto Gujarat Coastal & Exim Container Trades
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI), a Government of India Enterprise, hosted an interactive session on Coastal & Exim container trades of Gujarat on 9th October…
Maersk to Bump Asia-Europe Rates
Container shipping company Maersk Line, a unit of Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk , plans to raise freight rates sharply on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern Europe…
China, Vietnam Pledge Maritime Cooperation
China and Vietnam have agreed to "address and control" maritime disputes, state media said on Friday, as differences over the potentially energy-rich South China…
Baptism of RONJA POLARIS
On the past October 10th was held in Alesund (Norway) the baptism ceremony of the Ronja Polaris vessel, belonging to the Norwegian ship-owner Sølvtrans and built by Astilleros Zamakona S.A.…
Northern Fleet’s Environmental Center in Arctic
The regional Environmental Center of the Northern Fleet will be established in the Arctic in the near future. The news agency TASS reported the news with reference…
Size Restrictions Lifted in Mobile, Alabama
Salvage teams and the Army Corps of Engineers have positively identified the location of the sunken Dredge Tender NICHOLAS on the western (greenside) toe of the…
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