ISS Expands Chembulk Deal into S.America and Asia
Maritime and logistics service provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has expanded its agreement with Chembulk Tankers into South America and Asia, the company announced today.
Sinopec Demurrage Mounts on LNG Delivery Delay
Sinopec's LNG tanker floats off Gladstone for more than 2 weeks; demurrage costs climb to more than $500,000. The Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project has delayed its first commercial cargo…
Islamic State Targets Es Sider Port Again
Islamic State militants resumed shelling near the Libyan oil port of Es Sider on Tuesday and an oil storage tank in the port was hit causing a fire, a petroleum…
27 Migrants Dead after Migrant Boat Capsizes on Aegean Coast
At least three of dead are children; Coastguard rescues 12 others from rocks. Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children…
ClassNK: Amendments to Rules of Container Carriers
PRESS RELEASE -- Classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) announced that it released amendments to its Rules and Guidance for the Survey…
DIN Mount Gateway from SignalFire Wireless Telemetry
SignalFire Wireless Telemetry now offers a Modbus DIN Mount Gateway that combines a high power SignalFire radio with gateway electronics in a compact DIN mounted…
MOL Earns Highest Rating for SMBC Sustainability Assessment Loans
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company has received the highest rating for SMBC Sustainability Assessment Loans from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Statoil's NCS Installation Contracts for Beerenberg, Prezioso Linjebygg
Statoil has awarded two new, long-term contracts with estimated value of NOK 11 billion for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment services to Beerenberg Corp AS and Prezioso Linjebygg AS.
VIKING Acquires Edge in Offshore Evacuation
With recent type approval of an 81-meter-high evacuation system, VIKING has answered the needs of offshore fixed and jack-up rigs to handle extreme heights. Leading…
DHT Offloads Suezmax
DHT Holdings, Inc. announced having sold the DHT trader on December 30, 2015. The DHT Trader is a 2000 built Suezmax and was sold for $26.5 million. The sale is…
Joint Effort on to Repair Hudson River Cable
Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC (HTP), owner and operator of an electric power cable buried beneath the Hudson River between Edgewater, New Jersey and New York City, is working closely with the U.S.
ClassNK opens Office in Charleston
Leading classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has opened a new exclusive survey office in Charleston, USA with operations beginning 1 January 2016.
Cargo Movement to and from Iraqi Ports
In compliance with the circular, DP World ports shall not accept any Imports, Export or Transshipment cargo / containers arriving from or destined to other Iraqi Ports except those mentioned above.
Wake of Nautical Institute Awarded OBE
Mr Philip Wake OBE RD MSc FNI has been appointed an Ordinary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the UK’s New Year’s Honours’ List for his services to the maritime industry.
Xu Lirong to Head Merged Giant COSCO-CSG
The current chairman of China Shipping Group (CSG) Xu Lirong handed top job at $74.7bn Beijing-backed merged entity of CSG and China Cosco Group. Xu Lirong has…
Benjamin Franklin Sails Home
The largest container ship to ever visit the U.S., the1,300-foot-long CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, left the Port of Oakland Monday afternoon around 1:15 p.m. after docking at the port on New Year’s Eve…
Saudi-Iran Standoff and Oil Tankers
The Saudi-Iran standoff is certainly one to worry over given its ramifications for oil supply as they sit on either side of the Persian Gulf, the world’s biggest concentration of oil tankers…
“K” Line Group to Implement “K” Line Wind program
“K” Line Group (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha) taking steps to improve our corporate culture and climate through the “K”-no-Kaze” (“K” Line Wind) program. Additionally…
The Fate of Grounded Bulk Carrier Uncertain
There is no word yet on what is to become of the bulk carrier Los Llanitos, the 38,000-tonne ship that went aground near Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, during Hurricane Patricia on October 23…
IRISL Readies for Europe
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) is seeking to open bureaus across Europe, says its Managing-Director Dr. Mohammad Saeidi. IRNA reports Saeidi…
