By MarEx 2015-08-04 19:45:20 The boards of the International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) and the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) are moving the ...
Seafarer Welfare Initiatives Unite
New Jersey Spill Cleaned Up
By MarEx 2015-08-04 18:44:23 Most of the oil spilled after a tug allided with a fuel terminal in New Jersey on Saturday has now been cleaned up, says the U.S. Coast Guard About 1,000 gallons of oil ...
IMO Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas Agenda
By MarEx 2015-08-04 17:07:02 The International Maritime Organization, Pacific Regional Environments Programme (SPREP) and Pacific island representatives met in Nadji, Fiji for a workshop to ...
U.S. Puts Sanctions on Companies Aiding Syria
By MarEx 2015-08-04 16:35:40 The U.S. Department of Treasury placed sanctions several companies for their roles in ongoing Syrian conflicts. Aqua Shipping and Milenyum Energy SA in Turkey are the ...
Radioactive Box Quarantined
By MarEx 2015-08-04 14:37:26 Israel’s Ashdod Port was evacuated when emergency teams discovered radiation emitting from a shipping container. Authorities report that the container arrived on a ...
Chinese Company Picked to Salvage Sewol
By MarEx 2015-08-04 13:11:56 The South Korean government has hired Shanghai Salvage Co., a Chinese state-run consortium of companies, to salvage the Sewol ferry. The company has a signed a KRW 85.1 ...
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports strong quarter profits
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), the world's third largest cruise shipping company, has reported an increase in 2Q15 net profit on the previous year. The company also said it will base a ship of ...
One Dead In Product Tanker Fire
By MarEx 2015-08-04 10:26:02 A crew member was killed when a fire broke out on the product tanker YE CHI, which was sailing from Jinshan, near Shanghai, to Singapore. Four other crewmembers were ...
Crew Dies In Product Tanker Fire
By MarEx 2015-08-04 10:26:02 A crew member was killed when a fire broke out on the product tanker YE CHI, which was sailing from Jinshan, near Shanghai, to Singapore. Four other crewmembers were ...
Precious upbeat despite quarterly loss
Precious Shipping are maintaining a confident outlook despite increased second quarter losses. Net losses for 2Q15 for the Thai dry bulker rose to USD12.03 million against losses of USD1.62 million in ...