By Reuters 2015-05-20 18:19:43 Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 boat people adrift at sea in rickety boats but made clear their assistance was temporary and ...
Malaysia, Indonesia Let Boat People Ashore Temporarily
China Fishing Illegally in West Africa: Greenpeace Study
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-20 17:42:55 Chinese fishing companies have flocked to the coast of west Africa over the last three decades to engage in illegal and ecologically destructive fishing ...
Transformational Transportation Bill Introduced
By MarEx 2015-05-20 17:05:33 Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), together with 19 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Democrats, introduced H.R. 2410, the Administration’s ...
14 Crewmen Still Missing After Barge Capsizes
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-20 15:01:50 Fourteen crew members are still missing from a barge that capsized early Wednesday morning in Singaporean waters. The incident took place at roughly 4:00am ...
84 Evacuated After Vessel Catches Fire
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-20 13:12:30 Over 80 crew members aboard the Offshore Support Vessel, Fugro Symphony, were evacuated after the ship caught fire Wednesday in the early morning hours. The ...
Israel’s Zim returns to profit
Israel-based container carrier Zim returned to profitability in 1Q15 with its EBIT numbers improving dramatically, reaching USD61 million compared with USD5 million in the last quarter of 2014, and a ...
Thailand’s RCL posts positive quarterly results
Thai-based container shipper RCL has reported a net profit of THB174 million (USD 5.18 million) for the first quarter of 2015. The company recovered from a net loss of THB158 million in the first ...
Iran to Allow Ship Inspection, UN Announces Talks
By MarEx 2015-05-20 11:30:03 Iran will allow the United Nations to inspect a Yemen-bound aid ship at the regional U.N. hub in Djibouti, Tehran's deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying on ...
IMO Secretary-General inaugurates new World Maritime University building
Expanded, state-of-the-art, premises for the World Maritime University (WMU) were inaugurated on Monday (19 May 2015) in Malmö, Sweden, by IMO Secretary-General and WMU Chancellor Koji Sekimizu. WMU ...
MarEx Loses a Friend at CCMIT
By MarEx 2015-05-20 10:24:26 In Memory of Michael McMahon Thomas “Michael” McMahon, General Manager at The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute of Technology, passed suddenly on May 11, 2015 ...