This year is not promising for new FPSO contracts as the corruption scandal engulfing Petrobras and weak oil prices are likely to discourage oil companies from going ahead with final investment ...
Worst to come for FPSOs in 2015
Foodcareplus launches reefer LCL programme
Belgian freight forwarding group Foodcareplus is launching a set of new less-than-container-load (LCL) reefer consolidation services beginning with a Canada-North Europe offering next month. Its new ...
IACS Acts on Software Safety
By MarEx 2015-05-06 21:08:36 Ships depend more and more on complex computer systems. When each system is isolated and serving only one function then a software failure can have only limited ...
Singapore Starts Construction of New Container Terminal
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-06 20:59:25 The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has started the construction of a new container terminal with 20 deep-water berths that will have a total ...
Costa Concordia Ready for Last Journey
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-06 20:36:08 Nine and a half months after arriving in Genoa, Italy, the Costa Concordia has been stripped of enough material to enable it to pass over the breakwater of the ...
Difficulties Ahead with IMO’s New GHG Study
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-06 19:55:59 The IMO has released the Third IMO Greenhouse Gas Study 2014 report saying emissions from shipping have dropped; that’s the good news. IMO Secretary-General, Koji ...
The Lusitania Sinking: “Be British Boys”
By MarEx 2015-05-06 19:00:28 On May 7, 1915, the Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,195 passengers and crew. Thomas Snowden was a 30-year-old ...
People Smuggles Arrested in Germany
By MarEx 2015-05-06 15:22:42 German police arrested three men on Wednesday suspected of belonging to an organised criminal group that smuggles people from Africa to the European Union. Around 7,000 ...
Carnival Continues to Grow Chinese Fleet
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-06 14:05:56 A new vessel announcement by Princess Cruises Wednesday tops off a growing list of newbuilds set to operate in the booming Chinese tourism market. The 3,600 ...
US Navy Settles Environmental Violations
By MarEx 2015-05-06 12:13:14 A settlement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Navy will help reduce potentially harmful discharges of ozone-depleting substances and ensure the ...
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