Posted on: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 28/04/2015 1. IMO Makes Ferry Statement The IMO Conference on the enhancement of safety of ships ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 28/04/2015
Ferry Captain Guilty of 304 Homicides
By Reuters 2015-04-28 01:03:55 The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank last year, killing 304 people, was found guilty of homicide by an appeals court on Tuesday and sentenced to life in ...
PSA starts up new terminal in Dammam
Singapore-listed port operator, PSA International, has started up a new terminal in Dammam, the capital of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The terminal operation was commenced by Saudi Global Ports ...
Philippines plans laws to facilitate shipping
Laws to ease shipping in and out of the Philippines could come into effect before next year's elections, a senior trade source said. Various legislative initiatives are underway, Sergio R Ortiz-Luis ...
CSCL’s profit surges in Q1
China Shipping Container Lines' (CSCL's) profit increased more than three times year on year (y/y) to CNY249 million (USD40 million) in the first three months of 2015, as a result of sharply lower ...
Samsung Heavy Denies Merger Plan
By MarEx 2015-04-27 21:16:19 South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries denied on Tuesday a South Korean media report that it will try again to merge with sister company Samsung Engineering ...
FSRUs Gaining Global Popularity
By MarEx 2015-04-27 20:51:07 Floating regasification is increasingly being used to meet natural gas demand in smaller markets, or as a temporary solution until onshore regasification facilities are ...
Migrants: Libya is Not Somalia
By MarEx 2015-04-27 20:04:39 Op-ed by David Hammond EU leaders have suggested that military capabilities should be used to deny Libyan human traffickers the use of their boats. The idea, coming from ...
Ferry Safety: IMO Pens “Manila Statement”
By MarEx 2015-04-27 19:28:25 The IMO Conference on the enhancement of safety of ships carrying passengers on non-international voyages, held in Manila, the Philippines, on 24 April 2015, has adopted ...
Heeding the Lionfish Warning
By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-27 19:06:17 Scientists from NOAA and other research bodies believe that it is very unlikely that ballast water or hull-fouling caused the invasion of the Indo-Pacific ...