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Dispatches No. 261
Malaysia detains two tankers over illegal ship fuel transfer
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officials on 5 October detained two tankers for alleged illegal ship fuel transfer near Pengerang, south of Malaysia. MMEA officials reportedly ...
CCS new rule backs seawater lubricated propellers
China Classification Society's (CCS) new monitoring rules favour seawater lubricated propellers over oil-based systems, according to the Canada-based Thordon Bearings. The class society's revised ...
U.S. Consumers in Seafood Slavery Lawsuit
By MarEx 2015-10-07 02:59:19 By Juliette Aplin, The Futures Centre Consumers in California have filed two separate class-action lawsuits against Mars and Nestlé for failing to acknowledge the use of ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 07/10/2015
Posted on: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 07/10/2015 1. Rejecting Pay for Rescue Concept The Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) has ...
Ivory Coast Begins Abidjan Port Upgrades
By MarEx 2015-10-07 02:37:03 On Tuesday, Ivory Coast began construction of a four-year, 560 billion CFA franc ($962 million) project to build a second container terminal and widen the canal leading ...
Safety to the fore at Singapore forum
The 8th Co-operation Forum opened in Singapore on 5 October to discuss challenges faced by the maritime industry including cyber security and the trend towards a sustainable global maritime transport ...
Shell CEO Sees First Signs of Oil Price Recovery
By Reuters 2015-10-07 02:14:18 Oil markets are beginning to recover but the scale of global oversupply means prices may rise only slowly, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on ...
MARAD Chief Defends Jones Act
By MarEx 2015-10-06 20:57:06 Speaking at the 2015 Jones Act Shipping Forum in New York, U.S. Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen affirmed the overwhelming support for the Jones Act in ...
Hydrographic Survey of Malacca Strait Underway
By MarEx 2015-10-06 19:28:46 A hydrographic survey of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) has been launched this week by the three littoral States - Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore - and ...