Singapore-listed integrated marine logistic company Marco Polo Marine posted a profit of SGD3.8 million (USD2.85 million), up 24% year on year (y/y) for the second quarter of 2015, which ended on 31 ...
Marco Polo Marine profit up 24%
Ocean Tankers to strengthen ship security
Singapore-based Ocean Tankers told IHS Maritime it plans to strengthen its anti-piracy measures in the wake of the second hijacking its fleet has suffered within a year. A spokesman for Ocean Tankers ...
Ro-ro cargo lifts BLG Logistics’ profits
Ocean terminal and warehouse operator BLG Logistics has rebounded from the heavy write-downs it sustained in 2013, ramping up its pre-tax earnings to EUR30.1 million (USD33.7 million) last year. The ...
Auckland loses business over halt in extension
After bowing to public pressure, a turnabout move by Ports of Auckland's (POAL) owner, Auckland Council, has forced the company to stop work on an already consented wharf extension. Described as a ...
Fire Response Highlights Decision Complexity
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-04 20:02:27 One of the first things that the chief officer on the Sea Gale did when responding to an engine room fire on the 24m crew boat was to silence the fire alarm. It ...
DP Operators Caught in Catch-22
By Wendy Laursen 2015-05-04 18:23:08 Over the past 10 years, more than 1,900 offshore supply vessels (approximately 820 PSVs and 1,080 AHTSs) have been built. The influx of more modern vessels into ...
Shell’s Arctic Drilling Faces Another Hurdle
By Reuters 2015-05-04 17:07:09 Royal Dutch Shell's quest to return to Arctic drilling for the first time in three years could face delays after Seattle ruled that the city's port must apply for a ...
Practical Security Applications
By Chris Georges 2015-05-04 16:17:15 It is 39 degrees at the gun range in Marriotsville, Maryland, and it’s a little chilly for this Floridian. But I am excited to learn about how to use various ...
Shell Reaches Nigerian Oil Spill Agreement
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-04 16:04:32 Shell has reached an agreement to clean up a local Nigerian community devastated by two oil spills in 2008. Representatives from the Amnesty International, United ...
Barge Carrying Caustic Chemical Sinks
By Kathryn Stone 2015-05-04 14:50:46 An emergency alert was issued on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast this weekend after a barge carrying ammonium nitrate capsized. The vessel was transporting around 180 ...
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