By Wendy Laursen 2015-04-22 17:44:23 A coroner in Australia has ruled that a Chinese seafarer could have been murdered, thrown off a ship and then eaten by sharks. Sun Peng, 28, had a fight with ...
Man Overboard, Possibly Eaten by Sharks
UK’s Renewable Market Driving U.S. Pellet Demand
By MarEx 2015-04-22 17:16:01 In 2014, almost three-quarters of all U.S. wood pellet exports were delivered to the United Kingdom (UK), mainly for the purpose of generating electricity. Overall, U.S. ...
SCA Stresses Vital Role of U.S. Shipyards
By MarEx 2015-04-22 16:03:47 The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), a national trade association representing the nation’s shipbuilding and repair industry is hosting a fly-in beginning today. ...
Dispatches No. 241
Posted on: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 By: Szymanski InterManager is gearing up for Manning and Training conference in Copenhagen on the 28-29 April. Places are still available and our members can ...
Cargo owners warned to tackle box weight issues now
Start now to plan weight certification and reporting procedures to ensure compliance with the IMO's new provisions for container weight verification, cargo owners were advised on 22 April. The deputy ...
Svitzer sees salvage merger with Titan as best fit of strengths
Svitzer, the towage and salvage company in AP Moller-Maersk (APM) group of Copenhagen, sees the merger of its salvage business with Titan, which is part of the US-based Crowley group, as the best fit ...
Reederei NSB completes first Panamax widening project
Panamax containerships are difficult to employ in today's competitive market. To ensure and extend the profitable operation of these ships, Reederei NSB developed a concept to widen a containership ...
BP sums up its response to Deepwater disaster
BP CEO Bob Dudley reflected on the company's response to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in a keynote speech at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, on 21 April. He confirmed that the company had spent ...
Piracy surges in SE Asia
Posted on: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 By: Debbie Source: Tradewinds A small coastal tanker is hijacked every two weeks on average, IMB report shows. A small coastal tanker is hijacked by pirates in ...
CSBC to deliver 16 ships in 2015
China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC), Taiwan's largest shipbuilder, will deliver 16 newbuilds in 2015, the highest level since 2008, said CSBC president Chen Feng-lin on 17 April. Eleven newbuilds ...
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