Shipping news – Page 145

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    Proctor up at OMA

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - OMA Group has appointed Neale Proctor as sales and commercial director, with immediate effect.

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    GAC Pindar teams up with World Sailing

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - GAC Pindar has signed a memorandum of understanding to be the exclusive marine logistics and shipping partner of World Sailing until December 31, 2020.

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    Results down for Wilhelmsen

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding (WWH) has reported a decrease in total income and operating profit compared with the previous quarter. During the quarter, the group made significant steps towards restructuring its shipping, logistics and maritime s

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    Revenues decline at Rickmers

    2016-11-11T00:00:00Z

    November 11 - Rickmers Group generated consolidated revenues of EUR373.6 million (USD406.1 million) in the first nine months of 2016 - a 15 percent decline compared with the same period of 2015.

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    ICS hails IMO agreement on CO2

    2016-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - At the UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP 22) in Marrakesh, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) said that the recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreement on a CO2 Road Map for shipping is a significant decision giving furth

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    Warriors see Fairplay

    2016-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Denmark's Fairplay Shipping has completed the return of an important exhibition of China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Warriors to China.

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    Appointments round up

    2016-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - CSX, has promoted Michael Rutherford to vice president, industrial products, to lead all sales and marketing activities for the US railroad company's recently-expanded industrial products portfolio, which includes housing and construction mat

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    BIMCO: Record containership scrapping

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Containership demolition has reached an all-time high, as ships with a combined capacity of 500,000 teu have already been scrapped this year, 4.2 times more than the scrapping activity for the same months in 2015, reports The Baltic and Inter

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    Columbia and Marlow explore merger

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Columbia Shipmanagement and Marlow Navigation have confirmed that they are discussing a potential merger or collaboration to extend their cooperation in the maritime training sector.

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    R.H. Shipping relocates

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - Due to the company's growth, R.H. Shipping is moving its corporate office to a new location in Mexico City.

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    BIFA calls for end to surcharges

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    November 8 - The British International Freight Association (BIFA) - the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies - is repeating the call it made earlier this year for an end to surcharges imposed by shipping lines.

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    Arklow Cape launched

    2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

    November 7 - Arklow Shipping's latest newbuild multipurpose vessel, Arklow Cape, has been launched at Ferus Smit's Westerbroek yard in the Netherlands.

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    Abis ships go under hammer

    2016-11-04T00:00:00Z

    November 4 - Sources close to the situation have told HLPFI that ships within Abis Shipping's fleet of multipurpose vessels are going under the hammer, after the bank pulled its financial support for the ships.

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    The heat is on at Manatee

    2016-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Port Manatee has handled the export shipment of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) heat exchanger, manufactured at Air Products' production facility close to the port in Florida, USA.

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    DSV freight volumes grow

    2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - DSV's Air & Sea division has posted a 51 percent year-on-year increase in sea freight volumes for the first nine months of 2016, along with an 84 percent increase in airfreight volumes, when compared with the same period last year.

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    Cosco, DEME sign umbrella deal

    2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Cosco Shipping and DEME have signed an umbrella agreement to work closely on the development of offshore wind energy in China.

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    Ship operating costs set to rise further

    2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

    November 1 - Vessel operating costs are expected to rise by 1.9 percent in 2016 and 2.5 percent in 2017, according to the latest survey by shipping consultant Moore Stephens.

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    Japanese lines to merge box operations

    2016-10-31T00:00:00Z

    October 31 - Three of Japan's largest shipping companies have announced that they plan to merge their container shipping and overseas terminal operations as the industry struggles with overcapacity and mounting losses.

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    MISC completes sale of logistics arm

    2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - MISC, the Malaysian shipping company, has completed the disposal of its entire stake in MISC Integrated Logistics (MILS) to Swift Haulage for MYR257.2 million (USD61.2 million), which means it has effectively exited the logistics business.

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    United Nations sets sulphur emission rules

    2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The United Nations has established global regulations to limit the amount of sulphur emissions from vessels and said they would come into force from January 1, 2020.