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Bulk Invest to File for Bankruptcy | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 04, 2016 08:06 |
| Struggling Norwegian dry bulk company Bulk Invest ASA (formerly Western Bulk) will immediately file a petition for bankruptcy having been unable to reach a deal on restructuring with its creditors, the company said. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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FLNG a Better Option for Croatia’s 1st LNG Import Terminal | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 04, 2016 07:37 |
| The Croatian Government is looking into a floating LNG terminal as the country wants to speed up its efforts on construction of an LNG terminal in the Northern Adriatic sea which has been long overdue. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Norway's Offshore Regulator Redefines Risk | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 04, 2016 07:18 |
| Incidents occur every year in Norway’s petroleum industry which could have developed into a major accident under only slightly different circumstances, and Norway’s offshore regulator PSA has introduced a new definition of the risk concept it hopes will help to reduce these events. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Foreship Counsels Polar Forethought | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 03, 2016 08:34 |
| Goal-based concept design is key to ensuring new generation exploration ships can enter unforgiving polar seas in comfort and safety, Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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GSF calls for forum to tackle service quality issues | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 03, 2016 08:30 |
| The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) has called for a Maritime Industries Supply Chain Forum to be set up to tackle the poor quality of service since the consolidation of the world’s top 20 lines into ‘super alliances’, Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Fincantieri Gets Chinese Partner for Cruise Ships | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 03, 2016 07:45 |
| Italian cruise ship builder Fincantieri has signed an exclusive agreement with the Chinese repair yard Huarun Dadong Dockyard, or HRDD, for service and conversion of cruise ships – a new reflection of the growing prominence of the Chinese cruise market. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Epic Gas takes delivery of 7,500cbm newbuilding | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 02, 2016 07:46 |
| Epic Gas has taken delivery of the 7,500cbm Epic Borinquen from Sasaki Shipyard of Japan. The vessel will deliver straight into a time charter for trading in Asia. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Container Shipping: Consolidate or Die? | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 02, 2016 07:35 |
| Consolidation in the container shipping industry is happening for the first time in a decade and will likely continue in 2016, according to a new report from AlixPartners advisory firm. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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New Suez Canal Allows Traffic to Bypass Casualty | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 02, 2016 07:28 |
| The Suez Canal Authority's chairman and managing director, Admiral Mohab Mamish, said in a statement Monday that vessel traffic is still moving despite the grounding of the bulker New Katerina in the canal last week. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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BIMCO: Security Breach in Anti-Piracy Program | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 02, 2016 07:23 |
| BIMCO and The Standard Club issued a warning regarding an alleged security breach in the Maritime Trade Information Sharing Center, Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG), potentially resulting in the release of ships' data to pirates. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Scorpio Bulkers Sinks Further into Red, Tankers’ Profit Rise | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 01, 2016 08:00 |
| Due to a sluggish dry bulk shipping market, the owner and operator of bulk carriers Scorpio Bulkers has seen its profits tumble during the fourth quarter of 2015, reaching a net loss of USD 302 million, compared to a net loss of USD 72 million seen in the same period a year earlier. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Man Dies after Falling Overboard in Tauranga Port | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 01, 2016 07:57 |
| The body of a man, believed to be a Chinese national, was discovered after he fell overboard a vessel moored in Tauranga Port, according to New Zealand Police Department. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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Norway Examines Feasibility of CO2 Shipping | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Mar 01, 2016 07:44 |
| Norwegian state operator Gassco has commissioned Knutsen OAS Shipping and Larvik Shipping to study transport of CO2 by ship in connection with the Norwegian government’s full-scale project for managing this greenhouse gas. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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India OKs 150 Mln Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port | 5 years 2 months ago | Added: Feb 26, 2016 09:29 |
| The Indian government has approved a USD 150 million credit facility to support the development of Iran’s Chabahar port which lies outside the Persian Gulf, near Iran’s border with Pakistan. Read more | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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