| Gazprom Neft Launches New Logistics Scheme For Transhipments Of Arctic Oil | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 16, 2016 07:53 |
| | The first consignments of oil from the Novoportovskoye and Prirazlomnoye fields have been delivered to the Umba storage tanker, anchored in the Kola Bay — allowing the full-scale utilisation of a new logistics scheme for the transhipment of oil produced by Gazprom Neft at its Arctic fields. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Ballast Water: More Support for MPN Method | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 15, 2016 07:53 |
| | The U.S. Coast Guard’s December 14 decision to reject the most probably number (MPN) method for determining the efficacy of ballast water treatment systems has far reaching implications for equipment manufacturers and shipowners. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| U.S. approves ConocoPhillips LNG exports from Alaska | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 15, 2016 07:49 |
| | The U.S. Department of Energy approved ConocoPhillips' application to export about 40 billion cubic feet of natural gas from its Kenai liquefied natural gas export terminal in Alaska over the next two years starting Feb. 19. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| IMO Video: Training for Ballast Water Sampling | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 09:02 |
| | The IMO has launched a video showing practical training on ballast water sampling and analysis as part of the organization’s efforts, under the GloBallast Partnerships Programme, to counter the threat to ecosystems by invasive species transported in the ballast water of ships. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Report: Container Shipping Giants to Settle with EU Commission on Price Hikes | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 08:59 |
| | Container shipping companies that are being investigated by the European Commission over a suspected breach of antitrust rules have agreed to settle with the Commission and change their pricing policies so as to avoid fines, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matter. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Volumes Continue to Grow at Port of Long Beach | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 08:49 |
| | The second-busiest container port in the United States, Port of Long Beach, has logged its seventh straight month of cargo increases, showing a 24.8 percent jump in container shipments in January of 2016, compared to the same month in 2015. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Petrobras international investors consider lawsuit in Netherlands | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 08:44 |
| | A group of international investors and law firms are seeking compensation from Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras under European law for losses allegedly suffered as the result of a giant price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scandal. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Maersk to Help Ship Breakers | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 08:32 |
| | The Maersk Group has released a statement saying that it is determined to use its leverage to create more responsible ship recycling options. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Hyundai Heavy Wins First Order in 2016 | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 08:18 |
| | South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed an agreement to build two 158,000 dwt Suezmax crude tankers for a Turkey-based shipping company Ditas Shipping. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| ICS Co-ordinates Maritime Employers at Important ILO Meeting | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 12, 2016 07:58 |
| | The International Chamber of Shipping, as the Secretariat for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organization, co-ordinated employers’ representatives from over 20 national shipowners’ associations at the second meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) for the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, held in Geneva from 8 to 10 February 2016. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| ITF Releases Photos of Crewmen put at Risk | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 11, 2016 08:13 |
| | The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has released evidence of safety breaches on board what it calls a flag of convenience ship berthed alongside Pacific Aluminium’s new foreign charter vessel in Newcastle, Australia. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Maersk writes down oil assets, bleak outlook weighs | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 11, 2016 08:04 |
| | Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk tumbled to a loss of $2.5 billion in the last three months of 2015 after the shipping and energy group wrote down the value of its oil assets by the same amount. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| BIMCO: Six VLCCs Mark Strong Delivery Start in 2016 | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 11, 2016 07:54 |
| | Six new Very Large Crude Carriers indicate that 2016 is off to a flying start when it comes to delivering brand new VLCCs from shipyards in South Korea and China to owners and investor across the globe, according to BIMCO. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Drewry: To Slow Steam or Not to Slow Steam? | 5 years 2 months ago | | Added: Feb 10, 2016 07:58 |
| | Bunker prices are now at a low level not seen since the early 2000s and with much lower marine fuel prices big containerships’ cost advantages are dwindling, according to Drewry Maritime Advisors. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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