The Canadian Government said in late July that it would commit to building and maintaining an effective federal fleet of vessels for maritime safety and services. Royal Canadian Navy frigate 'Halifax' Under its new fleet renewal project, the Canadian Government said that it would build over 50 new large vessels over the next 30 years. The buildi...
Da Nang City, Vietnam: The Song Thu Company has launched a new multipurpose rescue vessel. The ‘Sosrcem’ was designed by Dutch shipbuilding group, Damen Shipyards, and can perform a variety of roles including: fire-fighting, search and rescue, and oil spill protection. The vessel has a length of 52 metres, a beam of twelve metres and a heigh...
Klaus Rud Sejling will assume the position as Head of Group Strategy Office in A.P. Moller - Maersk as of Nov. 1, the company announced Monday. Sejling, 32, has been with A.P. Moller - Maersk since 1997. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in various international locations, most recently as head of business development for APM Terminals, i...
French shipping giant CMA CGM Group has announced that it has been recently honoured with the 2008-2009 Ocean Carrier of the Year award by Walmart in recognition of its "commitment to excellent service." According to the world's biggest retailer, CMA CGM received the award based on its ability and willingness to provide efficient value-added services and...
Altogether more than 300 staff of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) at its Hamburg location will be using the period of short-time working for further training. Full-time training courses for 69 staff leading to the qualifications of Certified Specialist for Port Logistics and Certified Specialist for Port Operations commenced on 3 August. With the fi...
As of 1 November 2009, Klaus Rud Sejling will assume the position as Head of Group Strategy Office in A.P. Moller - Maersk. Klaus Rud Sejling (32) has been with A.P. Moller - Maersk since 1997 where he has held positions of increasing responsibility in various international locations. Klaus Rud Sejling most recently held the position as Head of Business De...
Three of Bremen, Germany-based heavy-lift carrier Beluga’s 12,744 deadweight-ton F-class vessels will be transiting the chilly north-east passage along the northern shore of Russia this summer to deliver project cargo to the Siberian port of Novvy. No commercial ships under any flag other than Russia’s have previously used this normally frozen...
A European Union naval spokesman said over the weekend pirates have freed a Malaysian tugboat they held for more than seven months. Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Auwermann said the Somali pirates released Masindra 7 on Saturday. He said the master of the tugboat told a German navy vessel that all 11 Indonesian crew members are in good health. Auwermann said Sunday t...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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