NYK Group Americas reshuffled its senior management personnel at its Secaucus, New Jersey-based headquarters in a reaction to the economic climate to head up Peter Keller as executive vice president and chief operating officer effective from April 1. Tomoo Kitayama will replace the president position following his post as executive vice president and Will...
AP MOLLER-MAERSK Group and Shanghai's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) have signed a three-year master procurement agreement for the provision of a wide variety of steel products, including steel for the production of containers, shipbuilding, oil and gas needs. With the establishment of this master agreement, the two parties also agreed to fur...
TOP Ships Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of the M/Ts “IONIAN WAVE” and “TYRRHENIAN WAVE” from SPP Plant & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea. The “IONIAN WAVE” and the “TYRRHENIAN WAVE” are the third and fourth of six 50,000 dwt product / chemical tankers to be delivered within the ...
GAC has appointed Björn Brödje as its new Marine and Safety Manager, effective 2 April. Based in Dubai, Brödje will play a key role as part of the global hub services team. His main responsibility is to streamline best practices in marine and safety within the Group to provide better services for its principals. He reports directly to Tom Bjo...
GAC, a shipping, logistics and marine services company, announces the appointment of Anthony Mollet as the General Manager of GAC Bunker Fuels (GACBF) with immediate effect. Based in London, Mollet will be heading the global team located in London, Houston, Egypt, Cape Town, Sharjah, Sri Lanka and Singapore. In addition to providing strategic direction and...
The Hong Kong-based shipping line OOCL is intensifying its focus on the Port of Gothenburg. In April, a new route will be opened for exports to Asia, North America and Australia. As recently as March, the publicly listed Hong Kong shipping line OOCL became a customer at the Port of Gothenburg. A loop was started that is mainly used to transport import goo...
A very regrettable article appeared on Tuesday 24, in Lloyds List quoting the Chairman of the Korean Register, who is also the current Chairman of IACS, Mr Oh Kong-gyun, who made a number of most damaging and deplorable accusations against the Master and Chief Officer of the Hebei Spirit, who remain in country detention in Korea after 15 months. While V.Sh...
Germany's Hapag-Lloyd boosted 2008 operating profit by 19 percent from a year ago but warned lower volumes and weaker freight rates will lead to a considerable decline in 2009 earnings. The world's fifth largest ocean carrier booked a profit of $285 million last year against $239 million in 2007 as revenue gained 4.3 percent to $8.4 billion from $8 billio...
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.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi