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An international convention banning the use of organotins and other harmful substances in anti-fouling paints applied on ships' hulls enters into force on 17 September 2008. The International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships (AFS Convention) was adopted on 5 October 2001 by IMO and the terms for its entry into force (r...
Three more tankers have successfully obtained the Green Award, and three certificates have been renewed, announced the Green Award Foundation. The Green Award was established 1994 on the initiative of the Rotterdam Municipal Port Management and the Dutch Ministry of Transport and since 2000 has been completely independent. The three tankers joining ...
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port begun handling Panamax-class container vessels at its dedicated container terminal, operated by Novoroslesexport (NLE), a subsidiary of NCSP. BUXSTAR container carrier with a capacity of 3940 TEU of French container line CMA CGM became the first Panamax-sized container vessel to call at Novorossiysk on September 16, 2...
Finance Minister Tonio Fenech would not reveal the number of firms that have shown an interest in buying parts or the whole of Malta Shipyards in order not to discourage interested parties from filing a formal bid. The minister said yesterday that expressions of interest were not formal bids which are submitted at a cost. Comments about the number of e...
Hapag-Lloyd is starting along with a partner shipping line a direct service with weekly departures from Europe to Australia at the end of November 2008, Maritime Reporter said. Twelve modern vessels with adequate reefer capacity will be deployed in this service offering short transit times to ensure an enhanced coverage of the Australian market. Subj...
The change of name from Aker Yards ASA to STX Europe ASA has now been registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret). The new name will be implemented throughout the organization during the second half of October this year. Source: Transportweekly
Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) recently serviced Mariana Express Lines Ltd.’s (MELL) Senoko during its maiden voyage to the Naha International Container Terminal (NICT) in Japan. MELL Senoko calls weekly at NICT, and joins Asian Island and Stadt Hamburg in their Hong Kong-Kaohsiung-Naha-Saipan-Guam-Koror-Yap-Davao-General Santos-Cebu...
Ship Finance International Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire two newbuilding ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs from subsidiaries of Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) in combination with 15-year bareboat charters. With a total acquisition cost of approximately $1.7 billion, Ship Finance is again breaking records...
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
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