Chile's CSAV Group will April 1 open its own agency office in Malaysia to enhance its and Hong Kong-based subsidiary CSAV Norasia's network footprints in the Intra Asia region. Jeremy Chapman has been appointed general manager of CSAV Group Agencies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which will be located in Kuala Lumpur. The opening of the new office follows the end of...
A biography from a leading former Liberal MP and minister has been edited after the politician's claims about his role in A.P. Moller-Maersk's military cooperation with the US under the Gulf War were disputed by the shipping giant's boss Former foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen asserts in the first two editions of his book 'The Path I Chose' that ...
In recent years, a phenomena known as parametric roll has gotten a great deal of attention from designers and operators of containerships as well as insurers. A large unstable rolling that occurs in head or stern seas, parametric roll has been blamed for incidents where stacks of containers have gone overboard or collapsed on deck. Some post-Panam...
A recent academic report from Singapore said there are grave shortcomings with ship security alert systems which, if not corrected, will leave a critical loophole open for terrorists to easily exploit. The report, The Use of SOLAS Ship Security Alert System, was released by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. It said the st...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics said it will add two pure car truck carriers to its services between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, expanding its ability to move automobiles between North and South America. Auto manufacturers are selling and producing more and more in the world's emerging markets, said Christopher. Connor, presid...
Maersk's head of New Zealand operations is changing as part of the culling of Maersk staff and the contraction of the number of the carrier's regions worldwide, according to a news report from the country. Tony Gibson previously headed Maersk's Oceania region, but it will now be led by Julian Bevis, who led Maersk's operations in India. Maersk's New Z...
Hyundai Heavy Industries said Sunday that it has developed a new technology that makes it possible to launch a completed ship while continuing shipbuilding work at the same dock. The new technology is expected to help reduce the terms of works by almost 20 percent because we no longer have to stop building ships to launch a completed ship, a com...
Russia's Volgograd Shipyard has built its fourth double-screw dry-cargo vessel for Iran, thus fulfilling its contract with the country. Fitted with 4 cargo tanks and boasting a total capacity of 10,800 cubic meters, the multi-purpose ship meets all the requirements of international conventions. The vessel was designed to transport general and bulk...
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