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Chris Hayman, Chairman and Chief Executive of Seatrade Communications has been awarded the Passenger Shipping Association's annual John Lancaster Smith Award - a lifetime achievement award for services to passenger shipping. The prestigious award was presented at the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) Annual Dinner, which took place on board NCL's Norwegi...
Dubai Ports World on Monday officially took over the reins of Senegal busiest container terminal in Dakar and will invest roughly $700 million in the facility, the Dubai-based terminal operator said. An agreement signed Monday by DP World executives and Senegal Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumar gives DP World management of the current Dakar containe...
Modern Terminals has become the first organization in Hong Kong to receive a CISPROS (Continual Improvement Safety Programme Recognition Of System) Level 3 certificate issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC), a statutory body that promotes safety and health in the workplace and safeguards Hong Kong’s valuable workforce. CISPROS is based...
The Foss Maritime Company’s commitment to environmental stewardship was underscored last month when a top maritime organization recognized 59 of its vessels for outstanding safety records. The Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) honored the Foss vessels at a CSA achievement dinner in Washington, D.C. Altogether, the ships have achieved the equivalent tota...
A.P. Moller-Maersk’s container shipping arm, Maersk Line, is expected to earn a small profit this year, before it sees "satisfying" profitability in 2009. "We expect a small profit in 2007, further improvements in 2008, but probably see a result we regard as satisfying in 2009", the Division Manager, Mr Eivind Kolding, told a Danish daily. In the past, Mae...
A new roll-on roll-off sea transport service has been inaugurated between Zeebrugge in Belgium and the Spanish port of Bilbao, Euro News reported. It's the first such freight service in the European Atlantic starting with three sailings per week in each direction. Each ferry will have capacity for 650 containers and almost 200 heavy duty trucks. It is est...
China Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Corporation, the largest inland river shipping company in the country, recently invested 300 million yuan (US$40 million) to transform and expand the capacity of its subsidiary Changhang Dongfeng Shipping Company in Chongqing, southwest China, in a bid to build it into the group's shipbuilding and export base. Th...
Greek drybulk shipper Euroseas Ltd. said Monday it has taken delivery of a 1990-built, mid-sized container ship. The company said in late August the vessel was purchased for about $24 million and comes with a charter at $16,500 per day that extends until July 2009. The vessel has a capacity of 30,400 deadweight tons. Its addition brings Euroseas' fleet...
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