Latest shipping news – Page 131

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    ABS awards WSS safety approval

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Wilhelmsen Ships Services (WSS) has obtained worldwide approval for its safety services from classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

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    ABS awards WSS safety approval

    2013-03-22T00:00:00Z

    March 22 - Wilhelmsen Ships Services (WSS) has obtained worldwide approval for its safety services from classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

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    CNCo returns to China with four ship order

    2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - The China Navigation Company Pte Ltd (CNCo), the deep sea shipping arm of the Swire group, has ordered four 22,000 dwt multipurpose vessels from Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Ouhua), Zhoushan, China.

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    Tolls rising on St. Lawrence Seaway

    2013-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is warning of a three percent increase in St. Lawrence Seaway tolls in Canada for the 2013 shipping season.

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    Martin Bencher opening Sydney office

    2013-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - Danish shipping and forwarding services provider Martin Bencher Group will open a new office in Sydney, Australia, on April 1, 2013.

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    Leadership changes at ABS

    2013-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Robert D Somerville will retire as chairman of classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on April 30, 2013.

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    WSM opens new Bergen office

    2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has opened a new office in Bergen, Norway.

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    Strong 2012 at BAHRI

    2013-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February 27 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (BAHRI) saw strong financial performance during 2012.

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    ICS makes eBook offering

    2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - The International Chamber of Shipping will make all of its publications on shipping best practice available as eBooks.

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    Messina receives Jolly Quarzo

    2013-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Messina Shipping Group has taken delivery of Jolly Quarzo - a newbuild multipurpose vessel from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering.

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    Nautical Institute issues weather guide

    2013-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - The Nautical Institute has launched its Numerical Weather Prediction - a practical guide for mariners publication.

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    Videotel updates piracy training video

    2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - Nigel Cleave, CEO of Videotel says people must take steps to protect the safety of their crew, their cargo and their vessels against the threat of piracy.

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    RollDock marks first steel cut on new vessels

    2013-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - Netherlands based heavy lift company RollDock Shipping has celebrated the first steel cut on the first of two new heavy lift vessels it has ordered from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

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    WWPC adds exclusive Israeli member

    2013-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has appointed Total Cargo Ltd as its exclusive network member for Israel.

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    Bahri gets first of six

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has taken delivery of the first of six general cargo ships ordered from Hyundai MIPO in 2011.

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    Clipper sets environmental standards

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - Clipper Group has been awarded ISO 50001 - Energy management systems, certification for its fleet of vessels.

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    Third Steel in Transit conference

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    February 6 - On April 18-19, 2013 the third Steel in Transit conference will take place in Bremen, Germany.

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    CaytransBBC strengthens Caribbean service

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Shipping line BBC Chartering will add the heavy lift vessel BBC Ocean to the CaytransBBC LLC service during February.

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    FSG delivers two 208 m ro-ro ferries

    2013-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has delivered two ro-ro ferries to Turkish shipping company Ulusoy Sealines. The Ulusoy 14 and Ulusoy 15 were delivered during December and January respectively.

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    Nordana orders newbuild quartet

    2013-01-22T00:00:00Z

    January 22 - Denmark based shipping company Nordana has signed contracts for the construction of four 12,000 dwt multi-purpose heavy lift vessels to be built at the Sanfu Shipyard, Yangzhou in China.