February 18 - Koji Sekimizu , secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will spearhead a delegation of IMO representatives to Jamaica from February 20 - 23, 2013.
Sekimizu, who assumed the position of the 170-member state IMO on January 1, 2012 will be on his first visit to the Caribbean and it will be only the second visit to the country ever made by a serving IMO secretary general.
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Norwegian offshore services provider Boa, on behalf of Italy-headquartered transport engineering specialist Fagioli, has supported the launch of the USA’s first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel, Charybdis.
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the port of Brunswick.
USA-based Maxim Crane Works has appointed Larry Lis as the company’s chief operations officer.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a second Briese Heavylift vessel from Australian waters.
DP World has won the latest in a string of court rulings, as it defends its rights as shareholder and concessionaire in Djibouti’s Doraleh Containe
The White House has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that could have cost the USA’s economy up to USD2 billion per day.
