HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS Eurozone flash HICP resumed its downtrend in September hitting a new cycle low of 0.3%YoY, fuelling expectations that the ECB may eventually embark…
30 September 2014 – The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) today slammed the anti-union intentions of an Australian royal commission into trade unions. ITF affiliate the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA)…
Screening of vessels & crew September 30, 2014, United States, Houston, Texas The US Coast Guard, Sector Houston-Galveston, has begun screening inbound vessels or crew members that have visited ports…
IMO -Briefing: 30, September 30, 2014 – The Facilitation Committee (FAL), meeting for its 39th session, approved a revised annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965,…
The Classic Annual Evening Cruise onboard the last sea-going Paddle Steamer in the World, The “Waverley”, took place last Friday the 26th of September, a bit earlier than last…
SCANJET Group has followed up its breakthrough Tank Management order from Stolt-Nielsen with a series of contracts for its ITAMA Intelligent Tank Management concept including Tankcleaning, Tank monitoring, P/V valves…
A Nigerian customer has added its 9th Damen dredger to its fleet. The Cutter Suction Dredger, type CSD500 was chosen due to the excellent availability of Damen Field Services in…
Europort, the leading international exhibition for maritime technology, launched a new corporate image in September and is continuing to receive positive feedback from the industry following its global roll-out. The…
The steel-cutting ceremony, marking the formal start of a ship’s construction process, took place at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (South Korea) shipyard in the presence of representatives…
Few people, and in particular economists and politicians, have ever got the message with respect to the multitude of advantages to the world economy, despite the…famous or infamous American…
Georgia Kounalakis is appointed to boost business development and sales capabilities across North America OW Bunker, one of the world’s leading resellers and physical suppliers of marine fuels, today…
London, Tuesday, September 30. Twenty years ago the MS Estonia turned on her side and sank in the Baltic sea with 803 passengers and 186 crew aboard – 989 people…
Collaboration aligns expertise in wireless transport telematics with global data capabilities to provide M2M connectivity for refrigerated, intermodal and other transportation assets New Jersey, Sep 30, 2014 – WAM Technologies LLC,…
Tokyo – In response to the casualty of “MOL COMFORT” which occurred on 17 June 2013, ClassNK established the Investigative Panel on Large Container Ship Safety, comprised of leading experts…
Sunset+Vine|APP Smashes Live Broadcaster Records For The Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships Tuesday 30 September 2014 – 24 broadcasters, 46 territories and a household reach of over 182 million cements…
HAMBURG/KIEL HSH Nordbank is participating in the refinancing of Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest.for EUR 100 million. HSH Nordbank is thus taking on a significant share of the transaction…
Monday 29 September 2014 – Deandra Major is the first female broker from the Bahamas to work in the Lloyd’s market. We discuss her career, walking into the underwriting room for…
United Kingdom Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a significant new Manifesto – Ports4Prosperity…
(Birkeroed, Denmark – Sept. 29, 2014) – (Marine NewsWire) Danelec Marine, a leading supplier of Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs), today announced that its new-generation DM100 VDR has been type approved…
An estimated 500, 000 rail workers in India took part in a country-wide protest against government privatisation plans on 19 September. The All-India Protest Day was organised by the ITF-affiliated…
Over 1, 000 London taxi drivers took part in a demonstration on 24 September to protest against the London mayor’s failure to protect the iconic black cab from unregulated competition.…
29 September 2014 – Issued on behalf of ISAF – The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published guidelines for candidates bidding to host the 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship. Click…
The additional beams will improve NSSLGlobal’s coverage of Europe and the Far East Surrey, UK, 26th September 2014 – NSSLGlobal, the independent service provider of satellite communications, has added two…
Port ops unaffected by protests September 29, 2014, Hong Kong, all ports Sea traffic, vessel movements and port operations in Hong Kong remain unaffected by the ongoing protests which have…
Turkey’s primary oil & gas operator makes a strategic investment in AVEVA E3D, schematic, and laser data software Instanbul, Turkey – 29 September 2014: Today AVEVA announced that Tupras, Turkey’s largest Owner…