IHS Fairplay Daily Newswire – Fairplay.IHS.com DAILY NEWSWIRE November 2, 2015 TOP NEWS STORIES Iran container growth prospects seen Container throughput at Iran’s ports should grow by up to 25%…
SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Beijing puts COSCO and CSIC on anti-corruption list COSCO and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have been found to be guilty of corrupt practices following…
ETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Your daily news alert Hebei Spirit oil spill victims to be compensated Shipping largely ignorant of cyber threats says insurer Unmanned ships to spur business…
OME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Sewol captain gets life sentence The captain of Sewol, the ferry that capsized last year, has been jailed for life after the prosecution appealed…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Your daily news alert Reederei NSB completes first Panamax widening project BP sums up its response to Deepwater disaster Cargo owners warned to tackle…
ME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Your daily news alert China MSA launches study on impact of mega-containers ‘K’ Line sells six box ships Under-threat MyFerryLink hit by internal split…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Saudi Arabia blockades Yemeni ports as expats try to flee Ships should not attempt to call at Yemen’s ports, a spokesman for the Saudi-led…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Piraeus privatisation back on as COSCO China bids COSCO China is to bid for a majority stake in Greece’s port of Piraeus following an…
26 March 2015 HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Shipping casualties ‘lowest in 10 years’ The number of shipping losses dropped to a 10-year low last year, according to the…
OME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS News analysis: Marine insurers seek clarity on Tunis terror attack liability Marine insurers say the question about which insurance policy will pay for the…
OME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Eagle Bulk founder Zoullas resigns Cargill veteran Stanley Ryan will take the helm of NASDAQ-listed Eagle Bulk following the resignation of founder Sophocles Zoullas…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Port chaos to slam US container growth Disruptions at American West Coast docks over the past two months will take a heavy toll on…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS DNV GL classes world’s largest boxship, MSC Oscar Classification society DNV GL has announced it will class the world’s largest containership the MSC Oscar.…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS ITF warns Allseas to drop Nazi ship name The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has warned Allseas Group to immediately rename Pieter Schelte, a…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS News insight: Attack on Mariupol is severely hampering Ukrainian trade of coal and other supplies On 27 January rockets struck the port city of…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS FPSO orders hit five-year low in 2014 FPSO ordersThe number of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels ordered in 2014 was at its…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS News insight: Falling oil prices impact OSV market After several successive years of strong growth, owners and managers in the offshore supply vessel (OSV)…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS News insight: ‘Ghost ships’ reveal flaws in Port State Control regime Smuggling of migrants to Europe on two merchant ships over Christmas and the…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Indian Asphalt Venture seafarers released by Somalia pirates Seven Indian seafarers held hostage by pirates in Somalia for more than four years have been…
HOME SAFETY PORTS OFFSHORE COMPANIES MARKETS Ebola scare reveals cruise complications The Carnival Magic’s return to Texas after a cruise overshadowed by panic over a passenger’s potential exposure to Ebola…
‘K’ Line pays $67.7M to resolve US anti-trust allegations Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (‘K’ Line) has agreed to pay $67.7M fine to the United States Department of Justice to settle allegations…
Expanding LPG exports, especially out of the US Gulf, would support freight rates for very large gas carriers at over $100/tonne, said IHS Waterborne Energy. (source: IHS) As of yesterday,…