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BIMCO endorses new quality standards for ship agents and brokers

BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council) has endorsed a new Quality Standard (QS) for ship agents and brokers set up by the Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents (FONASBA), which will serve to assist ship owners and operators…

GAC supports Sailors’ Society in the Year of the Seafarer

To mark the Year of the Seafarer, the GAC Group has offered its support to international maritime welfare charity the Sailors’ Society, facilitating its global distribution network in aid of the organisation.

Every year the Sailors’ Society receives more than…

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Bureau Veritas moves towards MLC

Classification society Bureau Veritas has moved ahead of the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 and has set up a system to audit and certify manning agencies for seafarers, as the need for standards to be adopted well…

The future ‘looks good’ for Harland and Wolff

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SMITV talks to David McVeigh, Sales Manager, about the Napoli, renewable energy and the future

ITIC underlines value of D&O cover

The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has warned that shipping companies should be checking their Directors & Officers (D&O) insurance cover in the light of their continued and increased exposure in the current difficult financial climate to liability claims from…

Thrane & Thrane sponsor record-breaking circumnavigation attempt

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Thrane & Thrane has sponsored a teenager with a SAILOR 250 FleetBroadband system for her personal quest to become the youngest ever person to sail solo, non-stop around the world in a trip that will cover 27,500 nautical miles.

Abby…

Bibby Ship Management opens training centre in New Delhi

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Bibby Ship Management has opened a new dynamic positioning training centre in New Delhi to cater for increasing demand to train seafarers from Northern India, building upon the current success of its Mumbai training centre.

The new facility in the…

World’s first ballast water management system

A milestone has been reached on the signing of the world’s first major Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) contract for larger vessels, signifying a major breakthrough for approaching legislation under the IMO’s Ballast Water Management convention.

OceanSaver, one of the…

Dubai’s GulfNav set to expand fleet

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Dubai’s Gulf Navigation Holding, the sole maritime and shipping company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, has revealed its plans to rigorously expand its fleet of ships in 2010, grasping the opportunity to acquire tonnage while values are low.

The…

Stolt-Nielsen suffers losses

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Oslo-listed Stolt-Nielsen S.A. has revealed that it suffered financial losses for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2009 due to the continued squeeze on freight rates and increased competition, with the expectation for 2010 to be ‘another challenging…

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