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| Taiwan Completes IMO-Compliant Voluntary Audit | 1 day 4 hours ago | | Added: Jan 30, 2015 08:36 |
| | The Republic of China (Taiwan) is a major maritime economy with a significant global network. Taiwan ports move in excess of 200 million tons of cargo and 700,000 passengers annually and rank high internationally in terms of tonnage and container throughput. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| UK seafarers increase to 22,910 | 1 day 4 hours ago | | Added: Jan 30, 2015 08:17 |
| | The number of UK seafarers has increased for the first time since 2010, new figures released by the UK Department for Transport show. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Vale's mega-ships dock at five Chinese ports - executive | 1 day 4 hours ago | | Added: Jan 30, 2015 08:14 |
| | Brazilian miner Vale's mega-ships have been able to dock at five ports in China, the firm's head of investor relations said on Thursday, as a ban that had been in place since 2012 is relaxed. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Fresh Start for Douglas Channel LNG Project as New Owners Take Control | 2 days 3 hours ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2015 09:44 |
| | The Douglas Channel LNG Consortium today announced that it now has full ownership and control of the Douglas Channel LNG project as a result of the Plan of Arrangement completed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) proceeding. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| RMT Launches Shock New Report and New Maritime Manifesto | 2 days 3 hours ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2015 09:38 |
| | A new independent report from maritime specialists at Cardiff University into UK seafarers has found ineffective enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and a failure to protect UK seafarers and vessels working the coastline from unfair overseas competition, despite the high value of UK seafarers to our society, economy and security. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| The maritime link between Sweden and Poland to improve with EU support | 2 days 3 hours ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2015 09:17 |
| | The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-fund with over €2 million the development of the sea ports of Trelleborg (Sweden) and Świnoujście (Poland), to increase their competitiveness and sustainability, as well as improve the maritime link between both countries. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Evergreen Joins 18,000 TEU Club | 2 days 3 hours ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2015 09:13 |
| | Taiwan’s Evergreen Group, the owner of the world’s fifth largest container shipping company Evergreen Line, has signed charter agreements for eleven 18,000 TEU container ships with Japan’s Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Thai news site Investor reports. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Cruise ship limps into port following fire | 2 days 3 hours ago | | Added: Jan 29, 2015 09:12 |
| | Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ cruise ship Boudicca has limped into the Canary Islands at eight knots after suffering an engine room fire over the weekend off Morocco, whilst on an 18-night Cape Verde and the Canaries cruise. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Tanker with Kurdish crude leaving U.S. after 6-month dispute | 3 days 4 hours ago | | Added: Jan 28, 2015 08:15 |
| | After being stuck in legal limbo for six months, a tanker loaded with 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude headed east on Tuesday to leave U.S. waters after Baghdad and the Kurds reached a deal to share oil revenue. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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| Competition unaffected by mega-alliance launches | 3 days 4 hours ago | | Added: Jan 28, 2015 08:10 |
| | The start of mega-alliance operations on the East-West container trades this month is not reducing competition or service differentiation, according to Drewry Maritime Research. Read more | | Source: Maritime Connector | |
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