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IMO Pushes Ahead with SAR Initiatives

By Wendy Laursen

March 10, 2016

The IMO’s sub-committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue held its third Session (NCSR3) from Monday 29 February through Friday March 4, and the meeting saw a push forward for...

Asian Shipowners Deeply Troubled by Prestige Judgment

By The Maritime Executive

March 9, 2016

During its recent interim meeting, the Ship Insurance and Liability Committee of the Asian Shipowners Forum expressed its deep concern over the recent decision of the Spanish Supreme Court to reverse...

Understanding the Uncertainty Surrounding Container Weighing

By The Maritime Executive

March 4, 2016

By J. Michael Cavanaugh and Eric Lee, Holland & Knight Some confusion and uncertainty has arisen in the international ocean shipping and logistics industry following several public statemen...

Coast Guard Admiral Clarifies Container Weighing Comments

By The Maritime Executive

March 3, 2016

The U.S. Coast Guard’s assistant commandant for prevention policy, Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, recently spoke on a panel at the 16th Annual TPM Conference in Long Beach, California. The panel disc...

IRISL Returns to Europe, MSC Ups Service to Iran

By The Maritime Executive

February 29, 2016

Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's second largest line, has signed new agreements with port operator Ports and Maritime Organization Iran for increasing its vessel...

Arming Merchant Ships And Naval Auxiliaries

February 26, 2016

[By Chris Rawley] In simplest terms, the U.S. Navy’s distributed lethality concept complicates the enemy’s targeting problem by dispersing larger numbers of platforms capable of offensi...

Rodolphe Saade Confirms CMA CGM Alliance Talks

By The Maritime Executive

February 24, 2016

In conversation with the Wall Street Journal, CMA CGM Vice-Chairman Rodolphe Saadé confirmed talks between the French container shipping line and potential partners regarding the future of its...

COSCOCS Will Retain Old Alliances - For Now

February 19, 2016

China Cosco Shipping (COSCOCS), China's biggest shipping line, plans to carry out a careful selection of its future vessel-sharing alliance partners, but will maintain its two current alliances fo...

Cold Is Hot

By Tom Peters

February 18, 2016

Global demand for fresh perishables is driving growth in reefer cargoes. London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants says that the global capacity of reefer container ships is expected to grow by 20...

CMA CGM and COSCO Discuss Mega-Alliance

By The Maritime Executive

February 17, 2016

Shipping analysts Alphaliner reported Wednesday that the two carriers involved in recent container line megamergers – France's CMA CGM (merged with NOL / APL) and China COSCO (merged with CS...

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