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Japan: ClassNK Sets New Records For Newbuildings And Class Transfers
The classification society, ClassNK has announced its official registration figures for 2012, revealing that the Tokyo based society registered nearly 1000 vessels totaling more than 25m gross tons in 2012.
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Japan: ClassNK Sets New Records For Newbuildings And Class Transfers
The classification society, ClassNK has announced its official registration figures for 2012, revealing that the Tokyo based society registered nearly 1000 vessels totaling more than 25m gross tons in 2012.
Secretary-General Of International Maritime Organization Visits IMSO
The IMSO Director General, Captain Esteban Pacha-Vicente, today announced that Mr Koji Sekimizu, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) visited IMSO Headquarters on 28 January 2013.
Egypt: Shipping through Suez Canal Safe
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is advising that most port operations are currently continuing in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, and canal convoys have not been interrupted despite ongoing disturbances in Egypt and a state of emergency being declared in the three Suez canal cities.
Approval of LNG Tanker Technical Documentation for Gazprom Marketing and Trading Has Been Completed by RS
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MAN B&W Engines Achieve EEDI Compliancy
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WSS honoured at Dubai Trade Awards WSS Dubai awarded Freight Forwarder of the Year 2012
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Next Generation Vessel The Seven Viking To Set New Standard In The North Sea
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Fairmount Tugs Deliver Tamar Jacket in Mediterranean Sea
Tugs Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Alpine have delivered the new build Noble Tamar jacket at location in the Tamar gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean. Both tugs towed the barge on which the jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus.
UK MOD Seeks Innovative Ways To Improve Maritime Security
The Ministry of Defence is looking for ways to strengthen the security of maritime operations so that it can be more effective at combating illegal activities such as gun-running, people-smuggling and piracy.
