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15-05-2013 Maritime Jobs
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Wilh. Wilhelmsen’s operating profit and total income declined quarter on quarter and year over year mainly as a consequence of continued drop in shipping volumes and a less favorable cargo mix. In the second quarter, the group’s activity level is expected to be in line with the first quarter. Operating profit for...
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Multimodal solution reduces CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent and cuts costs - Door-to-door lead times decreased by up to 21 days - Industry’s first ‘point in time transportation’ on the trans-Siberian route. DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, the air and sea freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL and a leading provider of...
Read more02-05-2013 Edumaritime News

The vessel with greater passenger and car capacity will replace Silja Festival on the Riga-Stockholm route, meeting the increased demand on that route. Isabelle’s first departure from Riga will be the 6th of May. Isabelle has a great variety of on board restaurants and bars, meeting different tastes and preferences of...
Read more25-04-2013 Edumaritime

Aktiengesellschaft one of the leading wagon hire and rail logistics companies in Europe, and Kuehne + Nagel, one of the leading global logistics companies, are planning a merger of parts of their rail logistics activities. Both parties signed the related letter of intent. A majority participation of VTG is aimed...
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DHL holds its annual Innovation Day in its fifth year today. Two of the highlights presented at the event are a Hands-On-Lab that allows visitors a glimpse into the logistics world of innovation and the Logistics Trend Radar, a dynamic tool that visualizes trends within the industry from different angles....
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NorSea Group and the Scrabster Harbor Trust in Caithness have just signed an agreement which will result in major investment and new job prospects for the local economy. Under the agreement NorSea Group will work with the Trust to bring in new business and develop Scotland’s most northerly mainland port as...
Read more24-04-2013 Edumaritime News

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Atropos, a newbuilding LR1 product tanker vessel of 74,695 dwt, was delivered today from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Atropos has been chartered out to high quality counterparty for one year at a rate of $11,850...
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Odfjell has entered into a contract for the purchase of MT Bow Engineer, a 30,086 DWT chemical tanker (IMO II/III) with 28 stainless steel cargo tanks, built in 2006 at Kitanihon Shipbuilding CO LTD in Japan. The change of ownership will take place early May this year. Bow Engineer has been on...
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No one was injured when a fire broke out on DFDS ‘combined freight and passenger vessel VICTORIA SEAWAYS during the night between Kiel, Germany and Klaipeda in Lithuania. The fire was observed on the ship’s main deck at 00:52, when the ship was about 22 nautical miles from Nexø on...
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