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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel

Leading German multipurpose and heavy lift operator BBC Chartering announces the opening of a new booking office in Antwerp, Belgium this August.

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (“Navios Acquisition”), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Atria, a new building MR2

Based in two North East England locations, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees.

Siem Offshore announces that the sale and delivery of the Siem Swordfish was concluded on 31 July in line with the charterer’s purchase option that was exercised in December 2009.

A new federal interactive online mapping tool used by emergency responders during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been expanded to include the Arctic

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s logistics group announced today that it has expanded its logistics services to include LCL

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet,

Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig

Knightsbridge Tankers Limited, yesterday announced that one of its charterers, Hong Xiang Shipping Holding (Hong Kong) Co Limited

NewLead Holdings Ltd. yesterday announced that the Company reached a preliminary agreement with Lemissoler Maritime Company W.L.L.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is expanding and upgrading its service stations in Shanghai and Guangzhou in direct response

The North American Emission Control Area (ECA), under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

Fincantieri, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has been awarded a contract to build a latest generation ferry by

Odfjell has today signed a ship building contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard., Ltd for construction of four chemical tankers of 46,000 DWT design draft with 22 coated cargo tanks.

MONTHLY LIST OF VESSELS BEACHED AT THE INDIAN SHIP BREAKING YARDS

RFA Lyme Bay, the fifth ship to have a multi-million pound refit as part of the Cluster contract at A&P Falmouth, has arrived in the port for work to begin.

Reederei NSB reports yesterday that MSC FLAMINIA and the accompanying group of tugboats have assumed a waiting position

According to the statistics published by the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association, Japanese export ship market is facing rough times as the European debt crisis is taking a greater grasp on ship-owners, causing the reduction in demand for new vessels.

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited on Friday announced a two-year time charter extension for the 2008 built, 105,392 dwt, double hull aframax tanker, Nippon Princess, with the same charterer, a state oil company.