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Denmark’s A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S has entered the second phase of its share buy-back program

Media pressure, and particularly the posting of unverified stories

Port workers in Belgium have started a 24 hour strike today, 24th November 2014, which will end at midnight 00:00hrs, Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) advised.

SEASURE MARKET REPORT

The Georgia Ports Authority said yesterday that its terminals in Brunswick and Savannah moved a combined 2.79 million tons of freight in October, a record for the authority.

Australia and China have signed a Declaration of Intent on China-Australia Free Trade Agreement having concluded negotiations yesterday in Canberra.

South Korea is planning to set up a government-civilian task force to perform a technical

Costa Cruises, an arm of cruise liner conglomerate Carnival Corporation

Container shipping volumes in Irish ports, Lo/Lo, rose by 9% in Q3

Workers at South Korea’s shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries

South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye and New Zealand’s Prime

Australian Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered stoppage of the industrial action of Port of Hedland tug operators effective today

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is expected to adopt the Polar Code and related amendments to the International Convention

USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET)

Japanese classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP)

DP World Limited (DP World) and its wholly owned subsidiary, DP World FZE, have entered into an agreement on the proposed acquisition of Economic Zones World FZE (EZW) for a total cash consideration of USD 2.6 billion.

Hong Kong-based Seaspan Corporation has accepted delivery of a 10000 TEU containership, the MOL Breeze.

The G6 consortium of ocean carriers has recently added the Port of Charleston to a major US East Coast/North

MONTHLY LIST OF VESSELS BEACHED AT THE INDIAN DEMOLITION YARDS

Port Metro Vancouver’s 2014 Alaska cruise season ended in October