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Norwegian Shipowner's Association: Norwegian Offshore Rig Strike Escalates

Rigzone 16 Jul 2018

A strike on Norwegian offshore oil and gas rigs has escalated, the Norwegian Shipowner's Association revealed Monday ... ....

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Shipowners on Pace to Scrap $1 Billion in Oil Tankers This Year

Wall Street Journal 09 Jul 2018

Dire freight rates are pushing shipowners to scrap a record number of the biggest oil tankers this year, making it a bumper period for recycling yards in South Asia ... ....

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A wave of new environmental laws is scaring shipowners

The Economist 21 Jun 2018

THE shipping industry has encountered rough seas over the past decade ... Freight rates for containers have plunged by a third since 2008. Worse may be to come ... The International Maritime Organisation (IMO... ....

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Shipowner associations make sulphur cap submissions

Splash24/7 19 Jun 2018

The world’s leading shipowning organisations have co-sponsored a number of submissions to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ahead of a key meeting next month to thrash out technical details for the January 1, 2020 global 0.5% sulphur cap on shipping fuel ... The shipowning bodies asked for authorities to show some leniency in the first few months of the cap’s implementation....

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CNBC's Lori Ann LaRocco Offers Readers a Rarefied View of Shipowners and Financiers in Dynasties ...

PR Newswire 13 Jun 2018

STAMFORD, Conn., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Marine Money, Inc. -- CNBC Senior Editor of Guests and author Lori Ann LaRocco offers readers a rarefied view into the high-stakes world of shipping in Dynasties of the Sea. The Untold Stories of the Postwar Shipping Pioneers, $29.95;... ....

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CNBC's Lori Ann LaRocco Offers Readers a Rarefied View of Shipowners and Financiers in Dynasties of the Sea: The Untold Stories of the Postwar Shipping Pioneers

Market Watch 13 Jun 2018

STAMFORD, Conn., June 13, 2018/PRNewswire/ -- Marine Money, Inc ... The Untold Stories of the Postwar Shipping Pioneers, $29.95; Hardcover ... Dynasties of the Sea ... For further information, please email ... Dr ... Dr ... View original content.http.//www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cnbcs-lori-ann-larocco-offers-readers-a-rarefied-view-of-shipowners-and-financiers-in-dynasties-of-the-sea-the-untold-stories-of-the-postwar-shipping-pioneers-300665712.html....

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Bankers team up with Greek shipowner to launch private investment firm

Kathimerini 08 Jun 2018

Former senior Goldman Sachs and HSBC banker Matthew Westerman is launching a private investment firm alongside a former colleague and a Greek shipping tycoon, he said on Friday ... [Reuters] ....

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Greek shipowners say EU tax pressure could make Brexit Britain attractive

This is Money 08 Jun 2018

ATHENS, June 8 (Reuters) - Greek shipowners could relocate to Britain after it leaves the European Union if European regulators demand changes to favourable shipping taxes in Greece, a top industry official said on Friday ... obviously we will look at alternative options," Theodore Veniamis, president of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), said....

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Greek Shipowners Expand Control, Rule 20% of World Maritime Trade

The National Herald 28 May 2018

ΑTHENS – Already with the world’s largest fleet – and evading taxes in their homeland by flying Flags of Convenience of other countries – Greek shipowners have increased their dominance to some 20 percent of the global maritime trade ... “The strong commitment of Greek shipowners in the global shipping markets appears unlikely to change, while others, such as Germany, are liquidating assets....

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Meeting of Global Shipowners’ Associations reaffirms commitment to IMO Hong Kong Convention

Public Technologies 25 May 2018

Global Shipowners' Meeting (coordinated by the Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) and attended by BIMCO, ECSA, ICS and INTERTANKO) reaffirms commitment to the Hong Kong Convention and the need for a global solution for environmentally sustainable ship recycling. A group of leading international shipowners' associations met in Hong Kong on 14th May ......

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'Sulphur Cap Chaos in 2020' Warn World’s Shipowners

Public Technologies 21 May 2018

This was the principal conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of ICS's member national shipowner associations which met in Hong Kong last week ... 'But the industry has made clear its total opposition to the publication of data about individual ships using abstract operational efficiency metrics that bear no relation to CO2 emissions in real life and which will be used to penalise shipowners unfairly.'....

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Asian shipowners call for level playing field when sulphur cap kicks in

Splash24/7 16 May 2018

The influential Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) yesterday backed the IMO decision to implement a 0.50% sulphur cap on marine fuel with effect from January 1 2020. At its 27th AGM in Hong Kong, the 17-member state association comprising some of the world’s largest shipowning nations, described the IMO initiative as “arguably one of the industry’s most defining moments”....

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BOURBON wins the “Shipowner of the Year” award by GST & Shipping2030 for its “Smart Shipping” program

Public Technologies 27 Apr 2018

April 27, 2018 7.00 AM. BOURBON has been awarded the 'Shipowner of the Year' award in the context of the GST & Shipping2030 conference, which was held at the end of March 2018 in Copenhagen ... The 'Smart Shipping' program is aimed at connecting a fleet of 132 vessels of Bourbon Marine & Logistics over a period of 3 years, representing an investment of €75 million....

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