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Daily Overview of Global Markets & the SEE Region (Monday, October 15, 2018)

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WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS

GLOBAL MARKETS: The Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Bavaria, suffered big losses in the elections of that state on Sunday 14 October. CSU defeat does not bode well with the CDU’s performance in the Hessian state election on 28 October and, according to some reports, a poor result could potentially lead Angela Merkel to reconsider staying in office as CDU leader and as...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/15/daily-overview-of-global-markets-the-see-region-monday-october-15-2018/

BorWin platform topside installed in German North Sea

The BorWin gamma topside has been successfully installed on its jacket foundation in the German North Sea. The giant float-over installation procedure was safely completed on October 11. The platform will supply more than one million German households with clean electricity from wind power.

Heavy lift vessel Xiang He Kou transferred the 18,000 tonne platform topside to the installation site, almost 130 kilometres off the German coast from Dubai shipyard Drydocks World. The vessel had started its...

https://safety4sea.com/borwin-platform-topside-installed-in-german-north-sea/

Twill is now live in Germany

Twill, a digital freight forwarding platform, designed to make shipping simple, is now live in Germany – widely considered to be the largest EU market in inter-continental trade.

Twill’s digital platform manages the complexity of the shipping process for its customers by providing full visibility of their shipment and the ability to track their cargo as it journeys from one side of the globe to the other. Serving full container load, ocean services from port to door, customers can place a new...

http://container-news.com/twill-live-germany/

France, Portugal, Spain, Germany to receive Aquarius vessel migrants

France, Portugal, Spain and Germany agreed to take in migrants from the Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius sailing off the coast of Malta, France said, after Italy refused to let the vessel dock.

Portugal will take 10 of the 58 migrants on board as part of a response of solidarity to the flow of migrants seeking to reach Europe across the Mediterranean.

According to Malta, a patrol boat will transfer the migrants in international waters and then to the island, from where they will be sent to the...

https://safety4sea.com/france-portugal-spain-germany-to-receive-aquarius-vessel-migrants/

The Blue MBA appoints Gunnar Georgs as an Ambassador to enhance links with German market

Gunnar Georgs

Gunnar Georgs, a maritime industry personality with impressive experience in Europe and Asia, is to be an Ambassador for the Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics (the Blue MBA) with special responsibility for the German market. He will enhance the links of the world-renowned Copenhagen Business School venture with the extensive German maritime sector.

Germany has the world’s fourth largest merchant fleet and a substantial role in ship management, shipbuilding, ship registration,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/the-blue-mba-appoints-gunnar-georgs-as-an-ambassador-to-enhance-links-with-german-market/

Hot Port News from GAC

22-Sep-2018

WORLD HOLIDAYS: 23 SEPTEMBER-6 OCTOBER 2018
Worldwide

World Holidays: 23 September-6 October 2018
Saturday, September 22, 2018, Worldwide

Public holidays around the world in the coming two weeks include the following:
22 Sep (Sat)-24 Sep (Mon) – Mid-Autumn Festival
23 Sep (Sun) – September equinox
24 Sep (Mon) – Heritage Day (South Africa)
24 Sep (Mon) – Trinidad & Tobago Republic Day
1 Oct (Mon)-7 Oct (Sun) – China National Day celebrations
1 Oct (Mon) – Hong Kong National Day
1 Oct...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/22/hot-port-news-from-gac-1900/

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