Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, gave the opening address at the Global Maritime Forum this morning at the territory’s main cruise terminal in which she vowed to bolster the city’s maritime set-up. Lam, the leader of the Special Administrative Region since July last year, told the 200...
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Shipping has not faced such upheaval since the start of containerisation, argues Peter Stokes, the chairman of the Global Maritime Forum in an exclusive interview with Maritime CEO today. Stokes, who also heads up shipping at investment bank Lazard, is in Hong Kong for the two-day forum, the redux...
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“Playing poker blind with half the cards,” was how moderator Thomas Söderberg, the founder of Tribini Capital, introduced the choices facing owners with the global sulphur cap less than 15 months’ away. In a one-off special 2020 Vision panel at yesterday’s Maritime CEO Forum in Hong Kong, owners,...
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Tuesday afternoon sees the Maritime CEO Forum return to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in the heart of Central, Hong Kong with one of the best lineups of speakers assembled in the three-year history of our forums. Kicking off proceedings in the packed Main Dining Room of the FCC, Dr Adam...
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Germany-headquartered 3PL Dachser has bolstered its Asia network with the establishment of a new Far East South cluster and a parallel structure for the Indian subcontinent.
It has promoted Kevin Chen (pictured above) as managing director of Air & Sea Logistics Far East South, who will be responsible for 477 employees and eight locations across Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China.
Mr Chen was formerly managing director of Air & Sea Logistics …
The post Dachser makes changes at the top as it...
https://theloadstar.co.uk/dachser-makes-changes-top-strengthens-asia-network/
Hong Kong’s Fleet Management has bought out NAESS Ship Management for an undisclosed price, bringing the company’s managed fleet closer to the 500-ship mark. NAESS traces its roots back to 1973 and over the years has managed a wide variety of vessel types. Its existing mix of ships are bulkers and...
Hong Kong Marine Department shared valuable lessons learned from a violent explosion that occurred at the port side manifold on main deck of an oil/chemical tanker during cargo tank cleaning operation. The incident resulted in one death and five other injuries. The statement advised that all crew of oil/chemical tankers should familiarize themselves with the cargo manifold piping arrangement and follow the ship instruction on handling leaky valves of cargo pipeline.
The incident
A Hong Kong...
https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-from-deadly-explosion-during-tank-cleaning/
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/