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Phase out old vessels, Par panel to Shipping Corp
Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
New Delhi, May 8 () A Parliamentary panel has recommended that Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) buy fuel-efficient ships, replacing the old stock ... Apart from being the largest shipping company in India, SCI exclusively operates in break-bulk services, international container services, liquid/dry bulk services, offshore services, passenger services....
Move Over Drones and Driverless Cars -- Unmanned Ship Up Next
Edit Newsfactor 08 May 2016
It's not only drones and driverless cars that may become the norm someday -- ocean-faring ships might also run without captains or crews ... Unlike smaller, remote-controlled craft launched from ships, the so-called "Sea Hunter" is built to operate on its own ... Maritime companies from Europe to Asia have been looking into developing fleets of unmanned ships to cut down on operating costs and get through areas plagued by pirates....
Negative Rates Hit Global Shipping Market
Edit Bloomberg 08 May 2016
The owner of the world’s biggest shipping line says negative interest rates are hurting the industry by delaying the consolidation wave so badly needed. The monetary policy environment “means that consolidation will be much slower because it’s easy for banks to keep weak shipping companies above water,” Nils Smedegaard Andersen, chief executive officer of A.P....
Should it be dubbed Subby McSubface?
Edit The National 08 May 2016
Starbucks's UK division, for example, promoted #spreadthecheer for Christmas but the hashtag was dominated by demands the company pay its taxes....
Highly-skilled UK navy officer joins Daesh: Documents
Edit Press TV 08 May 2016
Defense experts warned Saturday night that Alosaimi has high-level skills and exhaustive knowledge of the UK’s shipping fleet and his joining of Daesh poses a grave security threat. Part of the course Alosaimi took is designed specifically for deck officers who are responsible for the safety of the vessel, planning the ship’s passage, loading and discharging cargo, and all communications....
Packages lead authorities to Miami methamphetamine-distribution ring
Edit The Miami Herald 08 May 2016
Two packages shipped to Miami by a “suspicious” customer from a UPS store in Las Vegas led federal agents to detect a possible South Florida methamphetamine-distribution ring, according to federal court records ... It’s only the latest suspected drug delivery via a parcel shipping company that leads to the discovery of narcotics trafficking involving Miami....
Boaty McBoatface, explained
Edit Vox 08 May 2016
When the United Kington's Natural Environment Research Council asked the people of the internet to name its newest research ship, the group floated ideas like RRS Falcon or RRS Endeavor ... The ship, which will embark on research expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic circle beginning in 2019, has reached internet-celebritydom since NERC asked the public to help name it in March....
This is Sirius, Mum! (Royal Australian Navy)
Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
(Source ... Families of the ship's company of HMAS Sirius were given an insight into the working lives of their loved ones when they joined the battle tanker on the final leg of a seven-week deployment, sailing from Adelaide to Rockingham, Western Australia ... As the ship berthed in its home port of Fleet Base West, the mothers all said how proud they were of their daughters ... (noodl....
Kingston Wharves eyes auto trans-shipment as growth area
Edit Jamaica Observer 08 May 2016
In its annual report released this past week, the company says it is using an improved IT superstructure to ... Stephenson said that in 2016 the company will pursue construction of a planned 160,000 square-foot total logistics facility and train staff for a “new and more nimble age in shipping and the provision of logistics services”....
Dancing out of poverty in South Africa
Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
The school where Dane Hurst, star of Rambert dance company, learned to dance was eaten by termites and burned down by children ... “I’ve recently bought a dance floor over in London and right now as we speak it’s on a ship being sent back here.” ... this is the former rehearsal floor of Rambert, sold when the dance company moved from Chiswick to its new home on London’s South Bank....
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