Petróleo Brasileiro SA informs that an arbitration award favorable to the company has rejected a request made by an investor of Sete Brasil Participações SA - in judicial reorganization. "Petrobras, pursuant to CVM Instruction 358/2002, informs about an arbitration award…
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Algoma Adds Algoma Innovator
Algoma Central Corporation, a leading provider of marine transportation services, today announced that it has taken ownership of the Algoma Innovator from the Uljanik d.d. shipyard in Croatia. The vessel is part of the Company’s Equinox 650’…
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SSY Acquires Bidsted & Co
British-based ship broker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has acquired Danish dry bulk broker Bidsted & Co. Bidsted & Co, which was founded in 1940, is one of the last few remaining independent shipbrokers in Copenhagen. Bidsted’s chartering and…
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DOF Sells Skandi Marstein
Norwegian supply shipping company DOF sold and delivered the 1996 built platform supply vessel (PSV) "Skandi Marstein" to a new owner. The sale will not have any significant liquidity impact or impact on the accounts. The vessel has been in lay up sinc...
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SC Ports Handles Container Volume Growth
South Carolina Ports Authority’s 2018 fiscal year container volume through November grew 2.5 percent compared to last year, with 886,414 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) handled by the Port of Charleston since July. The Port moved 163…
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NIMASA for Blue Economy Framework in Africa
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that in order to harness the opportunities derivable from the Blue Economy in Africa there is a need for a proper framework…
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Season’s micro-greetings: Scientists claim smallest Christmas card
(Reuters) - British scientists have created what they believe is the world's smallest Christmas card, a seasonal greeting so tiny that over 200 million of them could fit into a standard postage stamp.
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U.S., Russian, Japanese crew blasts off for space station
(Reuters) - A trio of U.S. and Japanese astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for a two-day trip to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed.
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Does Pentagon still have a UFO program? The answer is a bit mysterious
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon acknowledged on Saturday that its long-secret UFO investigation program ended in 2012, when U.S. defense officials shifted attention and funding to other priorities.
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Miriam Maes New Chairman of Rotterdam Port
Miriam Maes has been appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, in accordance with a decision made by the supervisory directors. Maes has served on the Supervisory Board since 1 January 2016. She will be succeeding Rutger van Slobbe…
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