SYNERGY Group appoints Martin Ackermann as Chief Commercial Officer
Martin Ackermann, 43, takes responsibility for Finance, Commercial, Strategy and Transformation Interventions at Synergy Group. Ackermann brings a wealth of experience to the Singapore-headquartered ship manager. Most recently he was CEO of OSE-listed BW LPG. SINGAPORE :
Yang Ming’s ad hoc sailing puts focus on ME Gulf vessel redeployment
TAIWAN : A Persian Gulf extra loader service will be launched by Yang Ming Marine Transport on 1 October, to meet demand from Taiwanese shippers, as redeployment of vessels has reduced capacity. In the
Ocean Cleanup struggles to fulfill promise to scoop up plastic at Sea
VICTORIA (CANADA) : Docked at a Canadian port, crew members returned from a test run of the Ocean Cleanup’s system to rid the Pacific of plastic trash were thrilled by the meager results — even as marine scientists
No sign of freight market easing this year : Maersk CEO
COPENHAGEN : Chief Executive of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said, “no indication that the current red-hot shipping market will lose steam this year, “ The coronavirus pandemic has prompted shortages of container ships and logjams
Seafarer welfare issues – shipping needs one voice
LONDON : This was one of conclusions reached by experts at an Inmarsat event . On the first day of London International Shipping Week, “Meeting the welfare needs of seafarers in a digital age”
Need to focus more on air connectivity between India, ASEAN countries: Sonowal
NEW DELHI : There is a need to focus more on air connectivity between India and ASEAN nations to enhance tourism in unexplored areas of the region, Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal said on
DGS issues advisory on levying export rail freight and special priority charges for containers
MUMBAI : The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has advised shipping lines, freight forwarders, non-vessel owning common carriers, multi-modal transport operators and custom house agents to allow the export-import (EXIM) trade to make direct
Shippers expect more carriers to follow rate freeze by Hapag-Lloyd, CMA-CGM
NEW YORK : The recent rate freeze announced by CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd has given shippers a hope that more carriers will follow the suit and market sources expect some relief from the skyrocketing