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The UK P&I Club has chosen to focus its latest Legal Briefing publication on the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, adopted by the IMO in 2004. Implementation of the Convention is now probably just two years away and ship owners and manager...

ATHENS, GREECE, March 11, 2011- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (NASDAQ: SBLK), today announced that the Company received a letter from Korea Line Corporation ("KLC"), the charterers of the Star Gamma ("the vessel'), announcing the termination of the charterparty, effective i...

HORIZON LINES SUCCESSFULLY AMENDS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND EXTENDS CONSENT SOLICITATION FOR ITS 4.25% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012 CHARLOTTE, NC (March 11, 2011) - Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) today announced that it has entered into a credit agreement amendment with its lender group, effect...

Hellenic Carriers Limited, (“Hellenic” or the “Company”) (AIM: HCL), an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, today announces that they will declare their Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2010, on Wednesday 16 March 2011. On the same day, at 2p...

Samskip is pleased to advise that the company has taken ownership control over two newly-built Damen 800 container vessels. According to Jens Holger Nielsen, CEO, Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics, the 804TEU ships, “Samskip Innovator” and “Samskip Endeavour”, are already completed and will ent...

The ITF has offered help to all those affected by the Japanese earthquake. ITF general secretary David Cockroft wrote to Japanese trade unions when the quake and tsunamis struck, offering help and condolences. Today he stated: “Time and the superb Japanese rescue effort, aided by international t...

Commenting on the attacks by pro-government forces on the port city of Sidra, ITF general secretary David Cockroft said: “Gaddafi’s indiscriminate use of firepower, especially air strikes, threatens to lay the town waste and lead to an unknown number of civilian casualties. These are the barbarities...

Dear all, For any of you who missed the LSLC seminar on eBills of Lading the LSLC has made the audio captured that evening available for a limited time. Details of how to access the videos is given below. The videos have been uploaded on an external website. You will need to follow the links...

ROTTERDAM, 14 March 2011 – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today reported that MOL has begun the following support activities to help victims of the quake and to help restore their homes and cities. 1. MOL has decided to donate ¥50 million to help support and ...

- Focuses on Ocean Shipping Portfolio Management - ROTTERDAM, 11 March 2011 – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that Chairman Akimitsu Ashida delivered the keynote speech at the Japan Securities Summit in New York on March 1, co-sponsored by the Japan Secur...

Earnings Release: Monday, March 14, 2011, After the Market Closes; Conference Call: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. EDT DUBLIN, IRELAND, Mar 09, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- TBS International plc (NASDAQ: TBSI) today announced a correction to its previously announced dates for the relea...

ATHENS, Greece, March 8, 2011 - Paragon Shipping Inc. (NYSE: PRGN), or the Company, a global shipping transportation company specializing in drybulk cargoes and containers, announced today that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 with the Secur...

ATHENS, Greece, March 8, 2011 -- Capital Product Partners L.P. (the "Partnership") (Nasdaq: CPLP), an international owner of modern double-hull tankers, today announced the successful chartering of the M/T Axios to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). The M/T Axios (2007 Build, Hyundai Mipo 47...

London 8 March 2011 - Trans Ocean Liquid Technologies (TOLT), global leader in the manufacture of flexitanks, is pleased to announce that its manufacturing plant in Malaysia has gained HACCP certification. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a systematic preventive approach to...

Continuously optimistic about the Intra-Asia market development, Evergreen Line will launch a new ocean route from Northern China to Jakarta, which is called the HBI service, to provide prompt and convenient service between the regions. The company noted that Indonesia has a population of mo...

Athens, Greece – March 4, 2011 -- Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has filed its 2010 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The 2010 Annua...

Erie, PA – Patrick J. O’Hern has joined Donjon Marine Co., Inc.’s Shipbuilding and Repair as a consultant. He brings more than 35 years of shipyard experience in the Great Lakes region to this position as a result of his longtime employment at Bay Shipbuilding Company located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc...

AXI To Display at the GlobalSpec Power Generation and Distribution Equipment Virtual Trade Show Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Algae-X International (AXI) will display a complete line of Diesel Fuel Filtration and Optimization Systems and Mobile Tank Cleaning Systems at GlobalSpec’s Power Generatio...

ATHENS, GREECE – March 2, 2011 - Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (“TEN” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TNP) will report earnings for the fourth quarter and full year 2010 prior to the open of the market on Monday, March 14, 2011. That same morning, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, TEN will also host a con...

ROTTERDAM, 2 March 2011 – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced the completion of the MOL Safety Conference 2011 in Tokyo, Mumbai, and Zadar (Croatia). Another event is slated for March 16 in Manila. MOL has hosted the conference in its main seafarer source ...