Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the company has earned recognition from the ports of both Long Beach and Los Angeles, California, for its efforts to ensure compliance with standards that call for vessels to slow down within 40 nautical miles (nm) of the shore. The Port of Long Beach introduced the Green Flag Program
Read moreThe container ship MOL COMFORT split into 2 parts, the aft part sank and the fore section is being towed to the coast of the Sultanate. Salvage tugs had to tow the vessel in Oman but the information is not confirmed. It is known that the after part sank and 1,700 containers with it,
Read moreFive crew members died in an emergency drill on a cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday, reported Reuters. The cables on a lifeboat snapped during a mock rescue exercise on the Thomson Majesty causing it to plunge 65 feet into the ocean where it fell upside down – killing the five and
Read moreJAKARTA: PT Pelindo II will give privilege and the right to use all facilities to Mitsui & Co. Ltd, a Japanese port operator, as the winner of tender for Kalibaru Terminal I in New Priok Port Jakarta. According to PT Pelindo II Yan Budi Santoso, Mitsui will also finance the operations and development of
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