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Whitefish Bay and Thunder Bay lakers have achieved double platinum SafePartners Safety Awards for accumulating 1825 operational days without a lost time incident.

The new traffic plan means that IKEA Transport & Logistics Services reduces its climate impact by 4476 t of carbon dioxide emissions per year, which strengthens the brand’s sustainability.

Navis has released an update to its Dangerous Goods module to comply with the latest update of an amendment to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

On 2 May, Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC) announced its intention to launch a private placement to fund additional investments in combination carriers (the private placement) and list its shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange upon completion of the private placement (the listing).

KfW IPEX-Bank is to provide €15.7 million worth of funding for two new cement carriers for Baltrader Capital.

Diana Shipping has entered into a time charter contract with Ausca Shipping Ltd for one of its panamax vessels.

Rotterdam is expanding its position as one of Western Europe’s biggest transit ports for agricultural, horticultural and fishery sector products.

Belships has acquired a supramax bulk carrier from Prospero Marine Ltd for US$12 million.

Inmarsat and NAPA enter an agreement to enable shipowners and ship managers to access and analyse real time onboard data more efficiently through an application hosted on Inmarsat’s new Fleet Data IoT service.

Wallem is to incorporate BASSnetTM’s fleet management systems to manage its whole fleet.

Wallem Group appoints a new Managing Director of Ship Management.

Eagle Bulk has announced it will report the company’s first quarter financial results after close of stock market trading on 7 May.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is to contribute US$10 000 in cash to aid victims and support reconstruction after the cyclone that devastated parts of Mozambique in March.

Wallem has updated its brand identity to highlight the beginning of a strategy change in its service offering.

ESL Shipping has published its Sustainability Report for 2018, with a key highlight being the company's 50% saving in CO2 emissions.