(marinelink) NATO’s contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the
Horn of Africa and in the Gulf of Aden entered a new phase on 17 August
after the North Atlantic Council (NAC) approved Operation Ocean Shield.  Source

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• Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule take effect Sunday

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule takes effect Sunday, requiring those vessels to slow down while operating in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic waters where North Atlantic right whales are known to migrate, calve and nurse. 

• Hapag-Lloyd Express to Atlantic Shuttle Launch

    Hapag-Lloyd will launch an Atlantic Express Shuttle between North Europe and the East Coast of North America, effective Sept.

• Ships, the U.S. Atlantic coast Must Slow for whales

     (ENS)  The U.S. Coast Guard reminds operators of vessels 65 feet or greater in length that the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule took effect for the first time on Sunday. The new rule requires those vessels to slow down while operating in the U.S.

• Atlantic Petroleum comments on media analysis of debt

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum the international upstream oil and gas company, announces factual corrections to an analysis published by the financial periodical, Økonomisk Ugebrev (Economical Weekly). Atlantic Petroleum is aware that the article has led to certain misunderstandings in the market place, which the Company hereby seeks to correct. In respect of the conclusions

• CSAV starts third week noose around his ANDEX service and launches new service SAMEX

     CSAV Group has launched a third weekly sling linking Asia with Mexico, Central America and the West Coast of South America. With the addition of ANDEX Sling 3, CSAV will offer direct sailings from all North China major ports to all Mexico, Central America and West Coast of South America main

• Atlantic Petroleum P / F test well Blackbird Successful test

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces test update of the Blackbird discovery in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet targeting a high quality Upper Jurassic oil discovery

• Hanjin Shipping plans increase fuel charge

     Hanjin Shipping is introducing a rate restoration program for the Trans-Atlantic trade effective September 1st, 2009. The amount of rate increase for all shipments between Europe and North America in both directions is USD 150 per TEU and USD 225 per FEU. Hanjin Shipping comments that despite the company’s continuous efforts to

• PD Ports completes first phase of the container terminal expansion plan

    PD Ports has completed the first phase of its latest expansion programme to further develop its existing container terminal handling facilities at Teesport on the North East coast. Read at PD Ports completes first phase of container handling expansion plan

• Ukraine plans to build a port in Black Sea

    Ukraine is planning to beef up its Black Sea shipping capability by building another port in Crimea, to bring its port facilities in the region to 16 in total. The plan was disclosed by the Crimean Council of Ministers in a statement.

• ACL back out of the chassis Fleet

    Atlantic Container Line will stop providing chassis for trucking moves in three areas of the U.S. market, effective June 1. After the policy is fully operational in Miami, Boston and the Ohio Valley, the ocean carrier plans to phase out providing chassis anywhere in the United States