Key deals

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu welcomed the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) last month, adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a sister UN agency to IMO.

Maritime security solutions provider AdvanFort has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, as part of its growing and far reaching customer service network, particularly for clients in Europe.

Kewatec AluBoat Oy, based at Kokkola in Finland, has signed an agreement with Chinese Conglin Group establishing a JV, Shandong ConglinKEWA Aluminum Boat Co, Ltd.

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published BS 6349-1-1: Code of practice for planning and design for operations.

A ferry operator’s experience of ‘the fastest ship in the world’ will feature among the cutting edge initiatives being aired at Interferry’s 38th annual conference in Malta from 5-9 October.

Global Ports Investments, of which APM Terminals is a co-controlling shareholder, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the Moscow based NCC Group Limited, a Russian terminal operator.

A bilateral agreement formalising trade links has been signed by the respective chambers of commerce in Hampshire UK and the southern Spanish port city of Almería.

Caterpillar Marine has successfully closed its acquisition of Johan Walter Berg AB, enabling Caterpillar to now offer complete propulsion systems to the commercial marine market. The firm’s core brand, Berg Propulsion, is…