SPECIAL REPORT

Fumigation friendly success

TWO YEARS ago there was not a huge demand for Nordiko Quarantine Systems’ cargo fumigation products but environmental and safety awareness has certainly risen since that time.

Providore has acquisitions on its radar

AUSTRALIAN Shipping Supplies, which provides ships with anything from toiletries to engine parts, said its next acquisition would likely be a businesses where the providore currently has a presence.

Jan de Nul to conquer with world no.1 hopper

OFFSHORE dredging contractor Jan de Nul has started operations with the world’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, the 47,000 gt Cristobal Colon.

Classification societies busy as ever but owners now look to new services

Societies still dealing with huge amounts of new tonnage ordered in good times as well as now offering some alternative services.

Shipowners ‘failing to pay for supplies’

COMPANIES delivering equipment to shipyards are struggling in the global recession because shipowners are not paying their bills, says the new president of the International Ship Suppliers and Services Association (ISSA).