Insurance Person of the Year for 2008 – William. E. Cox The Recovery Forum has recently announced that this year they will be recognising the achievements of William. E. Cox, founder of the W E Cox Claims Group. William will be honoured at the Recovery Forum dinner to be held in New York on the 5th June 2008, with the award being presented to his son, and current Chairman, Mr David Cox.

David Cox collecting Insurance person of the year 2008 on behalf of William E Cox (Click to enlarge the award)

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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Navios reports surge in fleet revenue
SOARING charter rates for its fleet and a hefty Belgian tax write off contribute to a strong second quarter.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Norden shares fall despite 110% profit surge
BULK carrier and product tanker operator results reach all-time high, with profit hitting $598m.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
MISC tanker hijacked off Somalia
THE 32,169 dwt chemical tanker Bunga Melati Dua has been hijacked by armed pirates.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Gain from vessel sales boost Golden Ocean bottom line
COMPANY joins current crop of triple digit second quarter profit hikes in the dry bulk sector, with operating profit up nearly five times over at $209m.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
CMA CGM in Tianjin container berths venture
CMA CGM’s wholly owned subsidiary Terminal Link Tianjin will form a $214m joint venture with Shanghai-listed Tianjin Port Holdings and another investor to build and run three container berths at the port of Tianjin in north China.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
CSC Jiangsu Jinling bags order for bulker sextet
EACH 92,500 dwt ship will cost close to $58.4m and will be delivered to Centrans Ocean Shipping Logistics.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Phased approach to Canadian box checks
CANADA Border Services Agency has announced a phased introduction to recently launched inspections of containers for formaldehyde content.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bigger fleet and higher rates boost StealthGas earnings
AN EXPANDED fleet and higher time charter rates helped to boost second-quarter profit for Nasdaq-listed StealthGas.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Widdows seeks to calm fears over Hapag sale
NOL chief Ron Widdows says a sale to NOL must not mean the Hapag-Lloyd brand name will dissapear.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Three-horse race for DSME gains a rider
STATE-owned National Pension Services set to make joint bid with one of three main contenders.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Torm bullish on growth after best six months results
DANISH shipping group records best six months results in its history, with pre-tax profits rising from $149m to $199m year on year.

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Xiamen Port Development first half profit up
XIAMEN Port Development, the chandlery and logistics offshoot of Xiamen International Port, saw net profit rise 3.36% to Yuan69.73m ($10.25m) in the first six months of this year.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
SYMS pullout drives up China-Japan rates
LINE temporarily halts its container services, sparking a rate hike on the China-Japan trade.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Warning of legal pitfalls as liner upheaval looms
LAWYER says lines may have been better off without EC guidelines when conference system comes to an end.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Russian forces storm Georgia's Poti
RUSSIAN forces today entered the oil terminal in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti, detaining 20 Georgian police officers.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
PICC sinks under natural disasters
CHINA's largest non-life insurer suffers $42.56m loss after unprecedented levels of claims following Sichuan earthquake.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Strike threatens to cancel CalMac services
CALEDONIAN MacBrayne ferry services between Gourock and Dunoon and Wemyss Bay and Rothesay are set to be cancelled.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Asian shippers threaten law suit over price fixing
SHIPPERS prepared to take advantage of new antitrust law in China to fight liner cartel over rates in the country.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
KPMG survey highlights problem with disclosure
BOILERPLATE disclosure hampering ability of investors to make informed comparisons between shipping firms.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Norway claimants win extra payout
VICTIMS of boiler explosion on cruiseship have won an additional $7.4m in restitution from Norwegian Cruise Line.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Tank blaze at Malaysian port
A FUEL storage tank leased by Swiss oil trader Trafigura at Tanjung Langsat in the Johor province of Malaysia caught fire.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Veracruz expansion gets infrastructure investment boost
THE Mexican government has underlined its commitment to ambitious plans for the construction of 32 new berths and investment of $785m in the Gulf coast port of Veracruz.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
GAC opens Algiers office
THE new office will tap the country's booming oil and gas sector and provide a full range of agency services.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
DP World adds online services for Jebel Ali port
THE new offerings for payment of port charges and document processing charges will smooth box movements at the port.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Downturn hits DB sea freight volumes
DB Schenker Logistics suffers slowdown in sea freight growth as exports from Asia slumps.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
SHI bags Petrobras drillship order
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries has received an order for a drillship worth $702m.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Hamworthy wins gas reliquefaction supply contracts
BRITISH engineering firm Hamworthy has secured £13m ($24.3m) of contracts to supply gas reliquefaction systems to six new ships.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Singapore launches probe into Keppel yard death
WORKER found dead last Friday after apparently drowning in a 21m deep water tank onboard a very large crude carrier undergoing repair.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Doosan Group bows out of race for DSME stake
THE South Korean group also won't go ahead with bid for Hyundai Engineering and Construction.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Elcano buys into Itajai Shipyard
DEAL worth $85m helps gas and drybulk specialist, Elcano, consolidate its position in Brazil.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Thoresen Thai profit surges 46%
THAI company's third-quarter earnings leap as charter hire income improves.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bunker levy lifts NOL freight rates
LINE achieved higher average freight rates last month as shippers contributed more to the cost of fuel.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Hong Kong port container volumes improve
BOX volumes rise 4.7% in July and 4.4% over the seven months to July.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Dry bulk slowdown is a seasonal dip, says ICAP
RECENT drop in BDI took place over a shorter period than other previous large falls.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
STX to take wheel at Aker Yards from end August
SOUTH Korean group will hold 88.4% of the Norwegian shipyard, which it will rename STX Europe.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Robust spot market gives Green Reefers profit a boost
NORWEGIAN reefer operator books second quarter profit of $5.1m, up from $100,000 in the same period a year earlier, as spot market rates increased 20%.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Lloyd's Register to buy Scandpower
CLASS society set to become leading authority in providing risk management for the energy sector.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Braemar takes plunge into tanker FFA market
JOINT venture with broker Tullet Prebon "initial step" in becoming rapidly growing paper trades.