Torm Sells Product Tankers to Oaktree
March 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As part of TORM’s 2012 Restructuring Agreement, Oaktree exercised its option rights for repayment of a related debt from TORM, leading to a sale of ten MR and three LR2 product tankers.
The Year of the Horse and the Importance of the Asian Market
February 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Spring Festival celebrations are over and the Year of the Horse has been well and truly welcomed in, but our thoughts remain with Asia and the importance of the Asian shipping business, both globally as well as in the Isle of Man.
Get a Social Media Strategy
January 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nowadays one cannot deny the widespread use of social media and the fact that they have find their way even in the Maritime Industry. Mark Clark, Director of Navigate Response wrote an interesting article regarding how social media can be used for the benefit of a shipping company. So you don’t work for a major shipping company, and you don’t have several thousand pounds to spend on large broadsheet adverts which showed your non existent links to the Olympic Games? Panic not, there is still hope to get the message out that you ship short sea aggregates from the UK to Europe, or run reefer ships to the West Coast of Africa, and are looking to build your customer base.
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