Haropa Ports sees double digit maritime trade with India
France-based Haropa port expects maritime trade with India to grow at double digit this calendar year after having reported 7% growth in 2016, said Herve Martel, , CEO - Port of Le Havre & President- HAROPA ports. “We have received encouraging response from the Indian policy makers as also from port, shipping lines & Indian trade during our four day visit to India and we hope to build upon this momentum with increasing French investments taking place in India,” Martel said at the concluding leg of the multi city road show that took place in Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad and finally in Mumbai. There are over 1,000 French subsidiaries, including Sanofi, Arkema, Dassault, Alstom, Total etc, in India.
Around Europe Race: FenêtréA-Cardinal First in Plymouth
Skipper Erwan Le Roux and crew of FenêtréA-Cardinal crossed the Plymouth finish line in warm summer sunshine and light airs to win Leg 3 of the Routes des Princes multihull race around Europe. The crew join two others in having won the three consecutive offshore stages which have brought the fleet from Valencia to Lisbon to Dun Laoghaire to Plymouth. On the 340 miles leg which started off Dun laoghaire on Monday morning, FenêtréA-Cardinal only finally got ahead in the very early hours of this morning at crawling speeds between Falmouth and the finish line.
Unicool Range Expanded To Meet Customer Demands
As ozone-depleting refrigerants are in the process of being phased out around the world, vessels are changing their refrigeration systems to meet the new legal requirements. The challenge for the business is to navigate through the jungle of replacement alternatives offered from the world-wide chemical industry. As market leader for marine refrigerants, Wilhelmsen Ships Service has, through a series of activities like “Catch R-22”, prepared the industry for this change. After performing in-house tests…
