National Maritime Transport Co News

ABS Adds to Membership

At the recent ABS Council meeting in N.Y., 40 prominent members of the shipping and offshore industries were elected as new members of the international classification society. The ABS Council also elected two new members to the society’s Technical Committee. “ABS governance is vested in a membership comprised of distinguished individuals drawn from the international shipping, shipbuilding and offshore industries, from academia, the insurance sector and other related disciplines,” said ABS Chairman and CEO Robert D. Somerville. Akimitsu Ashida, President, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Noel L. Captain Ali M. Belhag, Chairman, GNMTC – General National Maritime Transport Co. Joseph L. Takatoshi Funada, President, Funada Kaiun Co., Ltd. Kevin M.

STX to Build 6 for National Maritime Transport

Accoring to reports, Atiya Salem, deputy chairman of NBE Board of Directors said that National Maritime Transport Co. has placed an order with STX Shipyard of South Korea to build six vessels of 81,000 tons & 86,000 tons capacity valued $251.6m under finance from National Bank of Egypt (NBE).