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  • Press release | (Updated )

    Don’t feel the heat during fire safety inspection campaign

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is helping shipowners prepare for the concentrated Port State Control (PSC) inspection campaign on fire protection, detection and extinction equipment, which begins on September 1. The Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) by

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    New high capacity Unitor plasma cutter to be launched at SMM Hamburg

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will launch the Unitor UPC1041 plasma cutter - a new high capacity portable machine specifically for marine use - at SMM Hamburg. With the theme of this year’s eventGreen Shipping’, the new product has been designed help ship

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    Class approvals and new training centres strengthen WSS safety service offering

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has received vital approvals for its safety service from two of the world’s leading Classification Societies: Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and RINA (Royal Institute of Naval Architects). Mats Hestman, WSS International Service Manager

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    Wilhelmsen Maritime Services take home prestigious Lloyds List Award

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) together with Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) received the award for Maritime Services at Tuesday evening’s Lloyds List Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. WSS and WSM are both part

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    “New Liferaft Station vital to efficient passage through Suez Canal” says GM for WSS Egypt

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has opened a new liferaft service station in Suez, Egypt, which will service vessels transiting the Suez Canal and Egypt’s main ports. Russell Dinwoodie; General Manager WSS Egypt said: “With over 17,000 vessel transits per year

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    WSS AMB wins prestigious Seatrade Ship Agent Award for third consecutive year

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) AMB took home the Seatrade Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Award for Ships Agency services for the third year in a row at an awards ceremony on Monday evening (26 November) in Dubai. Nikolai Norman, Sales Director AMB,  who

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    “Competence key for maritime safety success says WSS Director about appointment of new Technical Sales Manager Americas”

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has announced the appointment of John Sanford as Technical Sales Manager for Safety covering the Americas. Andrew Sheriff, Business Director Safety said: “Getting the right people and competence in place is critical in the changing

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    Steaming into the future

    Vessels need to be run as effective and cost efficient as possible. Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, OW (Wallenius) and StormGeo have created a monitoring and analysing system for the future. Shippersys is a web-based advanced vessel performance monitoring and analysis

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    Moving on from sulphur

    Learn why Wilhelmsen is leading the switch to a post-sulphur shipping industry. Tough new regulations on sulphur emissions have caused panic in the shipping industry. At the start of 2015, the level of sulphur permitted in Emissions Control Areas (ECAs) was

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    Results for fourth quarter 2015

    Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding (WWH) reported stable top line growth in the fourth quarter. Reduced contribution from the logistics segment was offset by a lift in income from the shipping and maritime services segments. WWH delivered a total income of USD 807 million