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    Major Singapore-based shipowner renews Safety Service Agreement with WSS

    Singapore-based Shipowner and operator Masterbulk has renewed its fleet Safety Service Agreement for a period in excess of two years with Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS). Josephine Tay, Account Manager WSS Singapore said, “The WSS safety service agreement significantly

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    “Constantly improving to better serve our customers is the only way forward”, says WSS VP on Asia restructure

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) Asia Pacific is strengthening its’ regional management team to meet market demand and emerging business opportunities. Bjorn Tonsberg, Regional Vice President said: “We are reviewing the way we do things and rebuilding the organisation

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service provides safe passage through the Northern Sea Route

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is helping clients execute voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as this new trade lane begins to open up new opportunities for shipping. WSS is working with Russian Arctic shipping specialist Rosatomflot for ice-breaking

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    WSS Japan to manage Harmony Cruise port calls

    Harmony Cruise, Korea’s newest cruise operator, has chosen Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) to provide ships agency services at ports on its Japan itinerary. Harmony Cruise was launched in February 2012 by Seoul-based Polaris Shipping, offering a variety of three

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    Fire, Rescue and Safety service expansion in China reports WSS

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is expanding and upgrading its service stations in Shanghai and Guangzhou in direct response to market demand for Fire, Rescue and Safety (FRS) services says Jason Chew, General Manager China. Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is

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    “We want to take our chemical customer solutions to the next level” says Bernd Bauer, WSS Director of Marine Chemicals.

    The Active Solutions Portal (ASP), a new chemical management system developed by WSS experts, will be showcased at SMM Wednesday 5 September. The portal aims to make chemical handling simpler and safer, whilst enabling vessel operators, owners and managers

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    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 event ’Green 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