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    Galley Cleaning

    WSS provides for clean and healthy working practices at sea

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has developed a new range of marine cleaning solutions, which aim to assist seafarers in meeting standards for safe and hygienic working practises at sea. The Unitor EasyClean Galley and Accommodation range allows shipowners

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    Refrigerant leak offer

    Be aware of new refrigerant regulations

    Shipowners with EU-flagged vessels who incur unnecessary operating costs need to ensure that their onboard refrigeration units are leak-tight, says WSS’s Svenn Jacobsen. The new EU Regulations on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-Gas) look to fundamentally change

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    Singapore port

    WSS appoints HR Director in Singapore to drive long-term investment in training

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has appointed Adrian Lau as Regional Human Resources and Organisation Development Director, Asia Pacific, with a focus on driving the company’s performance culture, talent management, and training and development. Singapore is

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    WSS price

    WSS adjusts pricing to maintain quality and service level

    From 1 January 2015, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will increase prices on all products and services by the OECD* global average inflation rate of 1.9%. “In order to consistently deliver quality products and dependable services throughout our global network

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    Agency

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service wins Global Agency tender with Solstad Shipping

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) and Solstad Shipping today announced that they have entered into a two year Global Agency Agreement with a two year option. WSS will provide Global Agency Services to Solstad’s 48 vessels worldwide. “We were previously using

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    Abidjan Arrival

    Located at the heart of one of Africa’s busiest ports, in one of West Africa’s fastest growing economies Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s (WSS) Abidjan, Ivory Coast office is now open for business. Initially focused on providing agency services to customers, operating

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    Welding Sparks

    WSS updates Welding Handbook

    Over the past 50 years, the maritime industry has changed so much that it is almost unrecognisable. Ship owners and operators now have to deal with increased vessel size, the totality of the Global Fleet, ever-changing Flag State requirements, internet connectivity

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    WSS car alongside cruise vessel

    WSS brings predictability to routine safety services for cruise market

    Keeping up to date with ever-changing regulatory demands for lifesaving appliances, fire protection and firefighting equipment and systems onboard cruise vessels can be a logistical headache for many operators. Attending Cruise Shipping Miami this week, Wilhelmsen

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    Cruise_freedon seas from NFF Apr2013

    WSS perfectly placed to serve growing Asian cruise business

    Caribbean’s headline-grabbing Quantum of the Seas home-ported in Shanghai for 2015 and TUI Cruises launching its inaugural Asian season; all eyes are on Asia’s rapidly expanding cruise market. However, while Asia may be unexplored territory for many cruise owners

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    Emilia Shao

    WSS appoints new Ships Agency Manager for China

    Heading up the ships agency sales team in China, Emilia Shao brings both in-depth industry experience and an eclectic academic background to one of WSS’s largest agency markets. Shao calls upon 15 years of operations and sales experience in her new role, having