Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Mermaid Maritime is a holding company for several other companies and was originally started by Dane Jørgen Lundbæk together with another Danish partner in 1982. Since then the company has expanded rapidly …
Mermaid Maritime Expands Horizons As Growth Takes Off Read MoreThe Singapore Flyer, a three story high ferris wheel to be built in Singapore at Marina Bay and completed by 2008 will offer one of the best views of the …
Singapore Flyer Project Attracts Norwegian Students Read MoreNorway’s Awilco Offshore ASA and Sinvest ASA will share the cost of buying the three offshore oil and natural gas drilling platforms, Marinelog.com reported Wednesday.The Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 deep …
Norwegians Buy Three Oil Rigs For $600M Read MoreThe service began with M.V. ASTOR’s maiden voyage from Laem Chabang April 3.The new service provides direct services between Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan and will be part of the Maersk …
Maersk Connects Thailand And Japan Read MoreDuring the last few weeks three Norwegian artists have been working with six Vietnamese colleagues in a project striving to combine tradition and modern arts.The nine artists, three Norwegian and …
Norwegian Artists Help Decorate Vietnamese Sculpture Park Read MoreFinnair is to open another destination in Asia, when flights from Helsinki to Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur commence May 2007. The route will be operated three times a week via Bangkok.“Demand …
Finnair Announces New Kuala Lumpur Route Read MoreThe Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) is to launch a 53,000 tonne-capacity vessel, the largest ever built in Viet Nam, in northern coastal Quang Ninh province April 6.The ship, christened ‘Florence’ is the …
Vietnam Launches Largest Ever Locally-Built Ship Read MoreAdvanced Info Service Plc (AIS), one of Thailand’s leading mobile phone service operators, has signed a deal with Finland’s Nokia to expand the AIS GSM network in the Northern, Central and Southern regions …
Nokia Wins Deal To Expand AIS Thailand GSM Network Read MoreThe smell of burned glue, rubber and leather still hung in the air above Ecco’s Ayutthaya factory facilities Sunday evening, after a fire broke out early Saturday destroying a store and nearly 400,000 pairs of shoes. The …
Thai Fire Puts Ecco Staff Worldwide On Overtime Read MoreThursday the Swedish Riksdagen’s Constitutional Committee, which investigated the government’s handling of the response to the Tsunami disaster in 2004, concluded their investigation. The panel is highly critical of Swedish Prime Minister …
Swedish Tsunami Probe Criticises PM, Cabinet Read More