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A new freight line has been opened up between St Petersburg and the Port of Gothenburg. The Singapore headquartered shipping line X-Press Container Line has commenced operating a loop from …
New Singapore shipping line between St Petersburg and Gothenburg Read MoreA television team from Singapore pay a visit to the Danish town Hjørring to make a feature on design and architecture. The show will be about libraries, and Hjørrings library …
TV Team From Singapore Visit “Different” Danish Library Read MoreThe Danish Education Minister Bertel Haarder will have hairdressers and lawyers to teach in primary school. “We need to attract hairdressers or lawyers, who may have an old dream …
Learn From Singapore: Hairdressers And Engineers Can Teach Read MoreMaersk Contractors has named the latest addition of high efficiency jack-up rigs to the fleet. The new rig is the second in a series of four identical rigs currently under …
New High Efficiency Jack-up Named In Singapore Read MoreAll the transfer gossip is over, as the new cosmoleague season kicked off this weekend. The Vikings managed to sign highly rated Naoki Fukushima on a free transfer to bolster …
Great Ambitions Got A Blow In The Season Opener Read MoreIf the oil price of oil stays where it is, Finns would no longer fly to Thailand or other Asian Countries for warmth during their holidays. People would not be …
Expensive Oil Could Stop Finns Going To Asia Read MoreFinnish and Scandinavian design is widely on display in Singapore. Style:Nordic is a design store that specializes in Finnish, Swedish and Danish design. The design store’s range consists, among others, …
Finnish and Scandinavian Design on Display in Singapore Read MoreSwiss oil trader Projector SA will likely sell its half stake in shipping firm FR8 to co-owner D/S Torm, in a deal that will allow the Danish shipper full control …
Rumours Rife About Torm Takeover Of FR8 Read MoreShip Finance International Limited has employed Peter Lund as Commercial Director. He is expected to take up his position with Ship Finance in September 2008, and will be based in …
Ship Finance Has Employed Peter Lund As Commercial Director Read MoreDanish Software Company manages the production of giant cranes for the offshore industry in Kristiansand (Norway), Singapore, China and Malaysia. Hans Tørsleff management systems has developed a solution that manages …
New Danish Software For Giant Cranes In The Offshore Industry Read MoreIf you’re having children while studying abroad, you are still entitled to child allowance. The rule also applies to diplomats, state-employees and social security workers.This was decided by the High …
Swedish Expat Receives Retroactive Child Allowance after Verdict in High Court of Sweden Read MoreCosco expects to deliver its first Sevan 650 drilling unit for Norwegian Sevan Marine this December, Li said today at the sidelines of a financial results briefing in Singapore. Sevan …
Cosco Mulls Norwegian Turnkey Rig Building Project Read MoreIn an organizational restructuring of its top management, Saxo Bank has appointed Eric Rylberg and Karsten Poulsen to two new positions as Chief Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Director. …
Saxo Bank Announces New Top Leadership Team Read MoreThe Singapore Symphony Orchestra will perform Carl Nielsen’s most popular symphony in Esplanade Theatres on 30 August 2008. “Music is life, and like life, inextinguishable”. The famous Danish composer Carl …
Carl Nielsen´s ”The Inextinguishable” To Be Performed In Singapore Read MoreBI Norwegian School of Management is launching a new Executive MBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance. Former President of both the International Institute for Management in Switzerland and BI Norwegian …
Executive MBA Programme In Shipping, Offshore And Finance Read MoreDeavy lift specialist Dockwise says logistical flexibility were the keywords in the recent delivery of flexible flowline and umbilical reels to Technip’s/Subsea 7’s offshore construction vessel CSO Venturer. Six 300 …
Dockwise Delivers Danish Flowlines And umbilicals To Technip Read MoreThe global container shipping traffic is expected to grow by five to six percent while the traffic between Asia and Europe is expected to grow by eight percent. Maersk …
Maersk Line Will Deploy Larger Vessels Read MoreDanish-foreign couples, who have received incorrect or unclear guidance on family reunification, could get compensation for the economic losses they have suffered following the wrong advice on EU laws. …
Family Reunification: Rejected Couples May Get Compensation Read MoreThe Danish Immigration Service is trying to get an overview of the impact of an EU Court ruling this past Friday which might make it easier for families to seek reunification …
Danish Immigration Puts All Cases On Hold Read MoreSembcorp Marine said on Monday that its unit PPL Shipyard has won a contract to build a $220 million jack-up rig for the Egyptian Drilling Company. This is the …
Maersk: Singapore’s SembMarine Wins $220 Mln Rig Contract Read MoreMaersk Line expects container shipping to grow 7% to 8% globally this year, with trade within Asia outperforming that, in spite of soaring fuel costs and a slowing world economy. …
Maersk Introduce New China-Singapore Service Read MoreThe podium positions were decided yesterday on the final day of racing at the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Århus, Denmark. Although narrowly missing out on the …
Singapore Awarded Swedish Sportsmanship Trophy In Denmark Read MoreThe number of Danes who want to go Bali is higher than previous years – therefore Singapore Airlines expects to serve the largest number of Danes to Bali this year, …
More Danes Go To Bali With Singapore Airlines Read MoreNorway‘s Stolt-Nielsen has announced plans to build a 325,000 cubic mtr chemicals storage terminal on Jurong Island by mid-2010. The terminal is estimated to cost over $100m and is slated …
Stolt-Nielsen To Build Jurong Island Tankfarm Read MoreMaersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping firm and a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said the global shipping industry is expected to grow 7 to …
Maersk Line: Asia More Shielded From A Downturn Read MoreMinister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew hinted at a dialogue on Wednesday that Singapore is reviewing its procreation policies and could be looking to the Swedish model. Its measures range from …
A Swedeish Way To Boost Singapore’s Birth Rate Read MoreDanish watch company Skagen is celebrating success in the Singapore market after opening a new counter at Changi Airport in May 2008 and becoming a best-selling brand onboard the national …
Skagen Watches Fly High In Singapore And Beyond Read MoreSingapore‘s Temasek has appointed one of Europe‘s pre-eminent industrialists to its board in a move that underscores the increasingly global mindset of the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds. Marcus Wallenberg, …
Temasek Appoints Top Swedish Industrialist To Board Read MoreSingapore is revamping its procreation policies and could be going the Swedish way, giving free childcare and paternity leave in a bid to get couples to have more babies. The …
Swedish Policy May Be The Key To A Higher Birth Rate Read MoreSingapore state-linked investment company Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited said on Tuesday it has appointed Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, as a board member effective July 8. …
Singapore’s Temasek Appoints Swedish bank SEB Chair As Board Member Read MoreScorpion Offshore Ltd. said it has ordered a new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from Keppel shipyard in Singapore, at a cost of approximately $700 million. “Construction is expected to span …
Scorpion Offshore Order To Keppel Shipyard In Singapore Read MoreMr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor’s Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns …
Sigve Brekke Appointed New Head Of Telenor Asia, Tore Johnsen New CEO Of DTAC Read MoreLong-running Swedish death metallers Dismember will perform their first-ever show in Singapore on July 13 at Substation, Guiness Theatre. Tickets are now on sale in Singapore and Malaysia through La …
Dismember Schedules First-Ever Visit To Singapore Read MoreSingapore shipyard operator SembCorp Marine Ltd. said on Tuesday its unit SMOE has won a $400-million contract from Maersk Olie og Gas AS, a unit of Danish shipping and oil …
Singapore’s SembCorp Marine Unit Wins $400 Million Contract From Maersk Read MoreSingapore shipyard operator SembCorp Marine Ltd. said on Monday its wholly-owned unit Jurong Shipyard has won a $640 million deal to build a semi-submersible drilling rig for Larsen Oil & …
Singapore’s SembCorp Marine Wins $640 Million Rigbuilding Deal Read MoreThe Ministry for Foreign Affairs wants to enhance its consular services in order to be able to assist Finns travelling or residing abroad as efficiently as possible. If you have …
Client Inquiry About Finnish Consular Services Read MoreReactivated Swedish old-school death metallers Interment have inked a deal with Singapore’s Pulverised Records. The band is currently hard at work on material for a new full-length album, tentatively due …
Interment Signs With Pulverised Records In Singapore Read MoreIn 2005, SAS divested 67 % of its share in SAS Component, now renamed to STAerospace Solutions (Europe) A/S, to Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (STAerospace), the aerospace arm of Singapore …
Singapore Technologies Engineering Purchase Remaining Shares In SAS Component Read MoreThai Airways International (THAI) has bowed to the inevitable again and is passing on higher costs to travellers in a new round of fuel-surcharge increases. The increases, effective on June …
THAI Announces Substantial Increases In Fuel Surcharges Read MoreIf inflation is bad, consider a ‘worst-case scenario’ of Singapore sliding into stagflation, said Lim Swee, secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) in Singapore. Mr Lim, secretary-general …
Labour Chief: Don’t Follow The Danish Example Read MoreMasterbulk, the forestry shipping specialist owned by the Westfal-Larsen family, is eyeing opportunities in the wider dry bulk markets as longstanding Norwegian joint-venture Star Shipping splits. Star Shipping, founded …
Masterbulk Eyes Opportunities As Star Splits Read MoreIkea has recalled its Femton clamp spotlight following tests that showed there was a risk of over-heating. The Swedish furniture giant wants customers who have bought the spotlight, which is …
Ikea Recalls Clamp Spotlight Read MoreThe world’s largest containership made her maiden call in Asia at PSA’s Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore yesterday, sailing on Maersk Line’s Europe-Far East service. Other Asian calls will include …
World’s Largest Containership From Denmark To Singapore Read MoreThe local authorities in Singapore and PSA have honoured group boss Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller by naming a specially selected orchid in honour of his late wife Emma. The move …
Peacemaking: Singapore Orchid Named Emma Read MoreSanktification, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of God Among Insects, In Batle and Soulldrainer, has inked a deal with the Singapore-based label Pulverised Records. “We are …
Sanktification Inked A Deal With The Singapore-based Label Pulverised Records Read MoreSingapore Vikings have shown themselves very aggressive in the hunt for silverware next season. Minutes after the much anticipated transfer window opened, they captured their fist signing. The new player …
Vikings Sign Japanese Winger On A Free Transfer Read MoreAker Solutions said it has been awarded a contract to deliver a complete drilling system to Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, in a deal worth $209 million. Under the terms of …
Aker Solutions Awarded A Contract By Jurong Shipyard In Singapore Read MoreRenewable Energy Corp (REC), one of Norway‘s most-watched companies, has warmed up to Singapore, where it plans to move forward with major investment in a new production facility. REC’s stock …
Solar Firm Confirms New Production Plant In Singapore Read MoreMaersk Contractors, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said it was considering more deepwater semi-submersibles, after ordering three of the offshore rigs from Singapore’s Keppel Corp. …
Maersk Contractors Considers More Deepwater Rigs Read MoreThe Danish UEFA football school coach Peter Rasmussen will head the coming course in football in Bangkok. Peter Rasmussen, 42, is one of the most recognized Internationals in his trade. …
Danish Super Coach Holding Football School In Bangkok Read More