Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Sydney, Australia, where it will highlight its maritime security capabilities and programmes, including marine navigation and ship control technology, and unmanned aircraft systems for maritime and coastal surveillance. The Pacific 2012 show is the commerci […]

The UK Chamber of Shipping welcomes the discussion on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) but strongly refutes its findings with respect to shipping. The section of the Committee’s report on shipping concludes that calls by the industry for an international cap-and-trade scheme for shipping are a delaying tactic and that shipping should be included […]

Sovcomflot is extending the use of electronic navigational charts on its ships. The transition process is being supported by use of the electronic international database provided as part of the Transas Admiralty Data Service (TADS), offered by the Transas company. SCF originally started using electronic charts on its vessels in early 2000. At that time […]

Seamec Ltd has informed BSE that the SEAMEC II vessel was detained by the Customs for non production of the copy of the original Bill of Entry purported to have filed by the seller of the vessel, an Indian Corporate Entity, at the time of import in the year of 1988. The Company had filed […]

Marine vessels are deemed to be the most considerable source of air pollution. Operating within a prosperous, powerful and complex international industry, they are still not affected by emission control regulations. Ports, as the main point of entry for vessels, have been perceived as areas where an extremely high level of pollutants is regularly being […]

Sub Sea Research LLC, a Portland Maine based company located the worlds richest shipwreck, a WWII British Freighter carrying a secret cargo of 71 tons of Platinum sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Cape Cod. Sub Sea Research (SSR) spent months searching for the elusive ship, the Port Nicholson, torpedoed by German […]

FESCO Group announces that the new office FESCO North west Europe BV started its operation. The new office will consolidate operations held by FESCO former representative offices in Netherlands and Belgium. It will continue to provide the whole range of container transportation and handling services. FESCO North West Europe BV clients will be offered the [.. […]

EnQuest’s option to purchase Bluewater’s FPSO Uisge Gorm has been exercised and the sale was completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2012. EnQuest will deploy the FPSO on the UK Alma and Galia fields. Bluewater will continue to assist EnQuest with certain conversion related engineering scopes as well as the turnkey supply of part of […]

Transpetro reports that an oil spill was detected yesterday at the Terminal Osorio in Tramandaí (RS) during unloading operations of a ship. Teams and Transpetro Environmental Defense Center (ADC) were immediately triggered to begin work on the containment and removal of the product. The causes of the incident are being investigated by the Company and […]

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it has chartered out five newbuilding MR2 product tankers. Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Acquisition, stated, “By chartering out forward deliveries, we continue our strategy of building long-term cash flow while also secur […]

Karnafuly joint venture consortium ltd. delivered three high quality Cutter Suction Dredgers 450 to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). On Wednesday the 18th of January the vessels were inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. The vessels were built in close co-operation with the local Karnaphuli Shipyard. VOSTA LMG ha […]

The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Frank, Director General of Sovcomflot. The parties discussed the interaction within the Prirazlomnoye field development, including the arrangement of oil transportation, and the current state of the global liquefied natural […]

Havila Shipping announced that it has entered into an agreement with FugroTSM in Australia for a two year extension of the contract for the subsea vessel Havila Harmony. The extension will keep the vessel on contract until March 2014, with two optional periods of one year until March 2016. A contract is entered into with […]

About 100 days left to May 25 when Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will start sea trials. Up to 3,000 shipwrights and experts daily work on the carrier modernized at JSC Sevmash Shipyard. No wonder that labor power is such significant – only 3.5 months left to sea trials, and there is much work […]

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners appointed Jean Banker as Deputy Executive Director at a January Port Board meeting (Jan. 12, 2012) and Chris Chan as Director of Engineering during the December 15, 2011 Port Board meeting. Both are Port employees who were promoted from within the organization. Mr. Chan’s official start date was December […]

On 7th January, approximately 12 months since building was commenced, Rosetti Marino, delivered the new Platform Supply Vessel “F.D. Remarkable” to Fratelli D’Amato. It is the 7th vessel of a 10-unit series – Rolls Royce UT 755 XL design, commissioned by the Neapolitan Owner to the Italian Shipyard Before being officially named, F.D. Remarkable was […]

Maersk Line will switch to low-sulfur fuel while at berth for all of its containerships calling the Port of Virginia starting in February. This fuel switch program will help improve air quality in the greater Hampton Roads area by significantly reducing emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Maersk Line is the lead […]

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded two contracts by Saipem to provide marine transportation services for the Golden Eagle Project in the North Sea. The first voyage is scheduled in early 2013 and will involve the FINESSE. The second voyage is scheduled in early 2014 and will involve the FJORD. The total contract […]

The Pew Environment Group today encouraged the European Commission to implement significant reforms to EU deep-sea fishing regulations. The Commission is preparing to release its deep-sea access regime proposal before the end of the first quarter of 2012. In a new policy analysis, “Out of the Abyss: Transforming EU Rules to Protect the Deep Sea,” […]

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) recently renewed their strategic alliance with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU, which is renewable for five years, was first signed in December 2010. The agreement reaffirms both entities’ dedication to generating new business and promoting an “all-w […]