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Approaching Limits in Ship Size Development
The shipping industry is slowly approaching limits in ship size development, DNV GL Business Director Jost Bergmann said while speaking at DNV GL’s latest Container Ship Forum and Bulk Carrier Forum in Hamburg. The forums looked at a broad spectrum of topics including environmental regulations, tren
Second-Hand Market More Active than Newbuilding
The Panamax and 2,500TEU sectors continued to be the two areas that sparked the most interest and the highest volume of ships changing hands in the second-hand market last week. According to Braemar ACM Shipbroking, the ships that are being sold at the moment have been on the market for some time, a
Woodside expands operations offshore Morocco
Woodside is looking for exclusive Reconnaissance Licence to explore Rabat Ultra Deep Offshore area in Morocco.
Woodside pens exploration deal in Morocco
Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Woodside has signed a contract for exploration offshore Morocco. According to the company’s statement, an exclusive Reconnaissance Licence (RL) has been signed with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, the National Oil Company
VIDEO: New Suez Canal Project Update
On October 18 the Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, awarded the contract for the New Suez Canal to an international consortium consisting of National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) as the lead partner, and Boskalis, Van Oord and Jan De Nul. The NMDC was awarded the 35km new parallel channel with a dredg
Egypt, SCCT Discussing Port Said Concession Extension
The Egyptian government is in talks with representatives of Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) on a contract extension of the concession for the East Port Said port, located at the entrance of the Suez Canal, Ahmed Amin, an advisor to Egypt’s Transport Minister told Reuters. The focus of the new s
Latest Video on the New Suez Canal Project
Dredging works on the new Suez Canal in Egypt, an ambitious project with a deadline of only nine months, are in full swing and are going according to schedule. Companies from Egypt, UAE, the US, Belgium, and the Netherlands will dredge the new waterway. Included in the project are Boskalis, Van Oord
Maritime Traffic Up Fourfold in Two Decades
Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased 300 per cent over the past 20 years, according to a new study by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) aimed at quantifying global ship traffic. The research used satellite data to estimate the number of vessels on the ocean every year between 1992
CMA CGM Splits ASEA Service
CMA CGM Group is dividing its Asia-East Africa (ASEA) service into two distinct services starting December 2014, the world’s third largest shipping company said in a release. ASEA Kenya will provide 4-day reduction in transit times to Kenya on the following rotation: Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port
Interferry Backs New LNG Tank Placement Rules
Interferry, a global ferry industry association, has welcomed a decision at last week’s IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC94) setting out rules for the location of fuel tanks on LNG-powered ships – a decision that the trade association says will safeguard further development of the LNG optio
CEDA’s New Commission: Constructive Meeting
The new Educational Activities Commission of CEDA had their first meeting last week. In a constructive meeting, the Commission, chaired by Prof. Cees van Rhee of the Delft University of Technology, discussed what role CEDA should / could play in increasing the pool of well-trained dredging specialis
JDR’s Umbilical for West African Abo Field
Royal Niger Emerging Technologies, a leading Nigerian oil & gas service company, has awarded JDR a fast track contract supporting the West African Abo project for the manufacture of a 1.55 km hybrid of steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical. The umbilical, designed to include a combination of hydrau