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  • High Air Pollution Levels Found in Iceland’s Reykjavik Port

    30 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Environmentalists are calling for a ban of heavy fuel oil in arctic shipping after air samples taken in Iceland’s port of Reykjavik showed high concentrations of ultrafine particles (UFPs). Germany’s Nature and Biodiversity Union (NABU), in cooperation with Iceland Nature Conservation Association, found that air pollution levels in the wind direction from arriving or departing vessels […]

  • IDC: Two-Hour Work Stoppage Planned in All European Ports

    16 June 2017

    Dockworkers in ports across Europe will stop work for two hours on June 29 in support of their Spanish colleagues who are striking against port reform in the country that is jeopardizing their jobs. The decision on stoppages, scheduled to take place from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., was taken at the assembly of the […]

  • Spotted: Boxship Leviathan Arrives at HIT

    17 April 2017

    In today’s spotted we bring you an image of MOL Triumph, the world’s second largest containership, calling at Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) on April 15 during its maiden voyage. The 20,150 TEU boxship, owned by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), was completed by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea in March 2017. MOL Triumph set […]

  • SCF: Northern Sea Route’s Traffic Volume Set to Triple by 2020

    30 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Commercial shipping in the Arctic will undoubtedly continue to grow strongly, according to Evgeny Ambrosov, Senior Executive Vice-President of Russian shipping company Sovcomflot. The growth is expected to be driven by the development of industrial and raw material projects in the Arctic zone of Russia, Ambrosov explains. “In 2016, the record tonnage carried through the waters […]

  • Alphaliner: Carrier Impairment Losses Could Reach USD 35 Bn

    12 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    After it said that it expects an extraordinary loss of JPY 100 billion (USD 972 million) on its containership assets, Japan’s shipping major Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) is set to recognise the largest ever impairment loss in container shipping history, according to Alphaliner. The loss represents almost a quarter of the total assets of NYK’s liner shipping […]

  • Bureau Veritas First to Approve Robert Allan’s CFD Analysis Methodology

    6 November 2013

    Bureau Veritas (BV) is the first major ship Classification Society to approve on an “Approval in Principle” basis a new Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)-based performance prediction methodology developed by Robert Allan Ltd. as the basis for granting the service notation escort tug. While some Societies have previously approved escort predictions on a computer-based case by […]

  • New Branch Office Opened in Shanghai

    21 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    A new Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) Branch Office has opened in Shanghai (China). In accordance with the requirements of PRC legislation the office was registered in December 2013, and in May it started to work with shipowners and manufacturers of materials and equipment. Russian-Chinese relations in the field of shipbuilding and shipping industry […]

  • UK: Gulf LNG Project Talks Progressing Well

    23 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    FLEX LNG provide update regarding the status of ongoing discussions with the sponsors of the Gulf LNG Project and Samsung Heavy Industries. As previously disclosed, FLEX LNG and SHI successfully completed Front End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) in December 2011 for the FLNG vessel for the Gulf LNG Project. The company has taken the technical […]

  • DEXAWAVE Begins Wave Energy Project at Malta

    7 July 2011

      Dexawave A/S has now started the practical part of the project to test the possibilities for Malta to get supplied with renewable energy from the Mediterranean waves. A scale model of Dexawave’s converter – has been placed in the sea off the Maltese town Marsascala and it is supposed together with measuring buoys off […]

  • Russian Court Confirms Sentence on Admiral Gorshkov Overhaul

    8 September 2011

    Arkhangelsk Regional Court affirmed the inferior decision to impose a RUR 100,000 fine on director of the company provided repair works for aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov, reported Arkhangelsk Procuracy press service on Sept 6. According to the procuracy, JSC SMK Alternativa was conducting repairs and modernization of the carrier without appropriate license for repair activities […]

  • First Damen Twin Axe for Northern Offshore Services

    20 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Northern Offshore Services has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe, just weeks after the order was placed in August. The 26-metre Fast Crew Supplier is already being deployed at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. A leading crewboat operator, Northern Offshore Services has offices in Sweden and Denmark and a fleet […]

  • Brazilian Shipyard EEP Opts for Konecranes

    1 July 2013

    In June 2013 Konecranes received a further order from Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu – EEP. The high-tech portal jib crane is scheduled to be taken into operation in August 2014. The order follows up the Konecranes Goliath gantry crane that the same customer ordered in March 2013. The parties have agreed not to […]

  • Russia: Pella Shipyard Splashes Tugboat of Project 16609

    22 November 2012

    Newly built tugboat of project 16609 has been launched by the Russian Pella Shipyard ahead of schedule. The tugboat is intended for towing and berthing operations in harbor, roadsteads and coastal areas which comply with R2 navigation area (not more than 100 miles from the place of shelter), performing of escort operations at the speed […]

  • Ports of Stockholm invests in new solar cell systems to boost electricity production

    19 June 2023
    Ports & Logistics

    Ports of Stockholm has decided to build six new rooftop solar cell systems to increase its solar electricity production by 55 percent.

  • RABN picks Econowind system for Odda Marie

    6 February 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Finland-based shipping company RABN – Rederi Ab Nathalie has decided to equip its general cargo ship Odda Marie with a wind-assisted propulsion system and a shore power system.

  • Survey about to start for Scottish offshore link

    18 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Reach Subsea is set to begin a cable route seabed survey later this month for SSEN Transmission’s HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The survey activities will be carried out in the North Sea and Outer Moray Firth for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. Survey vessel Viking Reach is expected to start work on […]

  • PCL welcomes 1st eco-friendly MR tanker from K Shipbuilding

    23 February 2023
    Vessels

    Singapore-based shipowner Pacific Carriers has taken delivery of the first environmentally friendly MR tanker from South Korean shipbuilder K Shipbuilding.

  • UK’s Ofgem grants licenses for electricity links to three EU countries

    8 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem has granted electricity interconnector licenses for three energy links that will connect the UK with three countries in the European Union.

  • Recently-launched subsea cable producer signs UK Steel Charter

    20 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    XLCC has signed the UK Steel Charter, committing to create a new export-led HVDC cable manufacturing industry for the UK. The UK Steel Charter aims to maximize opportunities for the UK economy and UK steel producers by encouraging and promoting measures that can be taken in relation to the procurement of steel.  According to XLCC, […]

  • Scorpio Tankers boosts methanol footprint with new investment

    6 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Monaco-based tanker operator Scorpio Tankers has taken a minority interest in a group of nine product tankers, including five dual-fuel Medium Range (MR) methanol tankers.

  • UAE: GMMOS Group Rebrands to Stanford Marine Group

    7 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    UAE-based GMMOS Group announces it has rebranded to Stanford Marine Group (SMG) in order to better reflect its focus on chartering, operation, building, and maintenance of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs). The Group has two main divisions focused on the marine sector: Stanford Marine (OSV chartering) and Grandweld (Shipbuilding and Repair). Stanford Marine has recently taken […]

  • IRF Can Help with Offshore Safety Worldwide, PSA Norway Director Says

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The International Regulators’ Forum (IRF) is an important arena for the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), says director general Magne Ognedal. “And it can be an important tool for petroleum safety worldwide.” His comment follows the PSA’s assessment of the IRF’s offshore safety summit in Stavanger during October. The communiqué issued after the meeting states […]

  • Top News of The Week November 4- 9, 2013

    10 November 2013

    Top News of The Week November 4-9, 2013

  • ClassNK Amends Rules for Boxships of the Future

    24 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tokyo-based classification society ClassNK has released draft amendments to its rules and guidance for container carriers, approved by the ClassNK Technical Committee on November 19. The rules are scheduled to apply to container ships contracted for construction on or after 1 April 2016, three months before the application of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) new Longitudinal Strength […]

  • The Netherlands: IADC Presents Facts About Subsea Rock Installation

    4 September 2012
    Research & Development

    Rock has been used for ports and coastal protection purposes for centuries – for dikes and breakwaters, groins and scour protection. Yet in the past several decades the uses of rock have taken on new dimensions in the execution of maritime infrastructure construction. Previously referred to as rock dumping, today the term Subsea Rock Installation […]