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  • USA: Norfolk Naval Shipyard Opens New Tool Vending Room

    9 December 2011

      Norfolk Naval Shipyard opened its first tool vending room Dec. 1, giving shipyard workers easy access to more than 500 low-cost tools and expendable items from pliers to measuring tape, screwdrivers to highlighters, and gloves to drill bits, significantly increasing shipyard productivity. By using the new tool rooms, the shipyard is expected to realize […]

  • Grimaldi Group Adds New PCTC to Its Fleet

    5 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    Grimaldi Group added a new pure car and truck carrier, Grande Torino, to its fleet.

  • Sealink Chooses Incat Crowther’s Next-Generation Rocket Vessel

    30 April 2013

    Incat Crowther has been selected to design a 24m catamaran passenger ferry for Sealink. Construction of the aluminium vessel, to be operated by subsidiary Captain Cook Cruises, has commenced at Richardson Devine Marine in Tasmania. The vessel is designed to operate throughout Sydney Harbour with class-leading efficiency, seakeeping and robustness. Incat Crowther has worked closely […]

  • Spotted: Norse Spirit Joins Teekay Offshore

    10 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Teekay Offshore has taken delivery of Norse Spirit, the second of the company’s three Heritage Class shuttle tankers, from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). The delivery ceremony for the 147,000 dwt DP2 tanker was held on November 7. Christened in August this year, Norse Spirit, together with its sister vessels, will provide crude […]

  • Report: PMO Team to Try to Board Blazing Sanchi in Desperate Search for Survivors

    12 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    A surveillance team of Iran’s PMO will attempt today to board Sanchi and try to find potential survivors.

  • 1st Gate for the World’s Largest Sea Lock Arrives in IJmuiden

    22 January 2019

    The first lock gate intended for the giant IJmuiden sea lock has arrived to its final destination.

  • AML Ship Management Fined for Dumping Waste off Alaska

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    German shipping company AML Ship Management GmBH has been ordered to pay USD 800,000 fine for dumping oily bilge water off the coast of Alaska. Pursuant to the sentence, the Hamburg-based company violated the ‘Clean Water Act’ and the ‘Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships’ in 2014 by releasing 4,500 gallons of oily bilge into the ocean, some 165 nautical miles south […]

  • Port Authorities Join Forces in Climate Action Program

    14 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    Seven leading port authorities are joining forces to address the issue of global warming.

  • Diana Nets Financing for 3rd Second-Hand Panamax

    12 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Greek dry bulk owner and operator Diana Shipping has taken delivery of the M/V Maera (formerly Manzoni), a Panamax dry bulk vessel bought in February 2016. The company has also obtained a term loan of more than USD 13 million to finance the acquisition cost of the vessel.  Namely, Diana has completed a drawdown of USD 13.5 million under a […]

  • Castor Maritime Charters Latest Addition to Oldendorff

    9 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The 2001-built Magic Sun was chartered by Oldendorff Carriers at a daily rate of USD 12,000.

  • Containerships Welcomes Its Second LNG-Powered Newbuild

    20 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Containerships, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, takes delivery of its second LNG-powered container vessel.

  • Irish Ferries Ordered to Pay Compensation for WB Yeats Delay

    29 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Irish Ferries disappointed with NTA notice; company ordered to pay compensation over W.B. Yeats delay.

  • Ocean Carriers Urged to Accept Path to VGM Compliance

    17 June 2016

    With the upcoming implementation date for new container weighing requirements, the time has come for ocean carriers to embrace the obvious solution to achieving compliance that Marine Terminal Operators can offer, according to the Chairman of the US Federal Maritime Commission, Mario Cordero. Specifically, Cordero asserted the weight of export containers, as determined by terminal operators, […]

  • Offshore wage status quo not an option, Unite says

    16 December 2016

    Workers represented by Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union Unite have ‘overwhelmingly’ voted to reject a no-change pay and conditions offer from their employers, the union reported on Thursday.  Unite, along with the GMB union, is seeking a wage increase for offshore members, along with improved sick pay and paid travel time. Members of Unite were […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: Shell, TAQA cost-cutting move to benefit UK in long-term

    26 March 2015

    Oil & Gas UK has commented on Shell UK and TAQA announcements of plans to reduce the number of staff.  Offshore Energy Today earlier reported that Shell UK is planning to lay off at least 250 workers and change offshore shift patterns. In addition, according to BBC, TAQA is also planning to cut 100 jobs, […]

  • Elgin Gas Leak: Total Installs Diverter on G4 Well (UK)

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 wellhead and is now carrying […]

  • Clerc: 85 % of Maersk’s global office-based staff work from home

    26 March 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    The number of Maersk employees working from home has increased considerably amid lockdown measures implemented across Europe and Asia to contain the coronavirus pandemic. “I am proud to experience how this transition has been managed rapidly by our teams without any major impact on our ability to keep the wheels of global trade spinning. In […]

  • Ashutosh Karnatak Takes Charge as Director (Projects) of GAIL

    3 March 2014

    Ashutosh Karnatak has taken over charge as Director (Projects) of GAIL (India) Limited. Prior to his appointment as Director (Projects), Karnatak served as Executive Director (Projects) in GAIL. During his rich career span of over 30 years, he has managed diverse infrastructure projects such as construction of cross country trunk pipelines like Dabhol – Bangalore, […]

  • Global Investors’ Confidence in UK Upstream Sector on the Rise

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Noting the acquisition of a number of interests in UK oil and gas fields by JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (JXNEPUK), Malcolm Webb, Oil & Gas UK’s Chief Executive, made the following announcement. “Recovering the 24 billion barrels of oil and gas that remain on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) will bring jobs […]

  • Inpex reviewing investment plans amid oil price decline and coronavirus crisis

    25 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Japan’s Inpex Corporation is reviewing its investment plans and looking into other cost-reducing measures due to the current market situation and the impact of the coronavirus and the oil price decline on its business operations.

  • Port Canaveral Sand Bypass Project in Full Swing

    18 December 2018
    Business & Finance

    The largest sand bypass project in the Port Canaveral area, Florida, in more than two decades is moving forward.  According to the latest project update, the sand placement began at about 1/3’rd mile south of the Canaveral Harbor south jetty and is proceeding northward to Jetty Park. Toward the end of December, sand placement will […]

  • North Pacific Route to Become Bussiest Trading Corridor

    28 January 2015

     The North Pacific route will surpass the North Atlantic as the world’s most busy trading corridor in terms of freight volume (in tonne-km), growing 100 percentage points faster than the North Atlantic, as shown in International Transport Forum’s (ITF) Transport Outlook 2015. According to the ITF’s findings, the Indian Ocean corridor will see large growth, with international freight […]

  • Grimaldi takes delivery of tenth eco-friendly RoRo

    29 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Eco Mediterranea, the tenth of twelve hybrid roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ships belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class. The vessel was delivered on 28 June by the Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing. The Eco Mediterranea flies the Italian flag and it features a length of 238 […]

  • Statoil Hires West Aquarius Rig for Work Offshore Canada

    15 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has reached an agreement to use Seadrill’s West Aquarius deepwater drilling rig for Statoil’s 2012-2013 exploration activities offshore Newfoundland, Canada. “We have ambitious exploration targets offshore Newfoundland, and securing rig capacity is essential for reaching those targets,” says Geir Richardsen, head of Exploration for Statoil in Canada. “We look forward to putting this rig’s […]

  • Pan Ocean Files to Exit Rehabilitation

    21 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    South Korean bulk shipping company Pan Ocean Co., Ltd. has filed an application for completion of its rehabilitation procedure to Seoul Central District Court. The application comes on the back of the completion of the company’s restructuring process which saw repayment of the claims of creditors and other interested parties, along with the merger with Harim Group & […]