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  • Cable Laying for Walney 2 (UK)

    19 May 2011
    Storage

      At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]

  • Denmark: MT Højgaard Ends 2011 with Loss

    14 March 2012

    2011 was a bad year for Denmark’s largest construction and civil engineering group, which emerges from the financial year with a pre-tax margin of minus 3.6% and a pre-tax loss of DKK 335 million. The financial statements are, as previously announced, negatively affected by losses on isolated projects, and in addition there are provisions, with […]

  • Denmark: MT Højgaard Ends 2011 with Loss

    14 March 2012

    2011 was a bad year for Denmark’s largest construction and civil engineering group, which emerges from the financial year with a pre-tax margin of minus 3.6% and a pre-tax loss of DKK 335 million. The financial statements are, as previously announced, negatively affected by losses on isolated projects, and in addition there are provisions, with […]

  • K Line takes delivery of new dual-fuel LNG carrier for Petronas

    26 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of the newly-built W-Max class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China.

  • EMSA: Drones to measure ships’ sulphur content in the Baltic Sea

    13 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Portugal-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), together with Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), is conducting a large-scale emissions monitoring campaign using remotely piloted aircraft, scheduled to begin later this month.

  • Caution Advised for Shipment of Sierra Leone’s Iron Ore

    29 October 2014

    Booming mining industry that lead to an upswing of iron ore exports from Sierra Leone may be impacted by the Ebola outbreak as more and more P&I clubs issue warnings to their members on the issues they might be faced with. Correspondents of marine insurer Skuld advised their members that the cargo offered for shipment […]

  • APPEA: Australian Govt Needs to Hear from Industry on Possible Tax Changes

    13 August 2012

    The Government’s Business Tax Working Group has delivered a Discussion Paper that confirms unease regarding the Group’s membership and understanding of investment drivers was well-founded. Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Chief Executive, David Byers, said: “The oil and gas industry does not oppose genuine tax reform. In fact, the industry has spent the […]

  • Poland’s Gaz-System moving forward with FSRU project

    27 March 2017

    Polish gas transmission operator, Gaz-System said Monday it has taken a step forward with plans to install a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Bay of Gdansk located on the Baltic Sea. Gaz-System, that also operates Poland’s first LNG terminal in Swinoujscie, completed the tendering procedure related to the feasibility study for the […]

  • Pirates Target Crude Oil Tanker off Nigeria

    3 November 2017

    A crude oil tanker managed to escape pirate hands while sailing some 21 nautical miles South-Southwest of Bonny Island, Nigeria on November 1. The tanker was approached by armed pirates in two speed boats at high speed, according to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. “The officer of the watch immediately raised the emergency alarm and the master […]

  • Over a Quarter of Sailors Seeking Help Affected by Piracy

    1 November 2018

    Sailors’ Society: More than a quarter of seafarers seeking crisis response are affected by piracy.

  • OSBV Providing Personnel Access for Pearl 1 Platform Offshore Qatar

    7 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV) has been providing 24/7 personnel access for Pearl 1 Platform – one of two platforms providing offshore gas to Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) project in Qatar – since the completion of sea trials in December 2010. Using the 20-metre Offshore Access System (OAS), mounted on the Bourbon Gulf Star vessel, […]

  • DMA: Port State Control to Include Sulphur Rules and Polar Code

    8 May 2017
    Rules & Regulation

    Twenty-nine countries from the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda of Understanding have signed a new Ministerial Declaration on Port State Control (PSC), the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) informed. The declaration, signed during the Ministerial Conference held in Vancouver, Canada, on May 3-4, 2017, is said to stipulate new goals for PSC and for cooperation on PSC. The […]

  • Moray Contracts Gaoh Energy to Install Meteorogical Mast in Outer Moray Firth (UK)

    27 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. , the joint venture company owned by EDP Renewables and Repsol, today awarded a historic contract to Gaoh Energy Ltd to install the first permanent offshore infrastructure to enable the development of offshore wind energy in the outer Moray Firth. Suffolk-based Gaoh Energy Ltd are to install an offshore meteorological mast […]

  • Sungdong Orders MacGregor Side-Rolling Hatch Covers

    5 September 2013

    Economical and environmentally-friendly electric-drive systems for MacGregor side-rolling hatch covers have been ordered for two new series of Greek bulkers being built by Sungdong, in South Korea MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has confirmed that five 180,000 dwt bulk carriers under construction in South Korea at Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, will feature MacGregor side-rolling hatch […]

  • Western Marine Lays Keel of 60m Ro-Ro Ferry, Bangladesh

    31 July 2013

    Western Marine has inaugurated the construction work of one Ro-Ro ferry through a keel laying ceremony on the 28th of July 2013 in the shipyard premises located in Patiya. This is the second time Western Marine will be building a similar ferry for BIWTC. The Keel Laying took place in presence of shipyard Technical Director […]

  • Local MP Visits Brightlingsea-Based CTruk

    19 September 2013

    Bernard Jenkin, Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex, visited Brightlingsea-based designer and builder of multi-purpose composite marine craft, CTruk, in London last week as the defence and security event DSEI drew to a close. CTruk launched its proof-of-concept Force Protection Craft, THOR – Twin Hulled Offshore Raider, at the show. After meeting the […]

  • Poland: Stocznia Gdansk Shipyard Splashes Fjord Line’s New MS Stavangerfjord

    13 April 2012

    The first of Fjord Line’s two new cruise ferries was launched at the Stocznia Gdansk shipyard on Thursday. The ship, which will be christened MS “Stavangerfjord”, is now being towed to Bergen Group Fosen for interior fitting and finishing. The launch marks the completion of the steel work by the Stocznia Gdansk shipyard. The launch […]

  • Russia: Baltic Shipyard to Lay Keel for New 25 MW Icebreaker in May

    13 March 2012

    Baltiysky Zavod JSC (Baltic Shipyard) is about to start construction on a new 25 MW icebreaker ordered by Rosmorport. The keel laying is scheduled for the end of the May. The shipbuilding contract, worth around USD 640 million, was signed by the United Shipbuilding Corporation and Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport. The following […]

  • Brazil: Inhauma Shipyard, Petrobras Ink USD 1.7 Bln VLCCs Conversion Deal

    11 May 2012

    Petrobras signed an agreement on May 7th for the conversion of four VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) vessels into the hulls of the future P-74, P-75, P-76, and P-77 platforms that will operate in the Transfer of Rights Agreement areas, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The contract has a total value of US$1.7 billion and […]

  • First Post-Panamax Car Carrier for Japan

    27 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Global transportation company NYK Group has taken delivery today of a new pure car carrier, Aries Leader, which was built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. Ltd. at its Onishi Shipyard in Ehime prefecture. This vessel is the very first post-Panamax car carrier in Japan. In addition to a capacity increasing to 7,000 units, the new […]

  • Greencarrier to Expand Its Services to Oil and Gas Industry

    8 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Greencarrier Shipping & Logistics AS is planning to expand its services to the oil and gas industry, appointing a new head of the energy and projects business unit and opening an office in Stavanger, Norway. The Scandinavian company, which offers the full range of freight forwarding and logistics services, has identified project forwarding and the […]

  • DP World at the Helm of Trilogiport’s Development

    25 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the previous investments in the Beverdonk Container Terminal at Grobbendonk, DP World has taken over all the shares Euroports owned in Trilogiport (Liège container terminal). With this, the international terminal operator takes full responsibility for the development of Trilogiport, the company said in a release. “DP World thus confirms its confidence in Belgium as a […]

  • Maersk Line Orders USD 1.1 Billion Worth of Boxships at HHI

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, has signed a USD 1.1 billion contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the construction of nine container ships with a capacity of 14,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent) each.  The nine vessels will join Maersk Line’s fleet in 2017 and sail under Singaporean flag. This is the third […]

  • First 8500 TEU Boxship Enters Port of Brisbane

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    Australia’s Port of Brisbane has welcomed its first 8500 TEU class container vessel into the port, the Maersk Lloyd Don Carlos. Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) CEO, Roy Cummins, said this was a significant milestone in the Port of Brisbane’s ongoing work to optimise its navigational channel and ensure Brisbane was able to safely […]

  • JR Shipping Takes Over Universal’s Bankrupt Vessels

    5 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Harlingen-based JR Shipping Group is taking over six container feeder vessels from Universal Marine upon request from Dutch Bremer Landesbank, the principal financier of the shipping CVs which operate the vessels. Under the bank’s initiative, which is dubbed as the final rescue attempt, JR Shipping will devise a restructuring and refinancing programme for these six vessels after […]