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  • HHLA Chairwoman: Elbe Dredging Must Happen

    10 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dredging of the river Elbe must take place, Angela Titzrath, Chairwoman of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) said, reacting to the the decision of the German Federal Administrative Court that the dredging plan needs revisions due to environmental concerns. The court declared on February 9, 2017, that the existing plan to adjust the navigation on the […]

  • CMA CGM Takes Majority Stake in NOL

    10 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    French container shipping company CMA CGM S.A. has taken the controlling stake of approximately 78.07 percent of all Neptune Orient Lines’ (NOL) shares from the company’s majority shareholders, led by Singapore’s investment fund Temasek. The company satisfied on 9 June the acceptance condition in its all-cash voluntary conditional general offer for NOL, after the company’s shareholders […]

  • Family of Missing El Faro Crew Member Files USD 100 Million Lawsuit

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Owners and the captain of the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing off the Bahamas on October 1 and is presumed to have sunk, are facing a USD 100 million lawsuit filed by the family of one of the 32 missing crew members, Reuters reports. The family of the 33-year-old Lonnie Jordan filed the USD […]

  • Höegh Autoliners Confirms Weapons Found on Its Ship

    23 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners has confirmed that its vessel, Höegh Transporter, which is currently berthed at Mombasa, Kenya, carried a consignment of United Nations (UN) vehicles from Mumbai, India destined for the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo which contained undeclared weapons. “During a cargo inspection which has taken place over the […]

  • JES Grinds to a Halt

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    JES International Holdings Limited informed that it has ceased operations and production of its existing business. The group added that it was currently maintaining a skeletal staff (comprising of key executive officers, as well as key administrative and finance personnel and security) to run the group as part of its cost controlling process. The move […]

  • NOAA Opens Arctic Hydrographic Survey Season

    9 June 2015

    The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched its 2015 Arctic hydrographic survey season in Kodiak, Alaska yesterday, in a World Ocean Day ceremony which showcased the deployment of the NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather. In anticipation of growing vessel traffic in the Arctic, NOAA is increasing its charting activities in the region to […]

  • Golden Ocean Defers Loans, Readies for Equity Issue

    18 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Dry bulk shipping company Golden Ocean Group Limited has entered into a deal to amend all its bank loans and is in talks with yards about further postponements of newbuilding deliveries, and a new equity issue. Under the new deal, starting from April 1, 2016, there will be no amortizations on the company’s bank loans until […]

  • Ocean Rig in Vessel Deal with Samsung Heavy

    4 September 2013

    Ocean Rig announced that it has signed a contract to construct a 7th generation ultra deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI). This 7th Generation drillship is a sister ship to the three ( Ocean Rig Skyros, Ocean Rig Athena, Ocean Rig Apollo ) drillships currently under construction at Samsung, and is scheduled to be delivered […]

  • BAE Systems to Build Three OPVs for the Royal Navy

    6 November 2013

    The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK’s warship building industry. The new ships, which will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on the Clyde, will play a key role in counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti smuggling […]

  • Foreign Shipowners Encourage China to Resolve VAT Problems

    31 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Mr Masamichi Morooka, has written to the Chinese Minister of Finance, encouraging the Chinese Government to continue its efforts to find a solution to the problems created by the application of Value Added Tax (VAT), since 1 August, to the transport and logistics services provided by […]

  • OW Bunker Launches Its Second Supply Vessel in North America

    20 February 2013
    Business & Finance

      OW Bunker, one of the world’s largest suppliers and traders of marine fuels and lubricants, on February 13, announced the launch of its second supply vessel in North America. The double-hulled WAPPEN von HAMBURG, which will operate offshore in the Gulf of Mexico will be deployed from March 2013. WAPPEN von HAMBURG is a […]

  • Briggs Commercial Receives New Coastal Survey Catamaran (UK)

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Incat Crowther announced that Briggs Commercial has taken delivery of the 18m Coastal Survey Catamaran, Severn Guardian. Severn Guardian is the third in a line of such vessels deployed by Briggs Marine to support coastal survey operations for the Environment Agency of England and Wales. Launched by UK’s Mustang Marine in late 2012, she joins […]

  • DP World UK Hosts Senior Dubai Official

    10 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    DP World Chairman HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem welcomed this week senior Dubai official HE Mohammed Al Shaibani to DP World London Gateway port and logistics park in the UK. Mr Al Shaibani is the Director General of the Ruler’s Court of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister […]

  • Germany: MoU Signed at Cuxport to Construct Berth 4

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Olaf Lies, the Lower Saxony Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, and Dr. Andreas Schmidt and Hans-Peter Zint, the Managing Directors of Cuxport, today signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of berth 4 at the Cuxport terminal in Cuxhaven. Once the planned work has been completed in the spring of 2017, Cuxport […]

  • German Warship Rescues Fisherman Off Somali Coast

    14 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    On Wednesday 12 February 2014, a German Navy sailor, who was conducting ‘lookout’ duties on the bridge of Federal German Ship (FGS) Hessen, sighted a person waving for help from the top of a capsized boat off the Somali coast. The German warship, which is currently operating with the European Union Naval Force, conducting counter-piracy […]

  • RINA to Present SAFEGUARD Project at Passenger Ship Evacuation Seminar (UK)

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      A passenger ship evacuation seminar will be held on 30 November 2012, organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, it will present the work of the SAFEGUARD project, which has undertaken a series of full-scale ship passenger evacuation trials to gather data for calibration and validation of ship based evacuation simulation models. The […]

  • Changfeng completes Canada-China LNG delivery trial

    14 November 2018

    Changfeng Energy, Chinese energy provider completed its trial run of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from Canada to China using ISO-containers.

  • Skangass charters LNG bunker vessel newbuild

    15 January 2015
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Skangass said it has entered into a long-term agreement for the a new specialised bunker vessel, the Coralius which will offer greater flexibility by operating as a ship-to-ship bunker vessel, as well as a feeder.

  • Framework Contract Awarded to Shepherd Construction (UK)

    11 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    Narec has awarded a framework contract to Shepherd Construction for the building of three new facilities to house new test rigs for full scale wind and marine prototype devices: * Project Nautilus, a 3MW drive train test rig, will de-risk in-field activities by allowing Narec to perform certification activities, reliability and performance appraisal of new […]

  • Marine-i event sheds light on wave energy reliability

    23 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, a Marine-i delivery partner, ran an event earlier in April where wave energy device developers from across the globe were introduced to the latest techniques set to radically improve the reliability of wave energy farms.

  • OPEC Project Finds Place for Marine Energy Application

    15 February 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    The 15 month OPEC (Offshore Platform for Energy Competitiveness) feasibility project has produced a number of conclusions and recommendations which may be taken forward if further funding can be sourced. Namely, OPEC project explored the technical and economic feasibility of using large offshore floating platforms to support various combinations of revenue generating applications such as […]

  • Armour Energy: continuous flow at Egilabria-2 shale gas well

    29 September 2014

    Armour Energy said that the Egilabria 2 well has started to continuously flow gas through the test separator during the flowback recovery process.   Continuous flow is being observed with intermittent flaring.  However, Armour has not yet measured the flow rate.  The company expects to begin flowing annulus gas through the separator in order to measure a stabilized flowrate by the […]

  • RenewableUK: PM’s focus on new industries bold step

    23 January 2017
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK has welcomed the UK Government’s commitment to “support industries of the future”, including clean energy, as part of the Industrial Strategy.

  • Alicat Prospers in Offshore Renewables Market (UK)

    10 October 2011

    Alicat Workboats Ltd. has seen the launch of its sixth vessel since being set up just over two years ago, establishing itself as a market leader in providing state-of-the-art catamarans to the offshore renewables sector. The high speed aluminium built vessels are specifically designed to quickly and comfortably transfer workers to offshore wind farms and […]

  • Alicat Prospers in Offshore Renewables Market (UK)

    10 October 2011

    Alicat Workboats Ltd. has seen the launch of its sixth vessel since being set up just over two years ago, establishing itself as a market leader in providing state-of-the-art catamarans to the offshore renewables sector. The high speed aluminium built vessels are specifically designed to quickly and comfortably transfer workers to offshore wind farms and […]