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  • Adwen Turbine Accident Probe Gets Down to Nuts and Bolts

    14 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The nacelle of the damaged Adwen M5000 (AD 5-116) wind turbine will be replaced on the Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, with preparatory work scheduled to begin soon, the wind farm’s operator said.

  • Minister Tours New Flood Defences at Deerhurst (UK)

    7 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Minister of State for Transport Baroness Kramer was in Gloucestershire, Friday 4 July, to find out how the county is rising to the challenge of recovering from winter flooding and see how government funding is helping it to be better prepared for severe weather. The minister visited the Severnside villages of Maisemore and Tirley, both […]

  • ITF: Docker Suffers Fatal Injuries at Karachi Terminal

    22 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    ITF: Pakistani docker suffered fatal injuries in an incident at Hutchison Port’s Karachi terminal.

  • Nordic Sirius Handed Over to NAT

    30 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    New York-listed tanker owner Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has taken delivery of the Nordic Sirius, the third in a series of four Suezmax vessels bought in May this year. NAT entered into an agreement with an undisclosed seller to acquire the four 150,000 dwt tankers for a price of USD 106 million. The four tankers were built […]

  • Suezmax Tanker Handed Over to Ocean Yield

    30 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian shipowner Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of Poliegos, the recently acquired Suezmax tanker newbuilding.  Earlier this month, Ocean Yield bought the 2017-built Poliegos for USD 54 million. “Upon delivery, the vessel commenced a 14-year bareboat charter to a company owned and guaranteed by Okeanis Marine Holdings SA,” Ocean Yield said, adding that the management company […]

  • Ostensjo Rederi Develops New Galley Concept, Norway

    16 January 2013

    Ostensjo Rederi has been awarded a grant by Norsk Designrad for a project to increase safety in the galley. Health and safety for Ostensjo’s crew has long been a focal point in the company’s development. Traditionally the larger investments and innovations have taken place in the parts of the ship that are more directly involved […]

  • UK Wind Energy Hits New Record High

    6 November 2014
    Authorities & Government

    New figures from the National Grid for October show that wind power smashed more energy generation records, contributing even more to the UK’s clean electricity mix. Wind energy hit a record high providing a 24% daily share of the UK’s electricity needs on the 20th October, beating the previous record of 22% set in August. […]

  • India: DOF ASA Takes Delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard

    3 February 2012

    DOF Rederi II AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of DOF ASA, has today taken delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard in India. DOF Rederi II AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of DOF ASA, has today taken delivery of Skandi Hawk from Cochin Shipyard in India. The vessel is a combined CSV/PSV of STX PSV […]

  • Ocean Yield Welcomes Four Boxships into the Fleet

    5 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Yield ASA has taken  delivery of four 2014 built 3,800 TEU container vessels.

  • Another big year for Future Fibres

    21 November 2007

    Double turnover, bigger and smaller boats, faster pace, more people, new production line, records broken, classification approval… worthy of an award! Future Fibres has always been the forward-looking specialist rigging company – predicting and driving demand in a competitive market for lightweight PBO rigging. While planning for 2008 and beyond, a quick reflection of Future […]

  • Yachtsman saved after rescue call to his local pub

    14 January 2008

    A 61-year-old yachtsman who had to be rescued from his boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean first raised the alarm by calling his local pub. Alan Thompson fell on the deck of the vessel and is believed to have broken his pelvis. He managed to reach a satellite phone and immediately called Roger […]

  • Marine Atlantic vessel again pulled from service

    7 September 2006

    A Marine Atlantic ferry connecting Newfoundland with Nova Scotia has encountered mechanical problems, little more than a month after its last repair. The MV Leif Ericson is expected to be out of service until Sunday because of a broken engine part. The disruption in the gulf service between Port aux Basques and North Sydney comes […]

  • Sewol Owner Found Dead in Plum Field

    22 July 2014

    South Korean police has reported finding the body of the fugitive billionaire wanted over April’s Sewol ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing.   The decomposed body of what was confirmed by DNA analysis to be Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of Chonghaejin Marine Co., operator of  Sewol, was found in a plum field outside the city […]

  • World’s First Offshore Wind Farm Passes into History

    15 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    DONG Energy has started dismantling the world’s first offshore wind farm, the 4.95MW Vindeby located in the Danish Baltic Sea near the island of Lolland.

  • Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficient Solutions on Display

    5 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Greek shipowners’ spending in new vessels and retrofits of existing fleet have attracted the global maritime community to Athens once again with the leading ship building nations lining up to showcase their goods at the Posidonia exhibition. At the show, the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA) organized a seminar providing information on Eco Ships & High technologies […]

  • Passage of Obama’s Request to Fund Louisiana Wetlands Restoration by Senate Subcommittee Praised

    21 July 2010

    The approval this afternoon of President Obama’s budget request to begin funding coastal Louisiana restoration construction projects by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development is “a down payment in what must be a long-term commitment to restoring and protecting coastal Louisiana,” according to five local and national conservation groups. The Subcommittee’s approval […]

  • Boskalis Takes Profit Hit

    18 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has seen a profit drop of 52 percent in the first half of 2016 as the weak market affected company’s revenue by close to €400 million. For the first six months ended June 30, 2016, the Dutch dredging and marine specialist generated net income of €148 million, or €1.17 per share, on revenue […]

  • USA: DHEC Reports on Data from Congaree River

    26 July 2012

    Based on a review of hydrogeologic information from the SEACO plant site, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has determined that contamination in the groundwater at the site will not impact the Congaree River. Also, a DHEC review of current monitoring data from the Congaree River shows there are no detectable levels […]

  • Septentrio’s GNSS Heading Receiver Successfully Integrated

    13 August 2013

    Septentrio announced today that Raven Aerostar, a manufacturer of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) platforms that provide unmatched performance in challenging environments, has successfully integrated Septentrio’s AsteRx2eH, a single-board dual-antenna GPS/GLONASS heading receiver into their tethered aerostat systems. Raven Aerostar recently completed a maritime persistent surveillance solution demonstration, deploying a TIF-25K™ aerostat system aboard the High-Speed Vessel – […]

  • Drewry: European LNG demand growth will not raise freight rates

    30 October 2015

    LNG shipping freight rates continue to be under pressure from weak Asian demand and a growing fleet, shipping consultancy Drewry said in a report. Shipowners are now pinning hopes on a revival in European demand. However, European LNG demand growth will not be sufficient to raise freight rates, according to Drewry. Until the recent fall in […]

  • EnQuest moves into new office in Aberdeen, sells building to Rockspring

    1 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    EnQuest, a UK-based independent oil company, has taken up occupancy of its newly constructed office in Aberdeen and, at the same time, announced the sale of the new building to Rockspring Hanover Property Unit Trust for £45.1 million.  EnQuest has taken a twenty-year lease over the office space in the new building. According to the […]

  • NAT Takes Over Second Suezmax

    29 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Bermuda-based tanker owner Nordic American Tankers (NAT) has taken delivery of the second of two 2010-built Suezmaxes bought for USD 122 million back in July. The first of these two ships, Nordic Light, was delivered to NAT on September 22. The second was taken over on October 29, and has been renamed to Nordic Cross. Following the delivery of […]

  • Napoli had been cleared to sail

    2 February 2007

    WAS the broken container ship languishing off Branscombe’s beach seaworthy? This question was posed after it was discovered the MSC Napoli had been involved in a previous collision under another name, writes Di Bowerman. In March 2001, the Korean-built vessel carrying 3,312 containers collided with a reef in the Strait of Malacca. Reports say ballast […]

  • Drifting catamaran towed to port

    10 April 2009

    A catamaran caught out by a broken rudder early on Wednesday morning has been towed safely back to St Peter Port in Guernsey. The St Peter Port lifeboat, the Spirit of Guernsey, was called out at 0356 BST to help French catamaran Ocean Voyager. Three people were on board when the boat’s steering stopped working […]

  • Ferry dispute ‘takes a bad turn’

    12 December 2005

    The industrial dispute which brought tens of thousands of protestors onto the streets of the Republic of Ireland has taken another turn for the worse.