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  • Sweden: Damen Shiprepair Götaverken Appoints New MD

    19 June 2012

    Damen Shiprepair Götaverken aims to be the best within the Nordic countries, according to its new strategy. As part of this focus, Ms Monica Svenner has been appointed as the new MD. Ms Svenner has wide industrial experience as MD for several international companies, such as Stena Recycling and Atlas Copco. She is the first […]

  • RV Professor Khlustin Starts Kamchatka and Kuril Islands Survey

    1 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A grand ceremony was held in Vladivostok to mark the start of a special voyage for research and training ship Professor Khlustin, which is sponsored by Sovcomflot in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Transport and the Russian Geographical Society (RGS). The ceremony was attended by: Sergey Ivanov, Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Yury […]

  • UK Energy Minister Opposes EC’s Offshore Safety Regulation

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, will give the keynote speech at a special Oil & Gas UK seminar focusing on the European Commission’s (EC) proposals to take overall regulatory control of offshore safety. Sponsored by EnQuest PLC, the event on Monday 11 June has been organised by Oil & Gas UK in order to […]

  • Greece: Nautilus Adds OSRV SK Line 69 to Its Fleet

    25 March 2013

    Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp. (Nautilus) announced on March 22 that it has taken delivery of the SK Line 69, to be renamed Vega Jaanca, a 5150 BHP Anchor Handling vessel, built in December 2012 in China. Nautilus has taken control of the vessel under a bareboat charter at a daily bareboat charter rate of $4,000, […]

  • Greek Nautilus Receives New Oil Spill Response Vessel

    25 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp. (Nautilus) announced on March 22 that it has taken delivery of the SK Line 69, to be renamed Vega Jaanca, a 5150 BHP Anchor Handling vessel, built in December 2012 in China. Nautilus has taken control of the vessel under a bareboat charter at a daily bareboat charter rate of $4,000, […]

  • Rolls-Royce Slashes 400 More Jobs in Marine Division

    5 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce plans to lay off further 400 workers from its Marine business by the end of 2016, in addition to the reduction of 600 employees previously announced in May, again stating ”the impact of the low price of oil and subsequent fall in orders” as the main reasons behind the job cuts. The company expects the reductions […]

  • Pirates Free Kidnapped Tugboat Crew

    9 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Four Malaysian crew members, who were taken hostage from their tug Massive 6 in April, have been released on Jolo, Philippines, Reuters cited a Philippine army spokesman as saying. The crew members were kidnapped on April 1 while their tug was underway some 17 nautical miles East of Pulau Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia. A group of eight armed pirates, […]

  • NOC: Undersea Mountains Crucial for Earth’s Climate

    24 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A mystery in the ocean near Antarctica has been solved by a team including researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, who have long puzzled over how deep- and mid-depth ocean waters are mixed. They found that sea water mixes dramatically as it rushes over undersea mountains in Drake Passage – the channel between the […]

  • Bangladesh: Integrated Dredging to Increase Navigability of Waterways Underway

    12 June 2010

    Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said the government has taken an integrated dredging programme to increase the… [mappress] Source: nation, June 12, 2010;

  • Oman: Qalhat LNG to Fund Special Kids Education Programme

    21 February 2011

    Qalhat LNG has taken the initiative to fund the special education diploma programme that is being organised by the Association for the Welfa… (omantribune) [mappress] Source: omantribune, February 21, 2011;

  • USA: Rand Logistics Completes Acquisition of Self-unloading Articulated Tug-barge Unit

    7 December 2011
    Business & Finance

      Rand Logistics, Inc. announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a Jones Act compliant, self-unloading articulated tug/barge unit. Concurrent with the closing, the Company placed an additional $25 million of long term debt to fund the acquisition and anticipated modifications to the acquired vessel, as well as for general corporate purposes. […]

  • Norwegian Pension Company Excludes NAT from Its Investments

    31 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s largest pension company KLP excludes NAT from its investments.

  • Quintet of offshore blocks for Maersk Oil (UK)

    6 November 2014

    Maersk Oil UK has been awarded five licences in the initial tranche of offers from the UK’s 28th Licensing Round, three of which will be operated by the Company. “The award of these new licences supports the long term growth strategy for the UK business, enhancing our exploration programme around our core producing assets and […]

  • General Maritime Corporation Announces Delivery of First of Four Suezmax Newbuildings

    28 February 2006

    General Maritime Corporation today announced it has taken delivery of the Genmar Harriet G, a 150,000 dwt double-hull Suezmax newbuilding.

  • Fishing group hails lamprey control success .

    29 December 2010

    A group that supports good fishing on Lake Champlain is hailing the results of efforts to control populations of sea lamprey in the lake. A cooperative involving the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used the chemical lampricide TFM in five […]

  • Oil Rig Gulf of Mexico

    26 July 2010

    Taken outside of Mobile Bay looking into the Gulf of Mexico in 2000. You can see one oil rig close and one far in the distance on the horizon.

  • Red Sea to get its 1st battery hybrid ferry

    24 December 2020
    Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    UME Shipping LLC, United Arab Emirates, has bought the battery-powered M/S Wasa Express ferry from Finnish/Swedish shipowner Kvarken Link. Kvarken Link is presently building the M/S Aurora Botnia replacing the Wasa Express in May 2021, which will be managed by its subsidiary Wasaline. M/S Wasa Express will be delivered to UME shipping in direct continuation […]

  • Chittagong and Mongla Seaports Will Get $700 million Development

    19 May 2010

    The government has taken up a number of projects to upgrade the infrastructure and other relevant facilities of Chittagong and Mongla seaports at a cost of about $700 million to cope with the future increase in their workloads.

  • Nigeria: Baro Port Project Makes Progress

    21 March 2011

    After years of political intrigues and the shuffling of legs, the decision to dredge the River Niger was eventually taken a couple… By S.O.J. Bamidele (thenationonlineng) [mappress] Source: thenationonlineng, March 21, 2011    

  • USA: Senate Committee Grills DHEC Over Dredging Permit

    30 November 2011

    The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Board got taken to task by a Senate committee Tuesday over their decision…   (counton2) [mappress] Source: counton2, November 30, 2011;

  • Delaware receives authority to implement and enforce air quality permitting for ocean wind farms (USA)

    22 September 2010
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    Another modest step was taken in the advancement of offshore wind energy when U.S. EPA provided Delaware with the authority to implement and… (enviro) [mappress] Source: enviro, September 22, 2010;

  • Tokyo Gas hits daily supply record

    9 February 2015

    Japan’s Tokyo Gas said it has on Thursday achieved a record with its daily gas supply volume due to the increased demand for power generation. The gas supply was at was 59.45 million cubic meters, which has broken the past record of 59.05 million cubic meters on January 15th, 2014. The largest daily gas supply volume […]

  • Knightsbridge Tankers Limited – Fourth Quarter and Financial Year 2006 Results

    13 February 2007

    Knightsbridge Tankers Limited (the “Company”) reports net income of $9.2 million and earnings per share of $0.53 for the fourth quarter of 2006. The average daily time charter equivalents (“TCEs”) earned by the Company’s five VLCCs was $41,700 compared with $52,900 in the preceding quarter. The decrease represents a seasonal weakening of the tanker market. […]

  • ‘Toxic ship’ docks in Indian port

    16 August 2006

    A controversial asbestos-lined former ocean liner, The Blue Lady, has docked in the western Indian port of Alang in Gujarat State to be scrapped. Port officer Anil Rathore told Press Trust of India that the ship known in its glory days as the SS France would be broken in a month’s time. Indian Supreme Court […]

  • Lumber catches fire aboard docked ship

    3 June 2006

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — A load of lumber caught fire aboard a cargo ship Friday while the crew was welding a broken ladder, officials said. No injuries were reported, and damage was minor. But the fire in the hold of the Ciclope sent a column of thick black smoke into the air at a Port of […]