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  • KfW IPEX-Bank Finances Royal Arctic Line’s Boxship Duo

    23 November 2018
    Business & Finance

    KfW IPEX-Bank is providing USD 34 million to finance two new feeder vessels for Greenland’s Royal Arctic Line.

  • Top Stories of the Week (Sept 16 – Sept 21, 2013)

    22 September 2013

    Nordic Yards: Keel Laying of DBB’s New Jack-Up Vessel At Nordic Yards a 390-tonne section of a new wind turbine service jack-up vessel was laid down in the Wismar dock today as scheduled, marking a further milestone in the building of the 80 metre long and 32 metre wide ship. Celiktrans Wins Pelagic Duo, Turkey […]

  • Over 5,000 People Saved in Biggest Wave of Migrants in 2015

    1 June 2015

    Over 5,000 migrants have been saved in the Central Mediterranean since Friday, according to the EU’s border control agency Frontex. The rescue operations, which began last Friday, involved migrants who departed from Libya on 25 boats. During the incidents, the rescuers also recovered seventeen bodies. The rescue operation involved British, Maltese, Belgian and Italian vessels and […]

  • Caley, Hampidjan in Steel-Like Fibre Ropes Alliance

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Glasgow-based offshore handling system specialists, Caley Ocean Systems, and high performance rope manufacturers, Hampidjan from Iceland have formed a strategic alliance to bring, as they say, the benefits of steel-like fibre ropes to the offshore market. While the general benefits of fibres ropes have long been appreciated concerns over handling, inspection, qualification and reliability have […]

  • Technical Incident Delays Delivery of Eimskip’s New Boxship

    30 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The 2,150 TEU ship suffered damages to its shaft generator while it was being prepared for next week’s sea trials.

  • FISH Platform – Safety and Health in Fishing Industry (The Netherlands)

    24 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Fishing Industry Safety and Health Platform (FISH Platform) provides for the needs of the fishing industry on a joint approach to improve the safety and health of fishermen and reducing accidents in the industry as well as the harmonisation of EU fishing training and certification. That is the main conclusion of the first meeting […]

  • Energinet.dk and National Grid Sign Interconnector Deal

    15 October 2013
    Storage

    National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet.dk have signed a cooperation agreement to begin feasibility work on an electricity interconnector between the UK and Denmark. The agreement was signed in London by Nick Winser Executive Director of National Grid and Peder Andreasen, the CEO of Energinet.dk, ahead of the meeting of the North European Energy Dialogue. It […]

  • Uniper, Port of Rotterdam in green hydrogen production deal

    7 September 2021
    Ports & Logistics

    Germany’s energy company Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have entered into an agreement for developing the production of green hydrogen at the Uniper location on Maasvlakte.

  • Bangladesh: WFSL Completes Construction of Its First Deep-Sea Trawler

    5 October 2012

    Western Fishers Shipyard Ltd (WFSL), a joint venture between Western Marine Shipyard and Fishers Shipyard Ltd, has pioneered the construction of a deep-sea mid water fishing trawler in Bangladesh with its recent launching of indigenously built FT Agro Food-1, the Daily Star writes. According to the company’s managing director Sakhawat Hossain, the design features, originating […]

  • Russian Defense Ministry Orders 8 Gavia AUVs

    3 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Russian defense ministry posted an order for 8 autonomous underwater vehicles Gavia on state procurement website; the submersibles are produced by Iceland company Hafmynd. The purchase will be held upon results of an open tender. Russian military is about to spend RUR 742.2 mln for underwater robots. All purchased submersibles are to serve in military […]

  • Western Fishers Shipyard to Build Fishing Vessel for Agro Food

    30 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Western Fishers Shipyard Limited and Agro Food Services Limited signed agreement for building another fishing vessel on 24 December 2013. The shipyard has already built three Deep Sea Mid-Water Fishing Vessels for Agro Food Services, a sister concern of Sea Resources Group. F.T. Agro Food-1, F.T. Agro Food-3 & F.T. Agro Food-4 were delivered to […]

  • ESA Nods to Hywind Tampen State Aid

    11 March 2020
    Authorities & Government

    The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has approved Norway’s state aid to the 88MW Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind project in the Norwegian North Sea. Norway, through the state enterprise Enova, has decided to grant NOK 2.3 billion (around EUR 212 million) to Equinor and its partners OMV, Petoro, Idemitsu, DEA, and Vår Energi to realize […]

  • IMO: International Convention STCW-F Entered into Force

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F 1995) enters into force on 29 September 2012. The STCW-F Convention sets the certification and minimum training requirements for crews of seagoing fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and above. The Convention consists of 15 Articles and an […]

  • Eimskip’s Newbuildings to Be 20% Cheaper

    30 April 2013

    In 2011 Eimskip and the shipyard Rongcheng Shenfei in China made an agreement on building two container vessels. The vessels’ size is 875 TEU, each containing plugs for 230 reefer containers. Deadweight of the each vessel is approximately 12 thousand tons. The vessels are 140.7 meter- long and 23.2 meter- wide. Originally the vessels were […]

  • Gallery: AIDAluna Arrives in Kiel

    22 April 2015

    AIDAluna, a Sphinx class cruise ship, owned by US-based Carnival Corp and operated by AIDA Cruises, arrived in her base port of Kiel, Germany on April 20th. Dr. Dirk Claus, Managing Director Port OF Kiel (SEEHAFEN KIEL GmbH & Co. KG) said: “For the very first time, Kiel serves as turnaround port for two vessels […]

  • Lerwick Port Authority Plans to Dredge Approach Channel

    27 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Lerwick Harbor is on course for record cruise traffic next year, with advance bookings currently at the highest level yet, with 87 ships scheduled to arrive between March and October, the Lerwick Port Authority said in its latest release. The latest forecast is revealed on the final day of the season (Wednesday, 27 July 2017) […]

  • Gallery: Ship Suffering Engine Failure Rescued off Scotland

    24 November 2017

    A general cargo vessel broke down half a mile offshore in Sinclair’s Bay, Scotland, in the morning hours of November 22 and was towed to safety later that day, Wick RNLI informed. Shetland Coast Guard tasked Wick Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to go to the aid of the 4,258 dwt ship Jomi. Jomi’s crew […]

  • Teledyne Gavia AUV Gets Marine Magnetic Explorer Magnetometer

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), said it has integrated Marine Magnetics’ Explorer AUV magnetometer. The Explorer AUV magnetometer is an omnidirectional sensor, which is towed behind the vehicle allowing it to operate outside the AUV’s magnetic signature. According to Teledyne, dynamic and static testing of the Gavia AUV was conducted […]

  • Arctic Oil & Gas 2013 Summit to Be Held in Oslo, Norway

    3 May 2013

    The global summits organiser, IRN, announced the launch of its inaugural Arctic Oil & Gas 2013 Summit that will take place on 18th-19th June, in Oslo, Norway. The summit will create a platform that will facilitate discussions amongst the major key players of the Arctic circle all the way through Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway, […]

  • California regulator clears path for US firm to design and build zero-emission vessels

    24 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    U.S.-based ship design and building company Ghostworks Marine has been given the go-ahead from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop and manufacture zero-emission electric-powered vessels. As disclosed, with this certification under its belt, the company has been authorized to offer its electric vessels to both private enterprises and public transit agencies across the […]

  • Energinet.dk, National Grid Ink Contract for Electricity Link

    15 October 2013

    National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet.dk have signed a cooperation agreement to begin feasibility work on an electricity interconnector between the UK and Denmark. The agreement was signed in London by Nick Winser Executive Director of National Grid and Peder Andreasen, the CEO of Energinet.dk, ahead of the meeting of the North European Energy Dialogue. It […]

  • Greece investing over €61M in third Corfu-mainland interconnector

    11 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Greek transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) is investing more than €61 million to further strengthen Corfu’s energy security with a third subsea interconnector linking the island to the mainland. The project will see the construction of the 21-kilometer 150 kV Corfu–Igoumenitsa interconnection, set to also enhance electricity reliability in the neighboring […]

  • Hurtigruten Hires ISS for Port Agency Services

    27 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and logistics service provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has received a global port agency contract with Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten. Under the agreement, ISS will provide Hurtigruten with port agency services across the globe for up to four years, as well as help support and advise the company with the management of its expansion plans. ISS […]

  • Spanish Company Develops Self-Diagnosing Bearings

    10 November 2015
    Technology

    Spanish company Laulagun Bearings, in collaboration with IK4-IKERLAN, has developed bearings for offshore wind turbines that are capable of self-diagnosis and of making their condition known to the wind turbine’s control system. This will help minimise damage and coincide maintenance work with times when it is possible to access the wind turbine, according to a press release […]

  • Lerwick Wraps Up Record-Breaking Cruise Season

    5 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Lerwick Harbour has logged its best cruise season yet, with the Shetland port setting four new records in 2016 as the cruise season comes to an end. Scheduled to close on October 6, the cruise season’s final visitor this year will be the Cruise & Maritime Voyages-operated Marco Polo, which is en route from Dublin to […]