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  • Finnish Seamen to Strike in Support of Icebreaker Crews

    26 March 2015

    Finnish Engineer Association and the Finnish Seamen Union revealed plans to enter into strike on Thursday 2nd of April at 14:00. The action is being taken as a sign of support to the strike of the union members working on Finnish ice-breakers. Crews of the Finnish icebreakers have been negotiating the terms of a new […]

  • ShellNo Activists Chain Themselves to Support Vessel

    25 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Activists protesting Shell’s oil explorations in the Arctic have climbed the anchor chain of one of the company’s support vessels, the Arctic Challenger, anchored in Bellingham, north of Seattle, Washington. The so called ShellNo activists attached themselves to the vessel in an attempt of stopping the vessel from departing for the Arctic as environmental concerns […]

  • Port of Hamburg’s Seaborne Cargo Volumes Flat

    19 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s Port of Hamburg handled 35.6 million tons of various seaborne cargo in the first quarter of 2015, up 0.1 percent compared to the same period in 2014. Container throughput for the first three months of the year at 2.3 million TEUs was 2.3 percent lower compared to the same period a year earlier. The port […]

  • ECSA Condemns Logistics’ Support for Regional Measures

    20 February 2017

    The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) has criticized European port and freight forwarder associations which voiced their support of the European Parliament’s position to include shipping in the EU Emission Trading Scheme as of 2023. In mid-February, a majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to include shipping in the scheme as of 2023, if […]

  • Scottish Govt to Increase Support for Island Communities

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Scottish Government is working with island communities to boost economic returns on unrivalled natural, cultural and economic assets, the First Minister said ahead of a Cabinet meeting in Stornoway on April 16. Support for the Gaelic language, measures to support renewable energy investment, and assistance for the islands tourism industry will be among the […]

  • Wood Group Provides Engineering Support for SWRP

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Wood Group has delivered engineering services to the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP), a joint industry project to further improve the prevention of, and response to, subsea well-control incidents. Contracted by Shell, on behalf of the SWRP team, Wood Group Kenny led the way and drew on the expertise of Wood Group Mustang and Wood […]

  • WorleyParsons to continue supporting Chevron’s Australasian assets

    21 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Chevron has awarded WorleyParsons a contract extension to provide services to support the assets of Chevron’s Australasian strategic business unit.

  • Creditors to End Hanjin Shipping’s Financial Support

    30 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The ailing South Korean container carrier Hanjin Shipping has taken a step toward bankruptcy as its creditors said they would not provide additional financial support to the company. The creditors, led by state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), said they would halt financial support for the company as of September 4, Reuters cited KDB. Namely, Hanjin Shipping’s self-rescue plan fell […]

  • Inchcape Shipping Services to Support Operations in Africa

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has secured a further significant nomination from one of their key accounts to support their operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Building on other recent successes in the region, ISS revealed commencement last month of an offshore logistics and support contract for Norwegian-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS). Under […]

  • Babcock Starts HMS Bangor Support Period

    17 December 2013

    Babcock is beginning a six month Support Period (Docking) (SP(D)) on Sandown class mine hunter HMS Bangor at its Rosyth dockyard, which will include a number of upgrades and a substantial maintenance package. Bangor is due to go into dock later this week. The SP(D) is being carried out under Surface Ship Support Alliance Class […]

  • Two Banks Deny Support to Marenave Schiffahrts

    8 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Two financing banks have notified the German-based shipping trust Marenave Schiffahrts that its restructuring concept, which has been negotiated so far, will not be supported. Namely, the company said that all financing banks of Marenave-Group had signed a letter of intent on the restructuring concept, subject to approval by the banks’ respective bodies, on June 6, […]

  • Damen Lays Keel for Subsea Support Vessel

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Maersk Supply Service, DeepOcean UK and Damen have held the keel laying ceremony of Maersk Supply Service’s new DOC 8500 Cable Layer at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania. Carsten Plougmann Andersen, CEO of Maersk Supply Service, said that this keel laying ceremony represents a very physical evidence of the company’s efforts to strengthen its position in the subsea […]

  • Spotted: New Cranes Heading to MedPort Tangier

    12 January 2018

    The first 3 of 12 new remote-controlled STS cranes have departed China and are en route to the MedPort Tangier terminal.

  • EU to Support Studies on LNG Bunkering Infrastructure

    10 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    The European Union will support with just over €1 million from the TEN-T Programme a series of studies to analyse the potential introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in Spain and France. The studies, selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Multi-Annual Call, aim at determining the feasibility of implementing LNG bunkering facilities in […]

  • Seawork International 2014 Bigger than Ever

    8 October 2013

    Following its strongest performance to date in its 16-­year history, Seawork International, the commercial marine exhibition and conference, will encompass more stands, more facilities and more opportunities than ever before, when it opens for its three-­day run on Tuesday 10 June, 2014. With year-­on-­year reservations showing positive growth, exhibition organisers Mercator Media, have taken the […]

  • Newport News Shipbuilding Holds Manufacturing Day

    8 October 2013

    Newport News Shipbuilding’s Career Pathways Program held its first-ever Manufacturing Day event on Oct. 4 with one goal in mind: dispel stereotypes about manufacturing careers. The program invited a group of career coaches and guidance counselors from area high schools and community colleges to Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) to learn about manufacturing behind the shipyard […]

  • New Zealand boosts support to Pacific fisheries

    6 August 2010

    New Zealand will boost the monitoring of Pacific fisheries to help an industry that loses more than NZ$400 million (US$291.5 million) a year because of poor enforcement. Prime Minister John Key, in Vanuatu for the Pacific Islands Forum, this week announced a rise of NZ$4.8 million (US$3.49 million) in aid to the Pacific.

  • Newport News Shipbuilding Redelivers USS Albany

    2 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) today announced that the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully redelivered the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) to the U.S. Navy. The redelivery took place on July 29, one day earlier than originally planned, following successful sea trials. The ship began its Docking Continuous Maintenance Availability March 15 […]

  • Europe-Wide Agreement on SME Development Support

    29 March 2007

    On Wednesday, March 28, Total’s senior management and three European federations, EMCEF, FECCIA and FECER*, signed a Europe-wide agreement on support for creating or expanding small and medium-sized enterprises near the Group’s main European facilities.

  • Seoul ready to support shipping line mergers

    14 September 2006

    The South Korean government said it would provide support to those shipping lines in the country that seek mergers to bolster their market share and compete worldwide. The government is studying various measures, including providing support for funding mechanisms that could facilitate acquisitions, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries said in a e-mailed statement […]

  • VOR: Race support albatross task force

    15 June 2006

    Albatrosses and the world

  • EU Commission Supports Investment in Cleaner Ships

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission has found amendments to an existing Finnish scheme supporting investment in cleaner ships to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the amendments aim at giving ship-owners incentives to use less polluting fuel, ahead of the entry into force of EU standards to that effect. Joaquín Almunia, Commission Vice […]

  • Gardline, Alicat to Exhibit at Seawork 2012 (UK)

    6 May 2012

    Gardline and sister company Alicat workboats will be exhibiting at the Seawork 2012. Gardline will be on stand B177 and Alicat on stand B47. Alicat will be showcasing its latest catamaran at V31. The exhibition takes place in the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, 103-104 Herbert Walker Avenue, ABP Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1HJ on Tuesday 22 […]

  • Ardmore Shipping Supports Next Generation of Seafarers

    1 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ardmore Shipping plays its part in supporting the next generation of seafarers to take their place in Ireland’s distinguished maritime tradition through its participation in the Irish Cadet Training Programme, run by the National Maritime College of Ireland. Ardmore Shipping has provided a number of berths on its vessels for Irish cadets in order to […]

  • New ferry port plan gains support

    5 March 2009

    A £70m plan for a new port on the route linking Scotland to Northern Ireland has been backed by councillors. Stena Line wants to move its Irish Sea services out of Stranraer and along the coast to Old House Point in order to cut journey times and fuel costs.