Unicom Management Services (Cyprus) Ltd (Unicom), the ship management arm of Russian national shipowner Sovcomflot, has become the first tanker operator to sign up multiple ships to Lloyd’s Register’s new Hull Integrity service. Unicom has enrolled 17 of its tankers in Hull Integrity, from its ‘Brid
The Clipper 05-06 Race may have come to an end, but it
The Port State Control (PSC) area of BLACK SEA MOU has announced that member states will conduct a Concentrated Inspection Campaign on MARPOL Annex Reg. 16+17 (Oily water separator arrangements) on board all visited ships. The campaign will last from October 1st until December 31st 2006 in the regio
SeaOne Maritime Corp. is calling upon the extensive marine gas handling and transportation experience of class society ABS to class and certify the proposed conversion of several existing 150,000 dwt. suezmax oil tankers to Compressed Gas Liquid Carriers (CGLCs). According to ABS Project Manager Phi
The colossal ‘Queen of the Netherlands’, a high-capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, has begun dredging and reclamation operations in the waters of Abu Dhabi for Sorouh Real Estate’s Shams Abu Dhabi project on Reem island. Sorouh awarded the dredging contract for Shams Abu Dhabi to Pal Technolo
There are more and more investors interested in the booming shipyard market. Several months ago, Roman Karkosik said he was interested in acquiring Stocznia Gdanska shipyard. Ukrainian Donbas submitted an offer to buy Stocznia Gdynia shipyard. Several days ago the shares of Stocznia Gdanska were acq
New Zealanders, David Endean, 27, and Tony Mutter, 37 are the latest ABN AMRO sailors to join Sweden’s Victory Challenge for the America’s Cup. Endean and Mutter from the winning VOR yacht ABN AMRO One have teamed up once again with fellow ABN AMRO crewmembers Simon Fisher, Andrew Lewis and Luke Mol
P&O Ferries have confirmed that the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) are carrying out investigations over the disappearance of the 27ft yacht Ouzo on the Solent last week. In an effort to piece together the cause of the accident which left three yachtsmen dead ‘black box’ voyage data reco
For sale: Gently used watercraft, carries 365, hits speeds of 30 mph. Tank holds 4,000 gallons. $16 million or best offer. Trailer not included. That
Statoil has signed a contract with DOF ASA for the delivery of a new supply vessel. The contract has a duration of five years with start-up after the vessel has been delivered during the second half of 2008. The vessel, an Aker PSV 06 CD, is under construction at Aker Yards in Brattv
Dutch junior Environment minister Pieter van Geel returns on Tuesday from Turkey after failing to persuade Ankara to accept a deal on the freighter Otapan. The vessel contains large amounts of asbestos. “The talks ended in disappointment. The junior minister offered to have the ship dismantled and c
The Japanese Fisheries Agency has seized a South Korean squid catching boat in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Sado Island, Kyodo News reported on Monday. The agency announced earlier in the day that the boat was seized because it falsified the amount of its catches when it fished in the w
On 20th, H.N.2311, a 38,000 CBM LPGC for Bakri was launched from a launching barge. It was the first time when an LPGC was launched from a launching barge where normally the barge has been used to launch the fore or aft parts of a vessel. On August 26, two vessels were launched from No.2 […]
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Sonatrach, the national oil company of Algeria, for delivery of process equipment to Sonatrach’s Hassi Messaoud facility located 650 km southwest of Algeirs. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately USD 23 million. The process equipme
