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Interactive Image: Chemical Tanker Parts
How well do you know parts of a chemical tanker? With today’s interactive image we would like to test your knowledge and give out some details that might prove interesting to know. World Maritime News Staff
Rickmers Helps Swire Reach India and Middle East
Swire Shipping, a Singapore-based liner trade division of The China Navigation Company (CNCo), and Germany’s Rickmers-Linie have launched a connecting carrier partnership. Under this partnership, Swire Shipping will be able to connect its breakbulk and project cargoes in India and the Middle East, t
India Moves to Paris MoU’s White List
India has made it to the White list of countries on the Paris MoU performance lists for flags. The Paris MoU Committee approved the 2014 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flags and Recognized Organizations at its 48th meeting last month. These lists will take effect from 1 Jul
Odfjell on a Retrofitting Spree
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s Propeller & Aft Ship organisation has won an order to retrofit and upgrade a series of eleven 37,500 dwt vessels from the Odfjell chemical tanker fleet. The vessels are of the Kværner Class and are due to dock during 2015-17, at which time the upgrades will be implemented. The f
DFDS Eyes Eurotunnel’s Ferry Duo
Copenhagen-based shipping company DFDS says that it has submitted a binding offer to Eurotunnel for the charter or purchase of two Ro-Pax ferries. As informed, the two vessels are sister ferries 1,500-gt Rodin, built in 2001 and the 2005-built Berlioz, servicing the English Channel. The duo was owne
Update: Truck Drivers Arrested following Harwich Discovery
Sixty-eight immigrants that were initially reported to had been discovered in a shipping container at Harwich International Port on Thursday during a routine check by the border police have actually been found in trucks. Namely, the 68 individuals arrived at the port on trucks that had boarded the S
Over 2,000 People Saved in the Med over the Weekend
Over the weekend search and rescue charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) was involved in the rescue of more than 2,000 people from five separate migrant boats with the assistance of navy vessels from Italy, Germany and Ireland. After spending several hours providing immediate assistance as the
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Deltamarin Unveils Next Generation Ro-Pax Design
Finland-based ship designer Deltamarin has launched a new showcase ro-pax vessel “DeltaChallenger” during the Nor-Shipping 2015 exhibition in Oslo. The design incorporates the latest technologies available, many of which are not yet used on any other ro-pax vessel. To reduce fuel consumption the ves
Port of Antwerp Launches Green Port Equipment Subsidies
Belgium’s Antwerp Port Authority and the Left Bank Development Corporation are making EUR 500,000 of funding available to companies that reduce emissions of particulates (NOx, SO2 and/or CO2) by investing in environment-friendly port equipment. Companies are invited to apply for subsidies for new te
Major Drug Bust on Board Turkish-Flagged Ship
Around twelve tons of hashish have been seized on board a Turkish-flagged cargo ship which was detained by Italian coastguard. The Italian drug enforcement agency and military forces were acting on a tip received from the Turkish police, Anadolu news agency informs. The ship, identified as Meryem, w
Clipper Bids Farewell to Tanker Market
The Clipper Group Ltd has exited the tanker market with the sale of the last three chemical tanker vessels of Clipper Group A/S, Danish subsidiary of Clipper Group. Clipper Group A/S specializes in ferry services in Denmark (Danske Færger), ro-ro activities on the Irish Sea (Seatruck Ferries), comme
OW Bunker Middle East Receivables Recovery Deal Signed
A bankrupt Danish fuel supplier OW Bunker has reached an agreement with its liquidators and receivers from KPMG Lower Gulf Limited and PricewaterhouseCooopers (PwC), and its security agent ING Bank (N.V.), to co-operate in the collection of receivables from OW Middle East pledged to ING. The parties
Gazprom Neft Wraps Up Yamal Winter Oil Shipments
Gazprom Neft has completed its first winter shipments of oil from the Novoportovskoye field, becoming the first company in Russia’s oil and gas sector to dispatch oil from Yamal by sea under winter conditions. Seven tankers, carrying a total 110,000 tonnes of the company’s new ”Novy Port”oil, were d