Green Marine
BWT One Stop Shop
Damen Shipyards has established three strategic partnership agreements with major Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system suppliers. It complements the worldwide One Stop BWT Retrofitting Service offered by Damen. With over 60.000 vessels to be retrofitted in the near future there is a need to coordina
LNG Set to Profit from Clean Fuel Drive
Energy plays a major role in the shipping business, accounting for 43% of the cargo moved in 2013 – 4.3 billion tonnes. Oil is still the big dog, with 2.8 billion tonnes of cargo and the coal trade has now reached 1.2 billion tonnes. Which leaves gas as the junior partner in the energy […]
Limited Data Put Svendborg Maersk in Dire Straits
The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has prepared a marine accident report shedding light on the circumstances that led to Svendborg Maersk container ship accident at Biscay Bay, on February 14, 2014. The Danish container ship Svendborg Maersk departed from Rotterdam, the Netherl
Grounded Cargo Ship Refloated off Iceland
Cyprus-flagged general cargo ship Samskip Akrafell that ran aground on Saturday, September 6 off the east coast of Iceland was refloated at around midnight on Sunday, according to Icelandic Coast Guard. No spill was reported and the crew is safe, based on the latest reports from the Coast Guard. The
SINTEF Report Outlines Rig Safety Risks
A new report on competence and capacity in the rig industry shows that a lack of professional competence and rig experience from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) may pose a safety risk. At the same time, new rigs using new technology and long-term contracts may have a positive impact on the ris
Video of the Day: Siemens Turbines on the Move
DONG Energy’s Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm offshore construction began in the first half of the 2014, and is expected to be fully commissioned in the first half of 2015. Located 8 km from the Holderness coast, approximately 25 km North of Spurn Head at the river Humber estuary, the UK wind fa
SNCM Sinking Further in Debts
Debt-laden ferry operator Societé Nationale Corse-Méditerranée (SNCM) is sailing in turbulent waters and will probably have to resort to court protection from creditors as the latest court ruling from Thursday orders the operator to pay USD 289 million of French state aid, reports Reuters. The strug
Image of the Day: Icebergs Ahoy!
The image shows Le Boreal sailing through silence broken only by the cracking of icebergs, introducing the passengers to the landscapes of this radiant land called Iceland. Here, when the ice breaks up and the granite peaks shed their white mantle for a brief summer, a spellbinding world of bewitchi
Hat Trick for Dutch Port Infrastructure
The Netherlands has the best port infrastructure in the world, according to the World Economic Forum’s “The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015”. This is the third time in succession that the Netherlands has occupied the top spot. Singapore remains in second place, like last year, with the Unite
New Name in Global Shiprepair
ROG Ship Repair BV will be the new name of the former Serdijn Ship Repair yet to be announced at this year’s maritime industry fair SMM in Hamburg, Germany. The name change comes six months after Rotterdam Offshore Group acquired Serdijn Ship Repair. “This change represents more than just a new name
Kalmar Strikes Again
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver seven E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Puerto Central S.A (PCE) in San Antonio, Chile. The RTG project has a total value of USD 14 million, including the cranes, spare parts, training for operators and technicians as wells as civil works and other au
BV Classed Fleet Reaches 100 Million Tonnes
Strong growth in the numbers of ships being transferred into BV class has pushed the Bureau Veritas classed fleet past the 100 million gross tonnes milestone. At the end of the first half of 2014 BV classed 10,700 ships totalling over 100 m gt. Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice President and Head
Corinthian Keeping Busy
The Corinthian, acquired by Grand Circle Cruise Line earlier this year, will operate nine new itineraries beginning in 2015, announced Grand Circle CEO Michael Dowd. The 98-passenger, all-suite, ocean-faring vessel will continue to sail through the waters of Antarctica, but will expand operations wi
DFDS Bolsters Rotterdam-Immingham Route
From September 9, DFDS Seaways is to increase the capacity on the freight route between Rotterdam and Immingham with two extra departures a week, on top of the current six. The extra vessel, making a total of three, operating on this route is the Anglia Seaways, with a freight capacity of 1680 lane