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Cleveland Welcomes First-Ever Container Ship
U.S. Coast Guard marine inspectors conducted safety and security examinations on the first-ever container ship to arrive in Cleveland Saturday morning. The Fortunagracht, a 450-foot Dutch-flagged container ship, delivered the first-ever load of containerized cargo to the Great Lakes. Before the esta
New 5000 kN Hydraulic Lifting Gantry from Enerpac
A new 5000 kN hydraulic lifting gantry is being introduced by Enerpac South-East Asia to deliver industry-best standards of safety and stability when lifting heavy loads to heights exceeding 12 metres. The MBL5000 lifting gantries – the latest products in the Enerpac Integrated Solutions’ portfolio
Arup Takes Part in White Rose Extension Project
Arup has won contract from Husky Energy to carry out the detailed engineering design for the White Rose Extension Project concrete gravity structure. Subject to partner, corporate and regulatory approvals, WREP is being developed through the construction of a wellhead platform, and Arup will be resp
CMA CGM Group Bolsters Its Presence in Madagascar
Since the creation of CMA CGM Madagascar in 2003, the CMA CGM Group, the world’s third largest container shipping company, has continued to develop on the island to move closer to its customers and partners and meet economic growth forecasts in the Malagasy industrial market. The CMA CGM Group is op
‘Oleg Strashnov’ Bound for DanTysk OWF
The heavy lift vessel “Oleg Strashnov” is steaming its way toward Vattenfall’s DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The vessel is delivering the jacket structure for the Tennet Sylwin Alpha platform, the converter station of the project’s grid access, according to Vattenfall’s Holger Grubel.
MAN Diesel & Turbo Set for IMO Tier III
“We are ready for IMO Tier III”, said Dr Stephan Timmermann, MAN Diesel & Turbo Executive Board Member responsible for Marine Systems and After Sales. “We have the technologies in place to support our customers for this new era of environmentally efficient shipping. I am pleased that the adoption of
EU Parliament Adopts Maritime Spatial Planning Directive
The European Parliament endorsed on April 17th a Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning which should help the EU Member States develop plans to better coordinate the various activities that take place at sea, ensuring they are as efficient and sustainable as possible. In coastal and maritime areas,
GeoSea Starts 3rd Foundation Installation Cycle
With the departure of the installation vessel INNOVATION from the port Aalborg, GeoSea has now started the 3rd foundation installation cycle on the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. INNOVATION has loaded 5 large monopiles and transition pieces of the next installation cycle in the port of Aalborg
Dynagas in Charter Deal with Gazprom
Dynagas LNG Partners LP, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, has entered into a new 13-year time-charter contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for the Clean Force, a fully winterized, 149,700 cbm Ice Class LNG carrier built in 2008. In addition, the company has entered into an agree
Endofa Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Endofa, an independent marine fuel supplier and bunker trader, has named Lars Hoffmann as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Endofa, Hoffmann served as Chief Executive Officer for Shipping.dk. He also served on the board of the Danish Shipbrokers Association. “We have known Lars for many year
UASC Adds New Asia – Mediterranean Service, the AMC2
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) is introducing a new Asia – Mediterranean Service called “AMC2” starting 22nd April 2014 from Pusan. The AMC2 service will commence with MV Cosco Kaohsiung voyage number 0021W. This new service expands upon UASC’s existing Asia – Mediterranean Service (AMC1), whic
Expansion of UK’s Largest Container Port Begins
Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port. VSBW Joint Venture, a consortium of VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, has been appointed as the lead contractor to extend the port’s Berth 9 by 190 metres. The work will increase the combined
Slight Dip in Port of Rotterdam’s Throughput in Q1 2014
The Port of Rotterdam’s throughput in the first quarter of 2014, at 109 million tonnes, was 0.2% below the level for the corresponding period last year. Split up by goods type, less crude oil (‑2%), mineral oil products (‑14%) and other liquid bulk cargo (‑14%) were transferred. On the positive side
Luka Koper Takes the Helm of NAPA
According to presidency rotation, from the 14th of April until the end of the year 2014, the presidency of NAPA is taken over (from Venice Port Authority) by Luka Koper and its recently appointed president, Mr. Andraž Novak. Confirming that there is a very challenging year ahead, especially in terms