Green Marine
Petrobras Hires One from McDermott
McDermott International, through one of its subsidiaries, today entered into an agreement with Petrobras for the supply of its subsea Lay Vessel North Ocean 105 (LV105). The LV105 will carry out deepwater umbilical and flexible pipe installation in the pre-salt region and Campos Basin area offshore
New UK Chamber President Urges MCA to Be More Commercially Focused
The new President of the UK Chamber of Shipping, Marcus Bowman, made a passionate defence of immigration today on his first day in office. Speaking in his inaugural address to shipping leaders, Mr Bowman, who is South African and a partner at London maritime law firm Holman Fenwick Willan, said: “Th
PD Ports Reaches Milestone with SSI’s Shipment to Thailand
SSI UK has celebrated another major milestone having exported five million tonnes of steel slab through PD Ports owned Teesport. The five millionth tonne was loaded on to the Double Prestige on Tuesday 18 March as part of a 68,000 tonne shipment. The vessel sailed from Teesport on Thursday 20 March
Multinational Visit to Norway’s Maritime Cluster
CSG, an informal group of maritime administrations and shipping representatives, visited the maritime cluster at Sunnmøre, Norway today. The party consisted of 25 people from the European Commission, several European countries as well as Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore. CSG meets
DOF Subsea Inks Charter Contract for ‘ROSS Candies’
DOF Subsea has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies for the charter of the Jones Act compliant vessel ROSS Candies for a firm period of one year. The charter period commenced mid-March 2014, with the intent to utilize the vessel to support operations for existing North American clients in the
Gazprom Neft Joins Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology JIP
Gazprom Neft has become the first Russian company to join the Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology Joint Industry Programme (JIP) run by the world’s largest oil and gas companies. The four-year JIP was launched in December 2012 to carry out research in several areas, including studying the fate of d
UK: Government’s Budget 2014 Is Good News for Shipping
International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens said that the UK government’s Budget 2014, issued on 19 March 2014, is good news for UK shipping as it ensures the continuation of a stable UK tax regime for shipping, as has been the case for the past few years. Moore Stephens tax partner
Braemar Offloads Its US Subsidiary
Braemar Shipping Services, an international provider of shipping, marine and energy services, today revealed the sale of the sale of Casbarian Inc., its US based technical services subsidiary. Following the recent performance of Casbarian, Braemar undertook a review of its operations and concluded t
Seanergy Completes Financial Restructuring
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp., an international provider of dry bulk marine transportation services, has completed its financial restructuring and is now ready to pursue growth more aggressively. The company has sold its four remaining bulk carriers to a nominee of the lender in full satisfaction
Buoyant Transfer System Simplifies Gas Distribution
A new, fully mobile solution for offloading natural gas from ships to land may lead to increased distribution to new markets around the world. International demand for natural gas is high, and there are plentiful deposits to be found in many places. Gas is also more environment-friendly than other f
Rickmers Charters Out Two Ships to Maersk Line
Rickmers Maritime, has secured new employment for two of its vessels. The vessels, Henry Rickmers and Richard Rickmers, both 3,450 TEU panamax container vessels, have been chartered to Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company. Henry Rickmers will be delivered to Maersk Line this w
NAVTOR to Supply ENC Service for DOF’s Fleet (Norway)
E-navigation specialist NAVTOR has signed a landmark fleet agreement with DOF Management, the owner and operator of 78 advanced offshore service vessels. The deal will see NAVTOR’s innovative and user-friendly ENC service rolling out across DOF’s high-end CSVs, PSVs and AHTS vessels, which operate i
UK: BMT Fleet Technology Appoints New President
BMT Fleet Technology Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, appointed Darcy Byrtus as President. Darcy joins BMT from General Dynamics Canada where he held the post of Director of Business Development for Naval Program
The Netherlands: Europe’s Largest Freight Transport Country
The Netherlands has remained the largest maritime freight transport country in Europe since 2010. At 543 million tonnes, the volume of seaborne goods handled in Dutch ports in 2012 represented 14.6 % of the EU-28 total. The Netherlands was followed by the United Kingdom (UK) and Italy, with shares o