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Inchape Names Vice President Cargo Solutions Business Development (Switzerland)
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, revealed a key hire in its Cargo Solutions division. Vincent Mazzone, a dry bulk supply chain and risk management professional, has been appointed to the newly created Geneva-based role of Vice President Cargo Solution
HMS ‘Pembroke’ Starts Sea Trials (UK)
Sandown class minehunter HMS Pembroke has left Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard for sea trials, following a successful Support Period (Docking) (SP(D)). Babcock leads the Sandown class Class Output Management (COM) team, as part of the Surface Ship Support Alliance (SSSA). The comprehensive support period
Most Sustainable Seagoing Ship Arrived in Rotterdam
According to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) the Olympus, a product tanker of the Swedish shipping company Sirius Rederi, is the most sustainable ship to arrive in the port of Rotterdam in 2013. The tanker scored highly on this index of 2354 ships on a worldwide level as well. There the ship occu
Farstad Shipping Sells PSV ‘Far Grimshader’ (Norway)
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS, sold the PSV Far Grimshader (1983, UT 706 L, 3,225 DWT). Delivery of the vessel to the new owner has taken place today, Friday 7 February 2014. Sale of the vessel will give a booked profit of approx. NOK 15 mill. (appro
Statoil Charters Two Newbuildings from Exmar LPG
EXMAR LPG has been awarded Statoil ASA’s Time-Charter requirement for 2 environment-friendly 38,000 m³ (Midsize) LPG newbuildings intended for LPG trading within North West Europe. Both performing vessels are part of EXMAR LPG’s existing orderbook and are being built at Hanjin Subic Bay. The duratio
Otto Marine Secures Charter Contract for ‘Go Pegasus’
Otto Marine Limited, an offshore marine company, has secured a charter contract for its 24,000 bhp AHTS vessel, Go Pegasus worth approximately US$40 million including options. Go Pegasus will soon be mobilized and deployed to the North Sea where she will work for the summer season before commencing
Navios Acquisition Joins Navig8’s VL8 Pool
Two vessels from Navios Maritime Acquisition’s fleet, the MT Nave Quasar (VLCC/2010/297,377 dwt) & the MT Nave Buena Suerte (VLCC/2011/297,491 dwt), have joined Navig8’s growing VL8 Pool (VLCC fleet) within the 1st Quarter of 2014. Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. will allocate one vessel to VL8 for po
EUROGATE: Container Volumes Up by 7% Europe-Wide
For the first time since 2008, the EUROGATE Group last year surpassed the 14 million TEUs mark with 14.2 million standard containers (TEU) handled Europe-wide. This is an increase of 7.3 per cent over the previous year. The growth drivers of the EUROGATE Group in 2013 were the Italian Mediterranean
Germany: Tender ‘Elbe’ Docked at Lindenau Werft
On 27th January 2014 the Tender “Elbe” was docked in the Dock No. II of Lindenau Werft GmbH. The support vessels of the “Elbe”- Class 404 are under supervision of the German Navy’s mine detection squadron as well as of the speedboat squadron. Its main task is the supply of boats at sea with fuel, [&
DNV GL Starts Clean Water Innovation Project (Norway)
Phased-out tank ships are part of a solution that can provide much needed clean water for coastal cities according to a DNV GL research project. “Transforming ships into offshore treatment plants for waste water is a radical new way of approaching global water scarcity,” says Bjørn K. Haugland DNV G
Navios Acquisition Charters-Out Three VLCCs
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (Navios Acquisition), an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Galactic, a 2009-built VLCC of 297,168 dwt, delivered on February 4, 2014 has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for one year at a rate based on the adjusted
HHLA Increases Market Shares and Fulfils Forecast
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has achieved significant volume growth in container throughput and hinterland transport in 2013 and has extended its market position. According to preliminary figures HHLA achieved Group revenue of approx. € 1,155 million and an operating result (EBIT) of aroun
HMS Westminster and RFA Diligence Participate in Escort Exercise
HMS Westminster worked alongside ships from the Royal Bahrain Naval Force, the United States ships (USS) Carney and Chinook and two US Sea Hawk helicopters to practise escorting a cargo ship played by Forward Repair Ship RFA Diligence. A ship that carries a valuable cargo may need to be protected as
Multi-Million Pontoon Becomes Operational at Gwynt y Môr (UK)
A new £multi-million pontoon has become fully operationally at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm base at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales. The 10-berth pontoon will greatly improve the offshore transfer of wind turbine engineers and technicians throughout the construction and operational lifetime