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New Jack-Up Rig ‘Prospector 5’ to Work for Total in North Sea
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced today that further to the announcement on 19 July 2013, one of the company’s subsidiaries has executed a contract with Total E&P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited for offshore drilling services in the North Sea with its jack-up rig, “PROSPECTOR 5”.
Overcapacity Remains Concern in Shipping
As the container shipping industry recuperates from a challenging market environment, concerns still abound over the looming overcapacity as more new vessels are expected to come on stream in the next two to three years. CMA CGM group senior vice-president for Asia Europe lines Nicolas Sartini told
AdvanFort to Work with Cyprus-Flagged Vessels
The Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS) has licensed the AdvanFort Company, a world-leading provider of maritime security solutions for the commercial shipping industry, to supply the services of armed and unarmed escort guards on those of its flagged vessels transiting piracy high-risk are
APM Terminals Dominant in Productivity Rankings
A recently released JOC Group study based upon five years of data collected from 600 terminals at 400 ports and 17 global shipping lines representing 70% of the global liner fleet and over 100,000 port calls, has ranked APM Terminals Yokohama first globally in productivity. APM Terminals Yokohama, w
Clipper Bulk Establishes New Logger Pool
Clipper Bulk has established a new commercial pool for modern bulk carriers fitted for logs trading. The new pool will commence operation in August with 10 vessels initially scheduled to deliver in the first year. All of the vessels range in size from 28-33,000 mts deadweight. “While new, the Clippe
UK: Martek Marine Presents Potable Water Testing Kits, Compliant with MLC
Martek Marine, leading manufacturer of maritime safety equipment, is introducing potable water testing kits to its product range, designed to meet the regulations on drinking water which come into force with the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) in August 2013. The only standard kit guaranteed to mee
Höegh FLNG Wins Pre-FEED Study for North American LNG Export Project
Höegh FLNG Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Höegh LNG Holdings, has been awarded a pre-FEED study for a jetty-moored 2 mtpa FLNG near shore barge FLNG solution for a North American LNG export project. The study will be executed in 2nd half of 2013 with a potential for conducting a full FEED in 2014
Spain: TCB Beats Record for Movements in Handling Single Ship
Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona (TCB), belonging to Grup Marítim TCB, completed handling of the ship CMA CGM Effingham from the line operated by the shipping companies CMA CGM and Maersk Line. With a total of 3,784 loading and unloading movements carried out between 19 and 20 July, the work set
DOF Subsea Signs Contract with Teekay in Norwegian North Sea
DOF Subsea Norway, a specialist subsea solutions provider, has been awarded a contract by Teekay Petrojarl Production AS in Norway for a newbuild FPSO. The scope of work includes mooring pre-installation, tow-out and hook-up work for Teekay Petrojarl Production’s new FPSO, which will be installed on
Norway: Havila Extends Standard 2 Dual-Beam Service Contract with Veripos
Havila Shipping ASA of Fosnavag, the leading Norwegian supplier of quality-assured supply services to international offshore companies with a fleet of dedicated vessels, has extended its present contract with GNSS positioning specialists Veripos until the end of 2015. Under the renewed arrangement V
Norway: Fjord Line Revises MS Stavangerfjord’s Schedule
Fjord Line has revised parts of the timetable for its new, environmentally friendly cruise ferry MS Stavangerfjord starting Thursday evening for the following five weeks to allow more time for refuelling with liquid natural gas while in port. The brand-new ship went into service on July 14 as the fi
IMO: Continued Focus on Efficiency
At the 110th session of the IMO Council, the 2014-2015 budget was subject to intensive debate. A crucial issue was the prioritisation and effectivisation of the IMO tasks, including the restructuring of the Sub-Committees. The IMO Council intensively debated Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu’s proposa
Reederei Claus-Peter Offen Implements GL’s RSCS on First of Its Vessels
Reederei Claus-Peter Offen has implemented Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) Route Specific Container Stowage (RSCS) notation on the first of its vessels. This begins a roll out of the system which will initially cover a dozen ships of its fleet. The newly introduced class notation, the first of its kind, a
Hercules Offshore: Loss of Well Control in Gulf of Mexico
Hercules Offshore yesterday announced that it is experiencing a well control incident on jackup drilling rig Hercules 265, a 250′ mat-supported cantilevered unit. Efforts are ongoing to regain control of the natural gas well. At this time, all personnel on board have been evacuated and are being tra