Green Marine
UK: OSBIT Power Supplies Its Latest Offshore Access System to DONG and Walney Wind Farms
UK based, OSBIT Power (OP) announced today that its latest MaXccess‐T18 offshore access system is to be deployed at DONG Energy and SSE’s Walney Offshore Wind Farm to provide safe high sea state access at the exposed west coast site. Exactly one year on from exhibiting its original MaXccess‐T12 syst
Trelleborg to Showcase New Range of Navigation Buoys at Seawork 2013
Trelleborg Marine Systems will showcase its new range of rotationally moulded polyethylene navigation buoys for the first time at the Seawork 2013 exhibition on the 25th to 27th June. Building on the strength of its foam elastomer and marine aluminium superstructure system, the addition of a compreh
Euronav Announces Extension of 4 Years on Its USD 300 Million Facility
The executive committee of Euronav NV yesterday announced that it has signed an extension of 4 years on its USD 300 million senior secured credit facility originally signed in April 2009 and which at the time of the extension had an outstanding of USD 221 million. The facility will continue to finan
The Netherlands: iPS and Seacontractors Conclude Strategic Partnership
Today the shareholders of iPS and Seacontractors announced that they have concluded a strategic partnership and are implementing integration between their manpower services. It includes the combined recruiting, crewing, contracting and payrolling of maritime and offshore personnel world-wide. By com
InterManager Puts Seafarers at the Heart of Its Activities
As the annual Day Of The Seafarer dawns (June 25), InterManager, whose members manage more than 250,000 of the world’s seafarers, has reaffirmed its commitment to crewmembers with a comprehensive package of activities aimed at addressing crew-related issues. The Association, whose members are involv
Denmark: Port of Esbjerg’s New Østhavn Opened
The Port of Esbjerg’s new Østhavn (“East Harbour”) opened on Friday, 21 June. This 650,000 square metre expansion of the harbour will consolidate Esbjerg’s position as the leading North Sea port for the wind turbine industry and increase its potential to develop and grow other business areas. The op
IMO Focuses on Passenger Ship and Crew Safety at MSC Meeting
At the recently held session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 92), important decisions were made regarding improved evacuation of passengers and passenger ship safety as a follow-up on the accident with the cruise ship COSTA CONCORDIA. The Committee considered the Italian marine accident re
Danish Maritime Authority: USD 3.5 Million for Maritime Projects
A number of Danish maritime enterprises will receive a greeting from the DMA before the summer holiday. The maritime conversion pool is earmarked for 6 green maritime demonstration projects, promoting innovation, growth and jobs in the Blue Denmark. Money has, inter alia, been earmarked for construc
Barbican Acquires Specialist Marine Insurance Broker (UK)
Barbican Group Holdings Limited (Barbican) has today announced that it has acquired Seacurus Ltd (Seacurus), a UK-based specialist marine insurance broker. Established in 2004, Seacurus focuses specifically on revenue protection in the marine insurance market. A leading provider of marine kidnap & r
RS Enters Strategic Partnership for Promotion of Russian LNG Carriers Construction Projects
On June 21, 2013 under the auspices of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum a number of agreements were signed between Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS), JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation and ОАО Sovcomflot (SCF) to promote Russian content in
Diana Shipping Announces Signing & Drawdown of Term Loan Facility
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has signed, through two separate wholly-owned subsidiaries, a term loan facility for up to US$18 million with Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Filiale Deutschlandge
‘Blue Guardian’ to Support Maersk Giant Rig in North Sea
ULSTEIN’s yno 298, ‘Blue Guardian’, a platform supply vessel of the ULSTEIN PX121 design, has been contracted to support the jack-up rig Maersk Giant in its work on two subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea. The contracts with Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA and Repsol Explorat
Port of Zeebrugge and Forth Ports Sign MoU on Strategic Partnership
Forth Ports Limited and Port of Zeebrugge / MBZ have recently (18 June 2013) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which marks the start of a strategic agreement between the Port companies with the aim of the exploring mutual opportunities to attract new container cargo volumes. Both ports have
Maersk Drilling Hires DNV for Software Quality Assurance
Maersk Drilling and DNV have entered into a contract to quality assure the software for Maersk’s new CJ70 jack-up units to be delivered by Keppel in Singapore. DNV will carry out software-version control audits of key equipment, with a focus on software integrity, on the CJ70 jack-ups built at Keppe