Green Marine
Norway: Herkules Signs Agreement to Acquire Umoe Schat-Harding and Noreq
On Monday 10 June, Herkules signed an agreement to acquire Umoe Schat-Harding AS. The acquisition is being carried out in cooperation with the owners of Noreq AS, who, in parallel, are selling Noreq to Herkules and reinvesting a substantial amount in a new, joint holding company. The transactions ar
Norway: Global Maritime Acquires Design Business
Global Maritime announced the acquisition of a design business for mobile offshore units from GL Noble Denton. The contract was signed on 7th June 2013 and represents a strategic expansion of Global Maritime’s core areas of expertise within vessel and rig design. The private equity investor HitecVis
Philippine Vice President Calls for STCW Audit Assistance at GL Maritime Round Table
Vice President of the Philippines Jejomar Binay has delivered the opening speech at a Maritime Round Table held at the Head Offices of Classification Society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). On this occasion he said: “Germany and the EU cannot possibly have world-class efficient commercial ships manned by F
New Industry Report Shows Rising Unscheduled Downtime in Ports
The third Barometer Report from Trelleborg’s Marine Systems business has revealed that an overwhelming majority – over 90% – of those surveyed suffer from unscheduled downtime at their facility. Trelleborg’s annual Barometer Report, which has been running for three years, has previously discovered t
Prosafe Secures Contract for Newbuild Accommodation Vessel (UK)
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel at the Mariner project in the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering process and is fo
European Council Adopts Directive on Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
The Council adopted yesterday a directive on safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The new regulatory framework aims at reducing the occurrence of major accidents related to offshore oil and gas operations and to limit their consequences. Consequently, it will increase the protection of the mar
Norway: Kongsberg Maritime AutoChief Propulsion System Officially Available
The next generation of AutoChief propulsion control systems from Kongsberg Maritime is now officially available. The new AutoChief 600 (AC 600) is suitable for all 2 and 4 stroke engines, for both fixed and controllable pitch propeller. It features new touch screen operation based on the Kongsberg M
Diana Containerships Extends Charter Contract for MV Centaurus
Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that it has agreed to extend the present time charter contract with CMA CGM S.A., Marseille, France, for its Panamax container vessel, the m/v Centaurus for a period of minimum s
RINA Approves New OSV Rules and Environment Notations
International classification society RINA has launched new rules for Offshore Support Vessels, new environmental notations covering cargo handling and transhipment operations and a new guide on complete ship model calculation of passenger ships. All these initiatives were approved at a meeting of RI
UK: Deep Water Container Terminal Liverpool2 Launched
Over 300 industry guests gathered at the Port of Liverpool recently (Thursday, June 6th) to toast the launch of Peel Ports’ landmark deep water container terminal Liverpool2. Sir Bobby Charlton and ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish pushed the button on the start of dredging and launched a dazzling display of fi
Costa Concordia: Platform No 2 Installed on Giglio Island (Italy)
Platform No 2 of the Parbuckling Project, i.e. rotating the wreck of Costa Concordia into a vertical position, has been installed on the Giglio island, the official site of the Project revealed. It is the fifth of six subsea platforms that will provide a safe supporting structure for the wreck. The
MV ‘Regine’ Sails with Fully Loaded Deck from Japan and Korea to Turkey
SAL Heavy Lift’s MV “Regine” of Type 176 has all necessary features for a complex contract like the Tupras Project: a combined crane capacity of up to 1,400 mtons, huge deck capacity and a wide range of lifting equipment. Destined for the Tupras Refinery, MV “Regine” transported eight reactors from
North Sea Tankers Receives Additional Tonnage in NST’s V6 Pool
North Sea Tankers announced that M/T Minitank 5 will join its fleet. The vessel will be added to NST’s V6 pool concept whereas the size criteria for Marine Line coated tonnage with high capacity Nitrogen Generators will be altered to 5,500mt to 8,000 mt DWs. NST’s fleet consist of 19 chemical vessel
Bore to Install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN Software at M/V Bore Song (Finland)
Finnish shipping company Bore Ltd. today announced that they will install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN ship efficiency software aboard the 13,625dwt highly efficient Ro-Ro vessel M/V Bore Song. This announcement follows on from sea trials last year aboard sister ship M/V Bore Sea which proved that NAPA operat