The Hotel accommodation vessel Ocean Atlantic is ready for charter. After some months in a yard in Polen the former ropax ferry is ready to act as hotel accommodation vessel to the offshore wind industry. ”With its 118 single cabin capacity and plenty deck space for containers and tools we expect to
Operating profit for the year 2012 increased by 48% while revenue grew by 13%. Driving the growth was astrong first half year in shipping together with positive contributions from logistics, maritime services and the NorSea Group. Second half year financial performance was affected by a downturn in
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that Ian Davis will succeed Sir Simon Robertson as Chairman. He will join the Board as a non-executive Director on 1 March 2013 and take over from Sir Simon at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 2 May 2013. Ian Davis spent m
DOF Subsea USA has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine for the new build DP II Multipurpose Construction Vessel, the Harvey Deep-Sea. The four year charter agreement will commence upon delivery of the vessel from Easter Shipyard, Florida in June 2013. The
Classification society ClassNK has announced it has earned authorisation from Germany’s BG Verkehr to carry out surveys on behalf of the German Government, and will be further expanding its operations in the leading ship owning nation. The announcement was made during a reception to commemorate the
Edda Freya was Tuesday sold to Bard, and has already been delivered to her new owners in Emden, Germany. “The proud vessel will now be moving on to new adventures in the windfarm business, where we are sure she will be a very useful asset for her new owners.” said Ostensjo Rederi in press release. [
Carnival Corporation & plc has signed an agreement with JOWA Technology and JOWA W.F.E. for the purpose of supply and installation of equipment and related training on board Carnival Corporation & plc cruise ships. This agreement follows a period of extensive testing on board the Princess Cruises’ c
Seagull has introduced two new computer-based training modules to help ships’ officers and crew managers to raise safety awareness among the seafarers under their supervision. Drawing on its partnership with ‘soft’ skills specialist Green-Jakobsen, Seagull has launched a new Seafarer Appraisal cours
EnerGreen Technologies Ltd., a European distributor for EnerTeck and EnerTeck Chemical, today announced that the Jan de Nul Group, a Luxembourg-based operator of one of the world’s largest marine engineering and dredging fleets, has launched an evaluation of the company’s flagship product, EnerBurn®
Wärtsilä Corporation and Nordic Investment Bank have signed a loan agreement totalling EUR 50 million for research and development financing. The contract for this 10-year loan was signed in Helsinki, Finland on 13 February 2013. This R&D loan supports Wärtsilä’s long-term strategy of strengthening
The GL Group held its first Green Wednesday event at its head office in Hamburg. The event focused on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the challenges and solutions of sustainability reporting. More than 50 participants attended, including representatives from the logistic and trade sectors,
Pronomar have received an order from Van Oord, a leading international contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects with respect to oil, gas and wind. Van Oord asked Pronomar to supply and install their innovative Pronomar-MERUS rings onboard their Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
The Board of Directors of Dockwise has unanimously resolved to support the combination of Dockwise and Boskalis and to recommend the mandatory cash offer by Boskalis of EUR 18.50 / NOK 137.65 per share cum dividend for all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Dockwise. Boska
CMA CGM announced that it has now finalized its major financial restructuring launched less than a year ago: – Closing of the agreement with its Banks regarding its debt restructuring. This agreement provides for a new covenant package taking into account the industry’s volatility and a partial refi
