Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been accredited as a certification body for quality management systems of firms (organizations), including the defense industry. The decision on accreditation and the certificate issue was taken at the Commission Meeting of Federal Service for Defense C
Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, announced today that its subsea services, offshore support services and energy services divisions (EMAS AMC, EMAS Marine and EMAS Energy respectively) have bee
Farstad Shipping ASA announced today that the company has been awarded with new charter contracts. Statoil has awarded contracts to PSV Far Spica (2013, PSV 08 CD, 4,000 DWT) and PSV Far Scotsman (2012, PSV 08 CD, 4,000 DWT) to support the Statoil drilling campaign on the coast of East Africa. Comme
Serco has signed a cooperation agreement with Strömma Tourism & Maritime to make a joint bid to manage and operate the ferry services in Stockholm’s archipelago and harbour. The two companies are forming a joint venture company that will tender for the services and, if successful, will subsequently
Balltec Ltd, has received a Project Recognition Award after successfully completing the supply of enhanced MoorLOK connectors for the Marine Well Containment System Project. The MWCS, which has been developed, maintained and operated by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), will allow for rapi
Aiming to contribute to the efforts of the Association΄s members for more effective protection of the environment, HELMEPA has produced and made available to its member-vessels a special informative Placard presenting in a simple way the new requirements regarding the discharge of garbage into the s
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, yesterday announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with Augustea Bunge Maritime Limited, Malta, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, for one of its Post-Panamax dr
A new project which will boost security and the safety of maritime routes across seven African countries in the Gulf of Guinea was announced yesterday by the European Union. The Critical Maritime Routes in the Gulf of Guinea Programme (CRIMGO) will help governments across West and Central Africa to
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has successfully raised EUR 320 million of equity at a price of EUR 33.00 per ordinary share. A total number of 9,696,969 new ordinary shares (the Shares) were placed, 4,896,180 through an accelerated bookbuild offering (the ABB Offering) and 4,800,789 thro
Vessels using the harsh, sometimes hazardous, Northern Sea Route (NSR) linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will face no sizeable ice hazards by 2050 and are likely to travel ice-free by 2100, according to group of Lloyd’s Register Marine summer interns who produced a radical and independent-mind
Now the Danish Pilotage Authority has become a permanent part of the Danish Maritime Authority, and this has resulted in lower prices. As of 1 January 2013, the Danish Pilotage Authority has become fully integrated in the Danish Maritime Authority. This has resulted in improved utilization of resour
After a presentation by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) of the offer for all the issued and outstanding shares of Dockwise Ltd., as initially announced on 26 November 2012, Boskalis shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to issue new shares. During the Extraordinary General Meeting (
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has entered into a time charter contract for the 51% owned car carrier “Vinni” for a duration of about 9 months with commencement at the end of January 2013. The concluded time charter rate is slightly above the rate on the current charter and is estimated to generate an E
Steerprop Ltd. has been contracted to deliver main propulsion systems for three icebreakers of the Russian Federal Agency of Marine and River Transportation from United Shipbuilding Corporation. Two of these icebreakers will be built in the Vyborg shipyard in Russia and one in the Arctech shipyard i
