Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a long term contract agreement with an international subsea company for the OSCV vessel “Rem Installer”. The vessel is of MT 6022 design. The vessel will be delivered from Kleven Verft AS in June 2013. The firm contract period is 3 years, with an option for chartere
Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement and finalized the acquisition of Sea Systems Technology Ltd. SeaTechnik is a market-leading company predominantly specialized in the development of software and manufacture of emergency shutdown systems
Transas Marine has received RINA and Lloyds Register approvals to perform Radio Communication equipment survey and VDR/SVDR Annual Performance Testing. The RINA certification authorizes Transas service engineers to perform inspections of vessels’ Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) co
SeaRegs Training announced the launch of its Maritime Training Centre based in Plymouth, Devon. SeaRegs Training specialises in courses for people who want to work in the marine industry, offering internationally recognised MCA and STCW95 courses including STCW First Aid, STCW Personal Survival Tech
PD Ports has welcomed the world’s first purpose built wind turbine installation vessel into the Port of Hartlepool. This is first time PD Ports has handled a vessel of this size at the Port of Hartlepool. The MPI Adventure arrived at the Port in late December to commence work on the Teesside Offshor
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has launched this year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Sustainable development: IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20”, calling on Governments and the shipping industry to join together and provide a positive contribution towards formulating sustainable maritime developme
Globus Maritime Limited, a dry bulk vessel owner and operator, yesterday announced that Mr. Elias Deftereos, Director, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, will be stepping down from his position effective immediately, to pursue other interests. The Company’s Board of Directors has
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won its first order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment late December 2012, has a value of approximately SEK 60 million. Del
DOF Subsea Group has secured multiple contract awards in the North Sea and the Asia Pacific region, with a total contract value of about USD 130 million. The contracts have been agreed with key clients in UK and Norway. The scopes comprise installation of mooring system and flexible flowline systems
12 months on from the Costa Concordia incident, a new Allianz report identifies that 106 ship losses were reported worldwide in the 12 months to November 25 2012 – up from 91 ships the previous year but a 27 percent decrease on the ten year average of 146 ships per annum. Despite this long term [&he
Speaking at the opening of the IMO’s first meeting of the year, the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu told delegates that it was his vision that halving lives lost at sea and eradicating pirate attacks, as well as ensuring the release of all hostages can, and shou
With reference to the press release of 21 December 2012 in which Boskalis announced its decision to make an all cash voluntary public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise at a price of EUR 18.50 per share cum dividend (the Offer), Boskalis hereby confirms that it has
Bergen Group ASA has signed an agreement with Halsnøy Dock AS for the sale of the operational activity in Bergen Group Halsnøy in Sunnhordland south of Bergen. Halsnøy Dock AS is controlled by the company Cinus AS which, among others, is the main shareholder in Fjellstrand AS. The sale price is in t
Capital Product Partners L.P. yesterday announced that it acquired from Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. (‘CMTC’) two post panamax container vessels, the M/V ‘Archimidis’ (7,943TEU, built 2006 Daewoo Shipbuilding, S. Korea) and the M/V ‘Agamemnon’ (7,943TEU, built 2007 Daewoo Shipbuilding, S. Korea)
