The UK’s largest university-business collaboration has reached a huge milestone with the “topping out” of their new state-of-the-art marine technology and research centre of excellence at the University of Southampton, which incorporates the Lloyd’s Register’s Group Technology Centre. This ground-br
On 7 December 2012, A2SEA’s new installation vessel, SEA INSTALLER, arrives in the port of Esbjerg, Denmark. Her journey began on 20 October 2012 as she departed from Qidong in China where she had spent the last 24 months under construction at COSCO shipyard. ”We are very proud of being able to welc
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has been awarded a contract with Gwynt Y Mor Offshore Wind Farm ltd (60% RWE Innogy GmbH, 30% Stadwerke München Gmbh and 10% Siemens AG) for the CSV “Normand Tonjer”. The duration of the contract is approx. 17 months firm with additional options. The new contract will com
Noble Corporation today reported that it has entered into two separate Definitive Agreements for the sale of two standard jackup drilling units. The first agreement, for the 300-foot water depth capable jackup Noble Lewis Dugger, is with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goimar S.A. de C.V., a private co
The Dutch coast guard has called off the search for missing crew members from car carrier Baltic Ace, which sank last week after collision with containership Corvus J near the entrance to the Rotterdam’s port. Since the accident happened outside the Netherlands’ territorial waters the Dutch police h
January 1st 2013 is the date when all mariners are to be aware of the revised garbage disposal requirements dictated by MARPOL Annex V. Marine Management companies have in general been quick to ensure their crews are aware of the new requirements. They have worked through their revised garbage manag
Havila Shipping ASA has entered into an agreement with Subsea 7, whereby Subsea 7 will acquire Havila Shipping’s 50% interest in the joint venture, Acergy Havila Limited. The joint venture owns the Diving Support Vessel “Seven Havila” which was built in 2010 and delivered to the joint venture in Feb
Seamar Services b.v. announced on Thursday that the company has received the ISO9001:2008 certificate for their complete service package, which includes vessel agency services, cargo handling & storage, vessel management and offshore related operations. The certificate indicates that an organization
Bremen’s Senate decided to ensure funding for building of the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) in an effort to achieve energy turnaround and create jobs. The Senate made the required landmark decision for project’s financing at a meeting on December 4, according to the press release published on
A collision that killed five sailors and sank the Baltic Ace car carrier on Wednesday evening was probably caused by a human error, Reuters informs citing Panagiootis Kakoliris, operations manager at Stamco Ship Management Co., Ltd. which managed the sunken ship. The weather conditions were normal a
The world’s largest container ship docked at the EUROGATE container terminal next to the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday evening. The “CMA CGM Marco Polo” entered service in Ningbo (China) on 5 November and is charting its maiden voyage from there to Hamburg and Bremerhaven, where it is expected to ar
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced yesterday the sale of the Clipper Glory, a 30,570 dwt Handysize drybulk vessel, built in 2007, at a gross price of US$11.25 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owners on December 04, 2012. The Company used the sale proceeds to reduce debt and for w
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council (ECC), are pleased with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decision to approve incorporation of the cruise industry’s recommendation for the mandatory muster of passengers prior to departure from port in the I
Subsea 7, a seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry, has been awarded a BP project, worth approximately $30 million, under the SCIRM Frame Agreement Contract to support the redevelopment of the Schiehallion Field, west of Shetland. The scope includes
