In the collision that happened last night (Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012) between a car carrier and a containership where the car carrier sank off the Dutch coast four sailors died, thirteen were rescued and seven sailors are still missing, Reuters reports. Coastguard spokesman Peter Westenberg told BBC t
A ceremony of signing the Agreement between the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Azerbaijan State Maritime Academy (ASMA) was held on December 6, 2012 in Baku. On RS behalf the Agreement was signed by Gennady Kolesnikov, RS Chief Operating Officer, on ASMA behalf it was signed by Rasim
The Ob River liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier chartered by Gazprom Group successfully completed yesterday the world’s first LNG supply via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The carrier left the Port of Hammerfest (Norway) on November, 7 and arrived at the regasification terminal in the Port of Tobata
Jumbo has been awarded a FPSO mooring, installation and hook-up contract by EnQuest. EnQuest is redeveloping the Ardmore and Duncan fields as Alma and Galia respectively. The project scope is the mooring spread installation and FPSO tow out and hook up. This will be the first offshore project in whi
A car carrier is sinking in the North Sea after colliding with a containership some 40-50 km from the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Wednesday evening, Reuters reports referring to the statement of Dutch coastguard. Bahamian flagged car carrier Baltic Ace, and the Corvus J, a container ship from Cyprus
Siem Offshore has entered into a charter agreement for one of its OSCV. The agreement is with an international subsea contractor, it’s made at market terms and is for a firm period of five years with two yearly options. The charter shall commence in third quarter 2013. [mappress] Siem Offshore, Dece
The European Commission has adopted a maritime strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas that will boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the region. The strategy rests on 4 pillars: a stronger blue economy, a healthier marine environment, a safer maritime space, and responsible fishing ac
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced yesterday that it has agreed to time charter-in a 2008 built LR2 product tanker (115,406 DWT). The vessel will be chartered-in for six months at $16,000 per day, and Scorpio Tankers has options to extend the charter for three consecutive six month periods at $16,250 pe
Some 25 nautical miles (NM) off the place where Russian ship Volgo Balt 199 sank yesterday, a cargo ship BBC Adriatic was caught by storm and got stranded on the same day, the Maritime Bulletin reports. A German cargo ship BBC Adriatic was washed out ashore by high swells near Kumkoy, west of Istanb
World seaborne trade – a measure of demand for shipping, port and logistics services – climbed by 4 per cent in 2011, reaching a record high of 8.7 billion tons, UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2012 reveals. But over the same year, world ship supply capacity expanded much faster, at a rate of
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded Eidesvik Offshore ASA with a 2 years extension for the LNG fuelled Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) Viking Energy. The contract has further 2×2 years options for extension. The Viking Energy was the first LNG fueled PSV in the world when it was delivered in 2003, and has
DeepOcean has been awarded extensions and additional work under long term Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) contract with Statoil. The awarded work includes a 1 year option for the Edda Fauna and a 7 months option for Edda Fonn. The award represents an addition of several hundred million kron
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. and EXMAR NV today announced an agreement in principle to create a new 50/50 joint venture which will operate in the LPG Carrier segment with a primary focus on Midsize Gas Carriers. EXMAR and Teekay LNG seek to expand the joint venture by taking advantage of the current and
Allseas, an offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction company, has awarded Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of specialist GNSS positioning services for its entire fleet of vessels headed by the world’s largest pipelaying vessel, the 300m Solitaire. Other ve
