THY OPET, a Turkish company formed as a joint venture of the Turkish Airlines and fuel distributor OPET, has reportedly bought a pair of oil/chemical tankers from Fiona Shipholding S.A. for USD 11mill each, Lion Shipbrokers said in their latest Weekly Report. Both vessels, DIPLOMAT and NEGOTIATOR, w
Statoil has extended the charter for “Stril Pioner” with two year-long firm contract from July 2013, with further two by two year options, Møkster announced. “Stril Pioner” was one of the first gas fueled supply (PSV) vessels in North Sea operation and has been operating for Statoil since delivery,
Market conditions for NORDEN in dry cargo and tankers sector in the third quarter of 2012 were significantly worse than in the same period last year. The company has reported operating earnings (EBITDA) of USD 23 million for this year, down for 13 million when compared to the last year’s score. Desp
Following a press release issued yesterday morning regarding an intended offer for Dockwise Ltd., Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that it has acquired approximately 11.5 million shares in Dockwise in the course of trading today. This shareholding represents 29% of the shares in Dockwise. A
Following a press release issued this morning regarding an intended offer for Dockwise Ltd., Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that it has acquired in excess of 8.5 million shares in Dockwise in the course of trading today. This shareholding represents slightly less than 22% of the shares in
Victor Marine Ltd announce that they have recently received and fulfilled a significant order from one of India’s largest engineering and construction conglomerates to supply a series of lightweight Oily Water Separators for installation on fast attack interceptor vessels. These lighter units have n
Following a press release issued this morning regarding an intended offer for Dockwise Ltd., Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that it has acquired approximately 4 million shares in Dockwise in the course of trading today. This shareholding represents more than 10% of the shares in Dockwise.
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been appointed by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to support a key marine seismic survey project in Greece. Under the three month research project, ISS Greece will provide marine services to the survey vessel ‘Nordic
Trelleborg Marine Systems has been awarded the largest ever foam fender contract in terms of size and value. It is to supply France’s largest port, the Port of Marseille, with approximately 700 SeaGuard foam fenders and accessories, including chains and anchors, to equip 39 of the ports’ quays. Trel
The Global Freight Awards took place in London on Wednesday 21 November. Attended by professionals from large multinational corporations and SMEs across the freight and logistics industry, the judges commented that this year there were an exceptional number of high quality entries. Maersk Line had b
Boskalis group has announced its intended offer on Dockwise shares for a total consideration of EUR 682 million. The combination of the two companies provides new strategic opportunities for accelerated growth of the offshore services. The addition of Dockwise’s activities to the Boskalis group will
Five personnel were safely brought back to Wells on the personnel transfer vessel Island Panther on Wednesday night after the vessel was involved in a collision in the field with a transition piece. Immediately after the incident the Coastguard was alerted and lifeboats from Wells and Cromer were di
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that thirteen foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during October 2012 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were six new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in UK ports d
As part of the “Bilateral S & T Cooperation between China and Greece, 2012-2014”, it has been approved by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development and the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Science & Technology of China, the Resear
