The announced salvage operation of capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship is in the full swing. An American-owned specialist marine salvage and wreck removal company Titan Salvage alongside with Italian firm Micoperi have been awarded a Costa Concordia wreck removal contract in April. Together they pr
Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels, a leading bunker broking company, announced yesterday that it has changed its name to Wilhelmsen Marine Fuels. The name change is part of the strategic rebranding to strengthen the company’s identity. “The name change will not lead to any changes in the management of
Deep Sea Supply announced that the company has been awarded a 1 year contract with an international oil company for the AHTS vessel “Sea Eagle 1” for operations in Malaysia. The total value of the contract is approx USD 8.5 mill. The vessel commenced the operations end October. Furthermore, the AHTS
We live in a time of constant change and change is very much the topic of the 2nd Annual IMarEST Founders’ Lecture, in association with ClassNK, being given by Dr Martin Stopford, President, Clarkson Research, on Tuesday 20 November 2012. “Dr Stopford is taking the question ‘Can shipping meet the ch
FleetPro Passenger Ship Management (“FleetPro”) will commence operation on November 1st, 2012, and be the leading independent manager of passenger ships with a worldwide operation in both the ocean going and river vessel markets. FleetPro results from the combination of River Advice with 1250 employ
Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded a £26 million contract to Liebherr to manufacture four new ship-to-shore gantry cranes as part of its redevelopment of container berths 201/202 at the Port of Southampton. The berth and cranes will enable Southampton’s container terminal – a joint venture w
Goldenport Holdings Inc., the international shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of container and dry bulk vessels has concluded the sale of the 1991-built bulk carrier ‘Tilos’, to an unaffiliated third party “Gunehr Shipping Limited” of Charlestown, Nevis, for a cash consideration of US$
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced on October 31 the sale of the BET Intruder, a 69,235 dwt Panamax drybulk vessel, built in 1993, at a gross price of US$4.8 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owners on October 29, 2012. The company used the sale proceeds to reduce debt. Following
Maersk Tankers, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, has completed the sale of twelve medium-sized coastal tankers, managed by Broström in Gothenburg, to Erik Thun AB which resumes its old name Thun Tankers. The Swedish company has bought 50% shares in twelve vessels in which it already owns the othe
The Oliveria e Carmo, former Portuguese Navy corvette, was sunk by a team of engineers off the coast of the Algarve, according to the Daily Mail. Cleaning and preparation work on the Oliveira e Carmo Corvette was completed a few months ago, reports Ocean Revival, in charge of the sinking operation.
The research ship POLARSTERN sets off in the early morning hours of 27 October 2012 for an unusual expedition to the Antarctic. This time the ship will not be returning to Bremerhaven as usual at the end of the Antarctic summer, but will be spending the winter in the South Polar Sea for research pur
Dockwise subsidiary Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. today announces the commissioning of a new Type 1 Vessel to be named White Marlin and the christening of its most recent new-build vessel, Finesse. On acquiring Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. in July 2012, Dockwise took charge of a set of vessel devel
In October, Cargotec received a large order to deliver MacGregor RoRo cargo access equipment for four 45,000 dwt container/RoRo vessels for Italian container shipping specialist, Ignazio Messina & C. S.p.A. The ships will be built at the STX Jinhae shipyard in Korea and the MacGregor RoRo equipment
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has been outlining its support for the shipping industry, which is estimated to be worth £5 billion to the UK economy. Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the MCA, has been setting out how the Agency is striving to become the best maritime safety organisation
