The first companies to be certified by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) as complying with the international Tanker Management and Self-Assessment (TMSA) safety standard are LEHNKERING Reederei GmbH and LEHNKERING Rhein-Fracht GmbH. Both are part of the IMPERIAL Shipping Group. Following the successful audit,
On October 27th, the LNG tanker Ob River arrived at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal operated by Elengy, a GDF SUEZ subsidiary. The vessel, coming from the Pacific Ocean, is the first LNG carrier to transit the Northern Sea Route. The vessel called at Montoir LNG terminal, located in the Nantes
Siport21 Real-Time Simulator Centre is DNV approved, (Det Norske Veritas), based on requirements in the STCW Convention (“Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers”). This certification is the official recognition of the quality of their facilities and systems, as well as t
The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) and Green Award Foundation nautical environmental certificates will be joining forces. In the future, the foundation will take the results of ESI on board in its own evaluation and in return, it will check the emissions of ‘Green Award ships’ on behalf of ESI durin
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that ten foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2012 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were six new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during
The Council adopted today 1 a directive amending directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (PE-CONS 31/12). Emissions from shipping due to the combustion of marine fuels with a high sulphur content contribute to air pollution in the form of sulphur dioxide and particulate m
Transas Hellas supplied a Navigational Simulator Complex to Costamare Maritime Training Services S.A in Athens. The simulator complex consists of a Transas Full Mission Bridge Simulator NTPRO 5000 latest version with 240 degrees of visualization, ECDIS Class and Debriefing Area. The full mission bri
A new concept for a zero-emission propulsion system for ships has been developed by GL’s subsidiary FutureShip GmbH, Ship&Bunker reports citing the company’s announcement. The new concept is made for Scandlines’s ferries which link the island of Fehmarn with Denmark on the so-called Vogelfluglinie a
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research takes a leading role in preparing the formation of marine protected areas in the Weddell Sea. Yesterday the German Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection published a press release, stating that the Bremerhavener insti
A boat with suspension inspired by Paris Dakar-winning rally cars that can remain stable and a ‘seahorse’ vessel consisting of a towering keel that minimises movements in the ocean swell are two of the six innovative concepts that will receive further funding from the Carbon Trust’s Offshore wind Ac
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has signed an agreement with an undisclosed party to acquire a large and fuel efficient 6,430 CEU car carrier built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2010. The Company has received firm offers for debt financing of the vessel amounting to 70% of the purchase price. The rem
The business of major British work boat company South Boats Special Projects Limited has been sold out of administration – saving a significant number of jobs on the Isle of Wight. The leading manufacturer of service vessels for the offshore wind power industry, which is based out of Cowes on the Is
RIX Sea Shuttle, part of J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd, launched its first vessel on Friday, specifically commissioned to serve the offshore wind farm sector. The Rix Panther was launched in a ceremony at Meridan Quay, Grimsby Fish Dock on Friday, October 26th. It is the first of five boats commissioned by Ri
The Flemish government and the port authorities of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent and Fluxys have published a feasibility study on LNG bunkering. DNV provided a market forecasting study, a regulatory analysis and modelled the LNG supply logistics. The Flemish government is now acting on DNV recommendatio
