In the afternoon of the 8th of October 2012 the first experimental vessel “Tanais Leader” was berthed at the newly constructed quay No. 67A, operated by Klaipėda Stevedoring Company “Bega”. Klaipėda State Seaport Authority was the contracting party of this object. Back in the history – on the 2nd of
Today, Milford Haven Port and their consultants, Turley Associates, will present a draft of the Master Plan for the development of Milford Dock at a public exhibition. Following on from the summer consultation events held in May, June and July 2012, which displayed initial ideas and plans to regener
High level representatives of oil and gas companies operating on the North Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico will disclose their outlook on energy production in the respective regions as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference on 23 and 24 October in the Amsterdam RAI. Several hundreds of offsho
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) announced that it has been awarded the ship management contracts for three TFDE 160,000 cu m capacity LNGCs belonging to Thenamaris LNG Inc. The vessels are due for delivery from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Korea, in 2013, following which BSM will be respon
Yesterday, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Cable, received a newly refurbished DP2 cable laying vessel under a long term charter agreement from the vessel management company Meriaura. The vessel M/V Aura has been refurbished to the exact specifications of
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced today the sale of the Clipper Grace, a 30,548 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 October 15, 2012. The Company will use the sale proceeds to reduce debt and for wo
Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, has made his first visit to the UK’s largest container port. Whilst at the port, Mr Hammond also visited the container ship Ever Leading, an 8,452 TEU container ship operated by Evergreen Marine under the Bri
The maritime-shipping industry has also been forced to contend with the key issues of energy efficiency and sustainability. Optimizing the trim of a ship is a good way to achieve lasting reductions in fuel consumption. In fact, trim optimization has been an object of investigation since the 1990s. B
Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Secretary General, International Maritime Organization (IMO), London called on Shri G.K.Vasan, Minister of Shipping in New Delhi yesterday. During the meeting, the Minister drew the attention of the Secretary General to the issue of 43 Indian seafarers who are in captivity of Soma
Mr. Olaf Scholz, First Mayor (Chief Minister) of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany called on the Minister of Shipping, Shri G.K.Vasan today in New Delhi. During the meeting, the Minister recalled the long association with Germany in maritime sector and informed that an Agreement between India and
Qatargas Chief Operating Officer, Commercial & Shipping, Alaa Abu Jbara, has delivered a keynote gala luncheon address at the 26th Gastech Conference & Exhibition in London (8-11 October). In his speech, Mr Abu Jbara outlined the history and achievements of Qatargas and its outlook on the future as
DOCKWISE Ltd. today announces that it has been awarded 10 new contracts and contract extensions with a total value of USD 56 million. The bulk of the contracts were awarded shortly after Q3 close and are for execution in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013. The assignments include an extension on an existing contra
KfW IPEX-Bank, one of the largest ship financing banks in the world, has evaluated together with FutureShip, a subsidiary of Germanischer Lloyd, the energy efficiency of its shipping portfolio based on the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI). The applied valuation approach is based on the standard
The sixth annual APM Terminals “Safety Day” will be conducted today throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network, with an emphasis upon the concept and practice of “intervention” as a proactive safety procedure to eliminate accidents for the company’s 25,000 employees worldwide. “Specialized
