Student assessment and instructor training were hot topics of discussion at this year’s Kongsberg Maritime European Simulation User Conference (UC), which took place in Tønsberg, Norway, 24th – 27th September. The annual UC was this year co-hosted by Vestfold University College, which recently opene
The first CAL 64000-1500 Litronic®, a heavy lift offshore crane developed by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, is now ready for operation. The crane is installed on the “Innovation”, a vessel belonging to HGO InfraSea Solutions, which installs offshore wind power stations in the North Sea wind park Global
Ferguson Group’s accommodation service vessel, ASV Pioneer, has been deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on a six-month contract with Titan-Micoperi in support of the Costa Concordia Salvage operation. The Ferguson Group specialists in the rental of containers, accommodation modules and engineering mo
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the energy industry, has today declared its option for 2 years extension, starting from 1st of January 2013, and in addition agreed to extend the contract for the subsea vessel “Subsea Viking” further
The UK Hydrographic Office, under the Admiralty brand, has extended its global ECDIS training campaign, which offers qualified bridge officers around the world the opportunity to win generic ECDIS training, making a further 100 training places available. The additional sponsored training places are
INTERTANKO’s Documentary Committee provided valuable input to the work done by BIMCO on a standard contract for Private Armed Guards (GUARDCON). The Committee much appreciated the opportunity to comment on the early GUARDCON drafts and has been watching the development and use of GUARDCON with inter
The point of contact arrangement of the Danish Maritime Authority ensures that shipowners quickly receive qualified assistance from the Danish Maritime Authority. According to this arrangement, each shipowner is connected to a permanent team of ship surveyors with in-depth knowledge about the compan
The Israel Ports Company on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety has announced the first stage of an international tender for construction services for new container terminal(s) in Haifa (Bayport/HaMifratz Port) and/or Ashdod (Southport/HaDarom Port) w
A passenger ship evacuation seminar will be held on 30 November 2012, organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, it will present the work of the SAFEGUARD project, which has undertaken a series of full-scale ship passenger evacuation trials to gather data for calibration and validation
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s solutions and services provider, is to supply its recently introduced Wärtsilä X72 licensed engines to power six new vessels for two Singapore based shipping companies. Wärtsilä equipment will be installed on four container vessels that Pacific International Lines (PI
During the summer navigation of this year the FSUE “Rosmorport” icebreakers were proactively used for supporting a series of research works in the Arctic Basin. Two icebreakers of the enterprise were involved in arrangement of integrated geological and geophysical research to find grounds for the co
In view of declining demand on the Asia-Europe trade, Maersk Line is further reducing capacity by removing the AE5 service permanently and suspending the AE9 service until early December 2012. Maersk Line will continue to provide customers with a broad and competitive range of services on this trade
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has entered into a time charter contract for the 100% owned car carrier “NOCC Caspian” for duration of about 12 months with commencement in early December 2012. The concluded time charter rate is higher than the rate on the current charter and will generate an EBITDA of ab
Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA and partner Wallenius Marine AB have entered into a joint venture with Norwegian meteorological company, StormGeo AS, to develop a range of innovative software solutions for the shipping industry. StormGeo will hold 50% of the new venture with the remaining 50% split evenly betw
