Centrica Energy has extended an existing contract for one year firm with a further one year option. Operating vessel is the Freyja Viking, a platform supply vessel of the VS470 MkII Design, operated by Viking Supply Ships. The extension is done on market conditions. Rederi AB TransAtlantic is a lead
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited yesterday announced a three-year time charter extension for the 2007 built, 163,216 dwt, double hull suezmax tanker, Arctic, with the same charterer, a South American state oil company. The charter incorporates minimum and maximum levels and a 50:50 profit split for
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird) SeaBird announced that the contract for Hawk Explorer has been extended by Spectrum ASA for a minimum of 2 months and will work under the new Framework Agreement. SeaBird is a global provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, and associated produ
The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited announced that it has secured a charter contract and a letter of intent to provide two Service Rigs to be used by a Southeast Asian based national oil company to support its oil & gas activities. The charter contract with a value of approximately USD
Nemesis 5000, the water canon based Anti-Piracy Boarding Deterrent System produced by Dasic Marine Ltd, receives a top accolade in Kuwait. KOTC Engineer and Team Leader of the KOTC Purchasing Group, Nawaf Al-Shatti has been awarded the top prize for pioneering the introduction of the UK manufactured
OW Bunker, one of the world’s leading suppliers of marine fuels and lubricants, today announced the launch of a new global standard to ensure the quality of products supplied by its physical division. The move is part of strategy to drive annual global claims below 1%, an unprecedented figure in the
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced yesterday that seven foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2012 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there was one new detention of foreign flagged ships in UK ports durin
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has received vital approvals for its safety service from two of the world’s leading Classification Societies: Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and RINA (Royal Institute of Naval Architects). Mats Hestman, WSS International Service Manager Safety said: “WSS is the first maritime
ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company U.K. Limited has extended the contract for COSLRival with three months to 1 November 2013. In addition CoPUK has been granted 2 x 1 month options for November and December 2013. During Q1 2014 COSLRival will perform her 5 year Special Period Survey prior to start of
Global marine supplier Alfa Laval now offers a set of sustainable solutions designed to help ship owners and operators comply with current and pending environmental regulations. Grouped under the conceptual name “Pure thinking”, the products will provide security as existing legislation is tightened
DeepOcean AS has been awarded a 1 year option by Statoil for the vessel Edda Flora under the existing frame agreement for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) the company holds with Statoil. Edda Flora is now committed until 1st December, 2013. The award represents a significant addition to Deep
The European Union is pushing forward for a new set of measures that will create a more stringent legislative framework on cutting emissions from ships. The said measures are expected to be unveiled in the coming months, Bloomberg reports. Triggered by the inability of the International Maritime Org
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group announced that it has introduced several new software applications for the marine market that will help all types of ocean vessels dramatically reduce their fuel consumption. These Advisory Systems include the latest versions of ABB’s energy man
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (EMS) today announced that the Company has been awarded a USD 289 million Military supply order from a major NATO country. The customer is EMS largest customer and has been an important business partner to EMS Group since 1988. The contract is for food supplies and distr
