Around 1 AM on Sunday morning 2nd September 2012 the MS Eagle Matsuyama moored at the recently constructed jetty at Vopak Terminal Eemshaven. It was the first oil tanker to moor at the newly constructed terminal. The jetty has a direct pipeline connection to the Vopak storage tanks. The oil tanker c
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announces that Netherland-based Jumbo, a leading heavy lift shipping company is to equip its fleet with Inmarsat’s service XpressLink™. Within the scope of the agreement is the option for a free upgrade to Global Xpre
AMI and Kelvin Hughes Limited agree terms to expand their areas of cooperation in South East Asia Spike Hughes, the Sales and Marketing Director at Kelvin Hughes praised AMI for enabling KH to become the pre-eminent supplier of navigational equipment in the commercial marine market in Australia in a
With the EVER LAMBENT, on 1 September 2012 the Taiwanese EVERGREEN LINE’s largest-ever containership berthed in the Port of Hamburg on her maiden voyage. This post-Panamax vessel with a slot capacity of 8,500 TEU (20-ft standard containers) was handled at HHLA’s Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB).
In September, FURUNO releases the new distant training platform NavSkills CAT using a computer aided training platform to provide high quality training to FURUNO’s ECDIS users. The NavSkills Computer Aided Training or in short the NavSkills CAT combines the best parts from computer based training as
Shipping – still the most efficient global transport method. Increasingly however, shipowners and operators are being asked to measure, track and report the emissions from their vessels by both regulators and their business partners. In normal day-to-day operation, standard onboard reporting generat
Exorbitant fuel costs, decreasing return on investment, stringent environmental regulations in ports and on routes, as well as the energy efficiency index of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are one of the innumerable challenges that the shipowners and operators have been dealing with f
Damen Shipyards and Smit Lamnalco have today signed a contract for delivery of three tug boats. The signing ceremony took place at Damen Shipyard’s booth at the SMM 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. Phil Cornish, Smit Lamnalco Technical Manager , Andrew Brown, Smit Lamnalco Business Development Manager and
Fuel cell technology proves successful in a new position paper from DNV Research and Innovation, giving hope to a future of reduced emissions from shipping. With rising fuel prices and impending environmental regulations, the pressure is on for more efficient and environmentally friendly ships. DNV
Seaway Heavy Lifting announces that it has opened a branch office in Hamburg, Germany. The German offshore wind market is considered to be one of the leading markets in the field of the installation of offshore wind farms. The ability to provide its services within close proximity to the existing an
Trelleborg Marine Systems, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, has been contracted by Costain, a leading UK engineering solutions provider, to supply fender systems for berths eight and nine, as part of a £300 million reconfiguration known as the Felixstowe South development. With global patterns
Anchoring of ships or depositing of cargo on the bottom of the sea – the potential uses for winches in marine and offshore areas are extremely varied. Safety is always the highest priority. With an additionally included valve in the control manifold DSE by Rexroth, the retention forces are maintaine
The stabilization of CO2 emissions in the shipping industry has been the burning topic at today’s CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions workshop, held within the framework of SMM’s Global Maritime Environmental Congress (GMEC) in Hamburg, Germany. “The CO2 emission is a wide concern”, Torsten Schram, COO
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) today has announced the introduction of two new Admiralty Maritime Security Charts to cover The Mediterranean (Q6111) and The Persian Gulf (Q6110). The two new paper charts, together with a new online update service, provide a simple, single point of ref
