Ocean Dredging DSM Inc (DSM) owns one of Canada’s most important fleet of marine equipment and offers world-class integrated marine services including: dredging, harbor towing, pilot boat services, salvage, marine construction and repair, equipment rental, welding and machining, mechanics, short and
On August 21, the ODS Petrodata daily newswire reported that Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) in in negotiations to sell its pipelay vessel GSP Falcon. Contrary to this report, GSP advises there are no negotiations underway for its pipelay vessel GSP Falcon to be sold. GSP Falcon is currently operatin
Voith displays numerous new and further developments at this year’s SMM, the leading maritime industry trade fair held in Hamburg. A full-scale Voith Schneider Propeller as well as a full-scale Voith Inline Thruster catch the visitor’s eye. In addition to the new SteamTrac waste heat recovery system
Wednesday 22 August, Russia joined the World Trade Organization as 156th country. It is the last large economy to join the WTO, ten years after China. China’s joining resulted in a huge increase in world trade, shipping and the port sector, and caused price rises in shipping transport and capacity s
On August 17, 2012 a working meeting on implementation of measures for construction of Olympic objects included into the Federal Program of Preparation for the 2014 Olympics and Development of Sochi as a Mountain Resort headed by Deputy Director of Federal Agency of Marine and River Transport was he
Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. recently delivered and commissioned two panamax STS cranes in Vladivostok and has taken orders for further STS cranes to be delivered to Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg. The cranes delivered to the JSC Commercial port of Vladivostok have gone into operation at the port
The Port of Tyne has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Lloyd’s List Global Awards 2012 in the Port Operator of the Year category. This award recognises the company or port that has maintained the highest standards of operational efficiency and customer service throughout the year. The award is
IMO has welcomed the landmark ratifications of the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Maritime Labour Convention, which will bring the treaty into force in 12 months’ time, establishing minimum requirements for almost all aspects of working conditions for seafarers. “This is great news for th
With the new 6.3 version of Sesam GeniE, DNV Software introduces an innovative method of strength analysis through the entire lifecycle of fixed offshore structures. The solution improves the efficiency and reliability of the critical data handling, increasing the operation’s security and profitabil
The volume of port and shipping traffic through the Republic of Ireland declined in the second quarter of 2012 according to the latest figures released today (22nd August 2012) by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO). The latest analysis of the traffic data indicates that only one of the fiv
The United Kingdom Secretary of State’s representative for Maritime and Salvage Intervention (SOSREP) Hugh Shaw and the French Maritime authorities have decided to send a team of experts to inspect the MSC Flaminia. To give these experts access to the ship it will be brought to a position 30 miles f
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 1,520 km2 in Quads 208 and 217 of the Faroe Shetland Basin on the UK Continental Shelf, West of Shetlands. The Erlend West 2012 (EW12) survey is the industry’s first 3D survey in this northern area and covers the western most margin
In August, Western Baltija Shipbuilding, a Lithuanian shipyard belonging to BLRT Grupp, delivered the hull of fishing vessel Cattleya to Danish company Karstensens Skibsvaerft A/S. A hull made of steel and weighing 1080 tons was built for the trawler Cattleya on the shipyard of Western Baltija Shipb
In the first half of 2012, 222 million tonnes of cargo was handled in the port of Rotterdam, 3.2% up on the first half of 2011. Incoming trade rose by 1% to 155 million tonnes and outgoing trade by 8% to 66 million tonnes. Bulk throughput increased by 5% to 147 million tonnes and container […
