MCA reports, Saturday (July 14 201), that the crew on board a container vessel were forced to abandon their ship after an explosion and subsequent fire in a cargo hold mid Atlantic. Crew on board a container vessel were forced to abandon their ship after an explosion and subsequent fire in a cargo h
Navig8 has moved to increase the scope of Pool services offered, entering into an agreement involving 4 x LR1 Newbuildings from Sungdong Shipyard to join the existing LR1, Navig8 Honor (built 2011). With the addition of the new LR1 Pool, Navig8 now operates 10 Pools out of offices in Singapore/Londo
New technology to deter pirates is a key topic for discussion at this year’s SMM conference in Hamburg. Westmark BV’s patented P-trap anti-boarding device is now providing ship-owners with a non-lethal barrier to harden vessels against pirate attacks. The P-trap will be displayed to the public at th
Survey ship HMS Echo has discovered an underwater mountain the size of the Rock of Gibraltar as she sailed through poorly-mapped waters in the Red Sea. The ship came across the huge feature while searching for volcanoes on the seabed – and also located a WW2 wreck off the Libyan coast as her 19-mont
The plan for making liquefied gas (LNG) available as fuel for shipping in the Netherlands has come another step closer. According to Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, an agreement with ECT will make land available for a ‘filling station’ between the Gate (LNG) and Euromax (containe
From spring 2013, A2SEA will play a key role in helping build one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. A2SEA will provide their specialist jack-up’s SEA JACK and SEA WORKER to install 160 Siemens 3.6MW turbines on RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, loca
The highly automated HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) introduces combined loading and discharging to ship dispatching. By the end of the year, the CTA will have implemented the innovative handling procedure Dual Cycle – as the first terminal worldwide, also in terms of transport between con
From today, the Dutch coastline will be permanently different. Queen Beatrix gave the sign for the closure of the seawall of Maasvlakte 2. At slack water, when there was minimal current, the large equipment of contractors Boskalis and Van Oord closed the gap in the eleven-kilometre long seawall. Han
Leo Hambro from Tidal Transit has announced an extension of contracts for both of its stateoftheart transfer vessels working for wind farm development companies in the North Sea. “One of the vessels, Eden Rose, is under contract to Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the company developing the Sheringham
On July 10 the Irish Maritime Development Office released a Shipping Markets Review for week 27, 2012, which provides an in depth analysis of international shipping markets and a global economic overview for the week. Based on the report, the container market top 20 carriers remain locked in intense
Nordecon AS and Kärdla Sadam Foundation signed a contract for the construction of Kärdla town (center of Estonia’s second biggest island Hiiumaa) guest harbour. The works consist of dredging 35,000 cubic meters, construction of seawalls in length of 500 meters and development of harbour’s operating
Technip received a Letter of Intent for the world’s largest Spar hull for the Aasta Hansteen field development, offshore Norway. Technip received a Letter of Intent from Statoil for their Aasta Hansteen (previously named Luva) field development, offshore Norway, in approximately 1,300 meters (4,250
Keppel Kazakhstan LLP (Keppel Kazakhstan) and its consortium partner Ersai Caspian Contractor LLC, Kazakhstan (Ersai Caspian Contractor), have secured a contract from Teniz Burgylau LLP (Teniz Burgylau), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of JSC NC “KazMunayGas” (KazMunayGas) of Kazakhstan, for a K
Aker Seafoods ASA has received on the July 6 the decisions of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs in the cases regarding alleged dumping of catch from the vessels “Hekktind” (owned by the company‘s subsidiary Nordland Havfiske AS) og “Doggi” (owned by the company‘s subsidiary Ham
