Freight rate stability, price transparency, service reliability and better forecasting are the critical factors for improved container supply chain efficiency, say speakers at TOC Container Supply Chain Europe 2012 conference. Ocean shipping lines need to think more like their customers and be ‘real
Colfax has announced that leading Italian ferry operator, Moby Lines, has purchased 14 of its Optiline magnetic coupling pumps. They will be used for heavy oil transfer in the engine rooms of a number of Moby Lines’ ferries on its routes to and from the Italian mainland to the islands of the Upper T
Prosafe has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS (‘Lundin’) for the use of its new build accommodation rig Safe Boreas to provide accommodation support at the Edvard Grieg Project in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. On site operations are planned to commence Q2 2015, with a firm period of 6
Danish shipowners and seafarers have a feeling that they spend more and more time on administrative work. But does it make sense and create value? The Danish Maritime Authority has uncovered this in a comprehensive study, carried out by Cowi. 796 seafarers and several shipowners have been involved.
By means of regulation no. 267/2012 of 23 March 2012, EU has, inter alia, introduced a prohibition against carrying Iranian oil – and insurance hereof. The Council of the European Union has adopted regulation no. 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing regulation
Farstad Shipping ASA has as of June 2012, granted a contract to Aalesund Data AS for the delivery of Itrust Bandwidth Optimizer (IBO) solution onboard its fleet of over 50 ships. Aalesund Data AS has worked closely with Farstad ASA in the process of testing and customization of the IBO solution for
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on July 3 that it will exercise an option for chartering the diesel icebreaker Vladimir Ignatyuk from Russia’s Murmansk Shipping Company. The Ignatyuk will again create a channel through the sea ice of Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound needed to resupply and
On 3 July, the Port of Rotterdam signed a contract with a construction consortium to extend the Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) [HES interest 50%] site by approximately 5 ha. This will double the area occupied by the existing terminal, allowing the total storage capacity to be expanded from 200,000 to ap
On 26 May 2012, the Swiss Rhine Ports (SHR) and the port of Rotterdam signed a Memorandum of Understanding. It states the intention of both parties to work together in a coordinated manner on the development of hinterland transport from Rotterdam. In the first place, there will be a regular exchange
On 1 September 2012, Ronald Paul will succeed Thessa Menssen as director of Infrastructure and Maritime Affairs (Chief Operating Officer) at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. Ronald Paul has spent the last eight years directing the Project Organisation Maasvlakte 2. After completing his BSc Civil Eng
North Star Shipping wins international safety award for eleventh consecutive year. North Star Shipping, a division of Craig Group, has scooped a prestigious international award from one of the world’s leading health and safety bodies for the eleventh year in a row. The British Safety Council has awa
A team from Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has conquered three of Britain’s highest peaks, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Helvellyn in England and Snowdon in Wales, in just over 11 hours to raise funds for the Sailors’ Society in The Three Peaks Challenge.
J. Lauritzen A/S, one of Denmark’s leading shipping companies, has today formed a 50/50 joint venture with HitecVision, the Norwegian-based leading oil and gas focused private equity investor. The platform of the joint venture will comprise J. Lauritzen’s Accommodation and Support Vessel (ASV) Dan S
Talisman Energy (UK) Limited has extended an existing one-year contract for six months firm. Operating vessel is the SBS Tempest, a platform supply vessel of the VS470 MkII Design, owned by Viking Supply Ships. The primary function of the vessel is to transport supplies to and from offshore oil plat
