The European Commission needs to encourage EU Member States to carry out maritime spatial planning, and co-operate on how they use their sea space, due to the growing number of users of Europe’s seas – including offshore renewable energy – a new report, co-financed by the European Commission’s Intel
TOP Ships Inc., an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, and dry bulk commodities, announced today that it entered into a bareboat agreement to charter out the M/V “EVIAN” up to 15 December 2014 at a daily rate of US$ 7,000.
On the evening of 14th June the winners of the annual Safety at Sea Awards for 2012 presented by Safety at Sea magazine were announced, and awards presented, at a reception held onboard the WW2 cruiser HMS Belfast in London. There were seven awards given in total covering areas such as equipment, tr
OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel announces that the Company’s cargo transportation efficiency has improved. Fleet modernization and further optimization of container transportation with respect to cargoes shipped from Dudinka made it possible to improve performance specifications of the vessels and reduce ha
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has undertaken its first Clean Shipping Index (CSI) verification for the product tanker Bit Viking. GL issued the vessel with a Statement of Compliance confirming that the data submitted by owner Tarbit Shipping meets the requirements of the Index, an essential step for ensur
Dockwise Ltd. today announces near USD 85 million backlog additions in new contracts, bringing total for this quarter to approximately USD 102 million. Dockwise was awarded fifteen short term contracts, mainly for execution in Q2 and Q3 2012. The projects include twelve jack-up rig transports for va
The Dutch contribution to NATO’s counterpiracy operation Ocean Shield is to be expanded. A second helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance will give an impulse to intelligence-gathering in particular. A submarine will once again also be deployed for this task. Although the House
Summa Group is purchasing a 56% stake in Far Eastern Shipping Company, OJSC (part of the FESCO Group) from the Industrial Investors Company. The acquisition of FESCO will enable Summa Group to expand the geographic area in which it operates and will provide an entrance to three major marine basins t
Cargotec has secured an order for a Siwertell ship unloader from Denmark’s leading power company, Dong Energy; it will ensure a high-capacity unloading of wood pellets and coal for one of the most efficient power stations of its kind. The order is booked into the first quarter order intake. Dong Ene
Paragon Shipping Inc. announced yesterday that it has taken delivery of the M/V Precious Seas, a 37,205 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $1
Brussels is to study the consequences of a terrorist attack on a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas, oil or chemicals. The European Commission’s mobility and transport directorate has called for tender documents on the study — the latest in a series of maritime security reports — to be submitted
ERRIA, a shipping company specialized in providing administrative ship management, announced yesterday that it has sold and transferred vessel named MT Ingrid Jakobsen in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, to the Uni-Tankers shipping line. MT ERRIA NIMMER is the eight of nine vessels t
Computer-based training (CBT) specialist, Seagull, has been awarded Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) approval for a new, comprehensive ship security training package that is in full compliance with the Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code. These new security training courses will be a
On June 6th, Kenz Cranes, well-known specialist in offshore lifting and hoisting solutions, successfully delivered the new build 12t ram luffing pedestal crane. The crane was handed over to the Sea Trucks Group (STG) for installation onboard the newly build DP-2 construction support vessel ‘Jascon 5
