The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 12 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2012 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were two new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during Apri
The operation to remove the wreck of the cargo ship MV Carrier, which ran aground near Llanddulas, North Wales, was completed this week. It has taken contractors, PGC, less than six weeks to remove the wreck and all scrap materials from the vessel have now been removed from the site. However residua
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) announced the appointment of Jon Dale as Managing Director IHC Engineering Business. Neil Baxter has been the Managing Director since February 2011 having joined with the specific objective of strengthening the management capabilities and systems within IHC EB to be
As a symbol of collaboration between MSC Cruises’ and UNICEF, major UNICEF representatives and guests will be involved in the christening ceremony of MSC Divina, which will take place in Marseille, France, on 26 May 2012. When MSC Divina takes to the seas, her guests will have the opportunity to sup
International legal and claims consultants C Solutions Ltd today announced the appointment of Laurence McFadyen as Senior Legal Consultant. He will work alongside members of the firm’s global shipping team, assisting clients in particular with the investigation and management of maritime casualties
APM Terminals’ European Director of Port Investments and Projects Michiel Ybema proposed a systematic approach to analyzing and enhancing container port productivity on the Sea of Marmara at the 4th Annual Port Financial International Black Sea Conference held in Istanbul recently. The Sea of Marmar
Evergreen Line together with MOL will launch a new all-water service linking major Asian ports to key destinations on the U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal. The new service will commence in June 2012. The new Asia-U.S. East Coast Service 3 (AUE3) will add more direct calls to Evergreen’s service ne
Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd, the UK’s providers of energy support services reports that, yesterday at 12.13h, an Eurocopter EC225 helicopter (registration G-REDW) outbound from Aberdeen going to the Ensco102 Maersk Resilient platform made a controlled descent 24 nautical miles off-shore. The Capta
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Engineering and Supply Department has won the 2011 RINA-LR Maritime Safety Award for their innovative work in ensuring and improving the safety of its lifeboats. The award, sponsored by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and Lloyd’s Regi
Aberdeen Coastguard has confirmed that a helicopter has been forced to ditch into the North Sea 30 miles east of Aberdeen. 14 people on board have been confirmed to be in a liferaft and rescue units are now on scene. Aberdeen Coastguard was alerted at 12.15pm that a Bond helicopter was on route from
The BARD Group is intensifying its construction activities in the development site of BARD Offshore 1, the first commercial offshore wind farm in the North Sea located around 100 kilometres off the island coast of Borkum. From now on, the JB 117 belonging to the Dutch company Jack-Up Barge B.V. will
The European Investment Bank has formally agreed to provide the final part of EUR 900m overall funding to support investment by the Port of Rotterdam Authority in port infrastructure, of which Maasvlakte 2 is by far the most important. The European Union’s long-term lending institution has funded la
Gardline Geosciences Limited announced that it has signed a contract with Red7Marine for the long term charter of the 91 m, DP2 vessel DP Reel. The addition of the DP Reel increases Gardline’s geotechnical fleet to 7 units, of which 3 are based in European waters. This vessel will undertake borehole
Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) subsidiary in Poland, recently entered into a credit facility agreement for US$46.5 million with Bank Pekao S.A for the modernization of the terminal in Gdynia. The facility consists of a 10-year capital expen
