APM Terminals’ 2011 Sustainability Report shows continued improvement in sustainability performance throughout the company’s global port, terminal and inland services network. Ongoing work to achieve the highest possible safety standards, reduction of the environmental impact of expanding global ope
At the turn of the year 2011/2012, Demag Cranes commissioned its first Generation 5 Portal Harbour Crane in Latin America. This G HSK 4316 B, a variant of Model 4, is being used to handle fertilisers and construction material for Fospar S.A. Fertilizantes Fosfatados do Paraná (Fospar) at their termi
Admiralty today announced the launch of a global promotion, sponsoring 100 bridge officers to undertake comprehensive ECDIS training in maritime colleges around the world. The promotion offers bridge officers from anywhere in the world the chance to win a place on a generic ECDIS training course bas
Capital Product Partners L.P. today announced that it secured employment for the M/T ‘Miltiadis M II’ and for the M/T ‘Amore Mio II’ and that it has sold the M/T ‘Attikos.’ In particular, the M/T ‘Miltiadis M II’ (162,397 dwt built 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., South
Certificates awarded to KONGSBERG liquid cargo handling training simulators. Kongsberg Maritime’s Neptune Cargo Handling Simulator has been approved to the latest Det Norske Veritas (DNV) standards. The Class A approval, received early March 2012, covers the ship models available within the system a
Today, the Minister for Business and Growth, the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education have held a dialogue meeting on the Blue Denmark. At the same time, the ministers appoint a growth team for the Blue Denmark. This marks the start of the Govern
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (EMS) today announced that the Company has been awarded a USD 12 million order from the navy of an undisclosed European NATO country. The order is for general supplies to the country’s naval fleet operating mainly in Mediterranean and Atlantic waters over the remaining o
Havila Shipping has entered into an agreement with Petrobras, Brazil for the PSV vessel Havila Fortress. The contract is for a firm period of four years with possible extension for another four years. The commencement is at the end of second quarter. Havila Fortress will be the fourth PSV vessel tha
Seacat Services, the Isle of Wight based wind farm support vessel operator, announced the signing of operational contracts for it’s two 19m (21m LOA) DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels, ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and ‘Seacat Reliance’. The vessels will commence operations as a pair on DONG Ene
FSUE “Rosmorport” general director A.V.Lavrishchev became a party to the joint meeting on the issues of Olya seaport development during his working trip to Astrakhan region. The meeting was originally initiated by the head of Rosmorrechflot A.A.Davydenko and the head of Astrakhan region goverment K.
ERRIA, a shipping company specialized in providing administrative ship management, announced that it has sold and transferred vessel named MT Erria Helen, on March 20, to the Uni-Tankers shipping line. MT Erria Helen is the third of nine vessels that the company is planning to sell. MT Erria Ida is
In mid-February MV Feruz, a specialist ferry for railway wagons, was one of several vessels which got into difficulties in a heavy storm in the Black Sea. The master demonstrated impressive seamanship by steering her into a small, narrow (outside) swimming pool of an aqua park, close to the port of
Otto Marine Limited, an offshore marine company which specializes in building offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, announces that it has secured a bareboat charter contract from SeaHold GEOSHIPS LIMITED for an initial value of US$ 36.5 million over 5 ye
On March 16, TERCAT took delivery of four Super-Post-Panamax quay cranes for its new container terminal at Muelle Prat, making a total of eight such cranes at the facility. TERCAT, a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group, received the first four quay cranes for Muelle Prat on 6 March. The cran
