The floating dry dock, 165 x 35 meter in dimension, broke loose from its mooring at the southern quay of Oresund DryDocks premises in Landskrona on the 27th of November 2011. The dock drifted in an eastern direction towards bay of Lundåkra, due to the high sea water level occurring at that day it pa
In response to changing market conditions, Hamburg Süd and Aliança have decided to restructure their service between North Europe and East Coast South America. The new service configuration will operate with seven 7,100 TEU “Santa” class vessels. These vessels are purpose-built for this trade and fe
Island Offshore announces that the Island Captain have been chartered as a well stimulation vessel by Halliburton AS for a 2 months firm contract. The vessel will be operating on the Clipper South field in the Southern North Sea. The Island Captain is with this joining Island Commander and Island Pa
Bibby Ship Management Group announces that it has established its representative office in Norway. The Group has been engaged in a successful cooperation with leading Norwegian shipowners in the sphere of crew management for several years, so setting up a permanent presence was just a logical step t
Dockwise Ltd. today announces six new awards totaling USD 57 million, for execution in H1 2012 and 2015. The wins include a reservation contract, securing the transportation of a spar buoy for the Statoil operated Aasta Hansteen offshore production field, formerly known as the Luva field. The spar b
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers, containerships and multipurpose vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced today that it sold for scrap one of the oldest container vessels in its fleet, the M/V Jonathan P, a 1,932 teu g
VSTEP has been awarded the contract to deliver two NAUTIS Bridge Simulators and classrooms with desktop Navigation and Engine Room Simulators for the simulation centre of the Technical University in Varna, Bulgaria. The TU in Varna is one of the leading maritime universities on the Black Sea. After
H.E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, UAE; Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Chairman Abu Dhabi Ports Company; H.E. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Non-Executive Director & Vice Chairman, DP World and Jonathon Porrit, Founder Director, Forum for the Future are amongst some of the eminent personalities
On 12 March 2012, SCF Group delivered a new product tanker SCF Prudencia – a further ship for SCF’s joint venture with Glencore International AG, the world’s largest oil trader. With the addition of this latest vessel the joint venture fleet of SCF and Glencore, which was established in November 201
After the Arklow Marine successfully launched and tested its first 20 m Wind Farm Service Vessel Gardian 8, the vessel departed Arklow last Monday arriving at Ramsgate on Tuesday afternoon. Gardian 8 will be operated by its new owners Dalby Offshore Renewables. To meet current enquiries from the off
On March 14th 2012 Croatian Shipping Company Atlantska Plovidba has delivered m/v “Mokosica” to Norwegian buyer in Solund. M/v “Mokosica” was built for Atlantska Plovidba at Shipyard “Kraljevica” and, as a new building, was delivered to the company on December 2006. The ship has a capacity of 1653 t
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited plans to announce a tender for dredging works at the port area. Officials’ plan is to appoint a contractor to undertake a package of dredging, quay wall construction and infilling works at “Liverpool 2” (Liverpool’s new deep water container terminal), Por
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, having considered the recommendations contained in the GESAMP reports of MEPC 63/2/11, granted FINAL APPROVAL to ERMA FIRST Ballast Water Treatment system, during the latest IMO MEPC 63 meeting, which took place from the 27th February till the 2nd of
AF Group has entered into an agreement with Yara Glomfjord to upgrade quays and dredge in front of quays. The contract includes rehabilitation and renovation of the quay structures. This project will commence in March 2012 and is scheduled for completion in May 2013. The contract has an estimated va
