Terminal Catalunya (TERCAT), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group, took delivery of four Super-Post-Panamax quay cranes at its Muelle Prat terminal in the Port of Barcelona. This is the first batch of a total of eight cranes with the remaining four scheduled for delivery on 18 March 2012. A
The IMDO welcomed the announcement of a new Cork based ship management company that has been launched offering a bespoke consultative service to the maritime industry. Barry Shipping was established at the end of 2011 by Owen Barry who is a Cork native who graduated from CIT in 1996 Commenting on th
The new scheduled transatlantic service of the New World Alliance consortium (APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine and Mitsui OSK Lines) is also to call at Bremerhaven. As the first container vessel operating on this service, the APL Shanghai was tied up, on 1th March, at the EUROGATE Container Terminal Bre
Last week the test program of Mammoet’s three new PTC 140/200 DS (Platform, Twin ring, Containerized) cranes was completed in Westdorpe (the Netherlands). The last tests involved a PTC 140 DS fitted with a 140 meter main boom and 106 meter luffing jib. The tip of the jib was over 250 meters (820 fee
Italian-based shipping company Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company S.P.A., owner and operator of the Motor Vessel Bottiglieri Challenger, and Vito La Forgia, the vessel’s chief engineer, have been charged in a four-count indictment with the illegal dumping of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste w
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the company has held the MOL Safety Conference 2012 in Manila, Mumbai, Dubrovnik, and Tokyo. About 210 seafarers who were on leave took part in the conference on February 13 in Manila, about 100 participated on February 23 in Mumbai, about 130 attended
PortNews reports that the head of Rostransmodernizatsiya said the authorities of Temryuk municipality have held public hearings on new Taman Port project. Igor Freydin, Director General of “Directorate of the State Customer to Implement the Federal Program “Modernization of Transport System of Russi
Hamburg, 5th March 2012. As part of its ongoing growth strategy and effective 7th March 2012, the Short Sea Shipping & Logistics provider Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) will revamp its Portugal and Spain services. The launch of the PANG (Portugal, Andalusia & Galicia) and CISS
The special transport vessel from China with the first four container cranes for the EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven on board docked at the quayside this morning. The “Zhenhua 23” belonging to the Chinese company ZPMC, which departed from Shanghai on 6 January 2012, spent two months at sea
On Friday afternoon the salvage team completed the discharge of Heavy Fuel Oil, Diesel Oil and Sludge form the Double Bottom Tanks. Weather permitting the crane barge ‘Meloria’ will now be moved forward in her moorings in between the stabilizer and the large damaged area. An access hole will be crea
An important series of guidelines to support the uniform implementation of mandatory measures to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Orga
An exclusive market report by Trelleborg Marine Systems has revealed that the vast majority (90%) of the port owners, operators and contractors surveyed believe that both laboratory and full scale testing are important requirements in the manufacture of docking and mooring products. Despite these en
Peel Ports today announced it has commenced the procurement phase for the construction of its new deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. It was also revealed that the landmark terminal, which will bring some of the world’s largest container ships to the Mersey, will be branded Liver
Greek tanker “Alpha 1”, carrying 1,800 tonnes of crude oil and 235 tonnes of diesel, has sank west of Athens this morning, Reuters reports. According to the coastguard officials, the 48-year-old Greek captain was killed and other 10 members of the crew were rescued. Reportedly, “Alpha 1” refueling t
