Ginny Louise, a vessel designed by a Norfolk company to handle the North Sea conditions, will enter service today . Operated by Docking-based Tidal Transit, she will be in charge of transferring workers from Lowestoft to the Greater Gabbard site off the Suffolk coast. This £1.5m newbuild is designed
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd has announced an investment of £2 million in the long-term lease of new purpose-built premises in Westhill, Aberdeen. The new building will include a bespoke test tank – the first of its kind in Aberdeen – and the most advanced dynamic positioning simulator on the market. The
GmbH, independent experts in providing maritime electronics solutions to the merchant industry, announced that it was selected by the leading heavy lift shipping company Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) to provide total ship-to-shore communications and maintenance solutions contract for their 21+ vessels. PRO
CMA CGM announces the reshuffling of its services on the Asia-West Mediterranean trade in partnership with Maersk Line (ML). As from early April 2012, the new CMA CGM Asia – West Med network will be covered by the following loops: New MEX 1 A service jointly operated by CMA CGM and Maersk Line with
Wallem Ship Management in Hong Kong has ordered DNV Navigator for its managed fleet of more than 190 ships. The contract also includes the Work and Rest Hours module allowing for compliance with international legislation on rest hours for seafarers. DNV Navigator is a dedicated decisions support too
Pallas Group has through its subsidiary, Ocean Rederi AB, extended the timecharter contract with Erik Thun AB for the vessel M/V Pallas Ocean for another 12 months. The 12 month period began on l February. “We are now entering the 5th year as owner of M/V Pallas Ocean and in a bad market because of
Oversupply of container vessels operating on the Asia – Europe trade lane has pushed Maersk Line’s container freight rates to unsustainably low levels. In order to rationalise its service, Maersk Line is removing 9% of its vessel capacity currently operating on the Asia – Europe trade. “With this ad
Floatel International has signed a Contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited for provision of its accommodation and construction support vessel Floatel Victory for the Clair Ridge Development project. The Clair Ridge field is located on the UK Continental Shelf, approximately 66 km west
Sovcomflot (SCF Group) agreed a further joint project with Glencore International AG to own, operate and manage four coated LR1 type product tankers (74,000 tonnes DWT). The vessels “SCF Plymouth”, “SCF Pacifica” and “SCF Pearl” built in 2011 at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co (South Korea) will immediatel
MPI Offshore have been announced as the inaugural winner of the Offshore Renewables award at the recent Annual Offshore Support Journal awards held in London. The company was given the award for its new generation of wind turbine installation vessels. Peter Robinson, Managing Director said: “We are
In order to take account of the 2010 amendments to the IMO STCW Convention, which came into force in January 2012, and which for the first time will make it mandatory for trainee engine ratings to provide evidence of structured on board training, ISF has updated its widely used On Board Training Rec
Globus Maritime Limited, a dry bulk shipping company, announced redelivery of vessel by Charterers outside the dedelivery range and without replenishment of bunkers. Specifically, Allied Maritime Inc., the Charterer of the m/v Star Globe, a 2010-built 56,867 dwt Supramax bulkcarrier, informed Compan
Eckero Line will reportedly obtain Moby Freedom, a new ship for Helsinki-Tallinn route, which will replace the old Norlandia as soon as she retires. Constructed in South Korea by DSME in 2001, Moby is currently operating in Italy between Rome and Sardinia. Prior to entering service, Moby will underg
This year Amarcon noticed an increase in orders for her hydrodynamic analysis software: OCTOPUS-Office. In the last few months major companies within the maritime industry like Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC), Mammoet and RWE Innogy placed an order for the software. Newcomer within
