Atlantic Container Line commences a new, weekly RORO service from the North America to Russia and Finland. It is the fastest and most frequent service available in the market. The service begins February 2012, using ACL’s transatlantic vessels and Finnlines’ ice-class Baltic vessels. The Grimaldi Gr
A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get re
Peel Ports has appointed Douglas Coleman; one of the UK’s most experienced project directors, as its Programme Director for the construction of the planned in-river container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. The primary purpose of Coleman’s role is to take charge of the landmark container terminal
Diana Containerships Inc. , a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that the Company took delivery of two Panamax container vessels, m/v “Cap San Marco” and m/v “Cap San Raphael”, on Monday, February 6, 2012. The m/v “Cap San Marco” is a 2001-bu
A cooperation between two leading energy efficiency improvers yields new potential to reduce emissions for shipowners around the world. At a press conference in Singapore, FutureShip announced its cooperation with Iceland-based Marorka. Together, the two companies will integrate each other’s product
Members of the G6 Alliance announced today that their groundbreaking cooperation in Asia-Europe container shipping will begin operation in the first week of March – one month ahead of schedule. “We are eager to roll out our competitive products to benefit customers by offering a comprehensive and in
The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners’ associations represent all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet, met in London on 6 February. Piracy ICS members reviewed the continuing threat to shipping from Somali pira
Paragon Shipping Inc., yesterday announced that it has entered into a fixed rate time charter agreement for its vessel, the M/V Friendly Seas, with Western Bulk Carriers AS. The M/V Friendly Seas, a 2008 built 58,779 dwt Supramax bulkcarrier, has been fixed to Western Bulk Carriers for a period of 1
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has recently welcomed its first six graduates onto the Bibby Offshore Academy Graduate Training Scheme. Bibby Offshore Academy was launched last year to address the training needs of potential future employees and for the management and de
Veripos, has been awarded an extension to its contract with BP under which it will continue to provide precision positioning for the energy company’s turret monitoring system aboard its floating production storage and offloading unit in the West Shetland Basin, BP Schiehallion. With the extended con
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that nine foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during December 2011 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
As oil and gas developments go deeper, the risk related to lifting operations is increasing. “Existing standards and regulations don’t sufficiently meet this challenge and this is why DNV now has initiated a joint industry project to ensure a unified safety approach. Fourteen key international offsh
Demag Cranes started financial year 2011/2012 with ongoing growth. Demag Cranes once again outperformed the prior year on our key reporting indicators: Group order intake, Group revenue and operating EBIT. Demag Cranes AG’s CEO, Aloysius Rauen, states: “Financial year 2011/2012 has started well for
VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), announced that Marlink, one of the largest maritime VSAT network operators, has upgraded its global service with the integration of iDirect’s Evolution® X5 Satellite Router and latest operating software release, iDX 3.0. Vessels
