The Board of Directors has appointed Kim Hedegaard Sörensen as new CEO of Industrial Shipping at TransAtlantic as from 1 March, 2012. Kim Hedegaard Sörensen holds a Danish degree in Business Administration and an Executive MBA from IMD. He has held a number of executive positions at A P Möller – Mae
In 2012, Russian Navy Hydrographic Service will receive a new Project 19920 large-size hydrographic boat. Two boats of that project are already in service at Caspian Flotilla and Pacific Fleet. The third vessel is planned to join Northern Fleet. Boat of that kind is designed for hydrographic and buo
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has contracted revenues totalling USD 190 million for its fleet of four vessels, FJORD/FJELL/FORTE/FINESSE. These contracts are for the Gorgon (3 vessels) CLOV (1 vessel) Northern Offshore (1 vessel) Hercules (1 vessel) and recently announced Golden Eagle (2 vess
At a press conference held on Saturday, 28 January, on the island of Giglio, SMIT Salvage and its partner Fratelli Neri provided a technical briefing on the oil removal operation. A presentation and animation of the oil removal operation was provided to the press. A compilation of underwater video f
The UK Chamber of Shipping welcomes the discussion on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) but strongly refutes its findings with respect to shipping. The section of the Committee’s report on shipping concludes that calls by the industry for an international cap-and-trade scheme for shipping are a
Sovcomflot is extending the use of electronic navigational charts on its ships. The transition process is being supported by use of the electronic international database provided as part of the Transas Admiralty Data Service (TADS), offered by the Transas company. SCF originally started using electr
FESCO Group announces that the new office FESCO North west Europe BV started its operation. The new office will consolidate operations held by FESCO former representative offices in Netherlands and Belgium. It will continue to provide the whole range of container transportation and handling services
EnQuest’s option to purchase Bluewater’s FPSO Uisge Gorm has been exercised and the sale was completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2012. EnQuest will deploy the FPSO on the UK Alma and Galia fields. Bluewater will continue to assist EnQuest with certain conversion related engineering scopes as well
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it has chartered out five newbuilding MR2 product tankers. Angeliki Frangou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Acquisition, stated, “By chartering out forward deliveries, we continue o
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Frank, Director General of Sovcomflot. The parties discussed the interaction within the Prirazlomnoye field development, including the arrangement of oil transport
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded two contracts by Saipem to provide marine transportation services for the Golden Eagle Project in the North Sea. The first voyage is scheduled in early 2013 and will involve the FINESSE. The second voyage is scheduled in early 2014 and will invol
The Pew Environment Group today encouraged the European Commission to implement significant reforms to EU deep-sea fishing regulations. The Commission is preparing to release its deep-sea access regime proposal before the end of the first quarter of 2012. In a new policy analysis, “Out of the Abyss:
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship, has arrived in Antarctica for the first time after her long sail south from Portsmouth. Her arrival, via Montevideo in Uruguay, coincided with the centenary of the Royal Navy’s Captain Scott reaching the South Pole. HMS Protector’s first task with
An exclusive market report by Trelleborg Marine Systems has shown that an overwhelming majority (81%) of port owners, operators and consultants surveyed believe that having a safer port environment directly contributes to reducing costs. Conversely, only 9% of those surveyed actually expect future p
