Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, and Vessel Protection Solutions (VPS) announced the launch of a new anti-piracy partnership that will provide the ultimate protection for vessels and their crews while operating in known piracy regions. The solutions w
Höegh LNG said today that it has been informed by AB Klaipedos Nafta that it has the winning tender offer for a new LNG floating storage and regasification unit in Lithuania. A mandatory standstill period according to the Law on Public Procurement of the Republic of Lithuania is now in force and wil
Today the Department for Transport (DfT) have announced that Government will provide a budget of £12million per year for the support for maritime training (SMarT) scheme for the remainder of this Parliament. The UK Chamber of Shipping has welcomed the news and issued the following response from Mark
On 19 January, the Danish Maritime Authority hosted a Japanese delegation from the Ministry for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as well as from Japanese port bureaus and ports. Parliamentary Vice-Minister Mr. Kunihiko Muroi led the delegation. Japanese ports are facing increasing compet
Seajacks Kraken, a self-propelled jack-up vessel owned and operated by Seajacks, has been contracted by NAM (Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij BV) and Shell UK Limited to work on one of the largest well repair and maintenance campaigns in the Southern North Sea. The program is scheduled to last for t
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu met Secretary-General Ban on Friday, 20 January 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, and discussed matters related to IMO’s work and cooperation between the UN and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to combat Somalia-based piracy. It was the first time
SMIT Salvage, a unit of Dutch maritime services firm Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has been hired by Carnival Plc to remove the 2,400 tons of fuel from the Costa Concordia. Over the weekend, a full bathometry survey was initiated. The outcome of the survey will provide further insight into seabed be
In preparation of Offshore Support Vessels Summit 2012, a new survey conducted by the Oil and Gas IQ asked more than 200 offshore maritime experts to present their views on energy efficiency OSVs. The survey shows that a significant 87.5 per cent of industry experts believe that energy efficient OSV
The Republic of Lithuania Port of Klaipeda and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding that promises to open Philadelphia ports to the European and Asian shipping trade via the ice-free port of Klaipeda, the Lithuanian port city on the eastern c
DNV has developed a new pipeline concept, called X-Stream, that can significantly reduce the cost of a deep- and ultra-deepwater gas pipeline while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regime. X-Stream is based on established and field-proven technologies which have been innovativ
Dutch media reported that the cargo ship Aztec Maiden run aground on Friday, off the Dutch coast. The Philippine cargo ship was stranded near the beach of Wijk aan Zee, 20km west of Amsterdam, after breaking its anchor during a storm thus it drifted towards the coastline. According to the Dutch coas
Following the tragic Costa Concordia accident, Carnival Corporation & plc, parent company of Costa Cruises and nine leading cruise lines around the world, announced a comprehensive audit and review of all safety and emergency response procedures across all of the company’s cruise lines. Carnival Cor
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded an 18 month contract extension for the drillship West Navigator by A/S Norske Shell. This contract extension will secure employment for West Navigator until end of June 2014. The estimated revenue value for the contract extension is US$320 million. Alf C Thor
Ukraine and the Kingdom of Morocco are going to develop relationships in the field of maritime merchant shipping. On January 18, 2012 the Cabinet of Ministers adopted the decree “About the ratification by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and
