The Malta-flagged cargo Kaie encountered a considerable calamity off Brunsbüttel. The 89 meter long, 4161 dwt freighter Kaie, while enroute Antwerp-Frederiksvaerk, attempted to anchor on the NW-anchorage and collided on January 3 with the 114 meter long, 4300 dwt Alteland which was underway from Ceu
On 21 December, a team of marines left the United Arab Emirates on board MV Swan with Tunisia as its destination. This military team, a so-called Vessel Protection Team (VPD), will protect the vulnerable sea transport against piracy. Shortly thereafter, three more 3 VPDs got under way. The dredger ‘
From late January onward, the Netherlands will deploy a military security team on board a World Food Programme ship of the United Nations. The team will protect humanitarian aid transports to Somalia against piracy. The Council of Ministers agreed as much on 23 December.The security team will be dep
Poor weather conditions have prevented the transfer of a stricken oil tanker’s cargo to another ship along the Co Down coast. Genmar Companion was sailing from Rotterdam to New York to deliver its cargo of 54,000 tones of vacuum gas oil when a crack developed on its upper deck in the middle of Decem
APM Terminals officially takes control over the container terminal at the port of Gothenburg today. The terminal operating company, Skandia Container Terminal AB, has been renamed APM Terminals Gothenburg AB to capitalize on the worldwide recognition of the APM Terminals Global Port, Terminal and In
TOP Ships Inc. announced today the expiration of the bareboat charter party of the MV PAPILLON. Following its redelivery, the vessel was renamed to “EVIAN”. TOP Ships Inc. is an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, and dry b
After taking office on 1 January 2012, the IMO Secretary-General Mr. Koji Sekimizu today announced a number of changes in the structure of the IMO Secretariat. Mr. Sekimizu said: “The biggest challenge I see in the coming years, in terms of management of the Organization, is how to improve the ‘deli
Goldenport Holdings Inc. the international shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of container and dry bulk vessels announces that it has concluded the sale of the sub-panamax container vessel ‘Grand Vision’, to the unaffiliated third party “Gunehr Shipping Limited” of Charlestown, Nevis, f
Technip Norge AS have declared an option to the existing contract for the 2012-season on the OCV “NORTH SEA GIANT” and will now retain the vessel until end 2013. The vessel will be employed on a number of large subsea construction projects in the North Sea during 2012, including flex-lay duties on G
GSP Prince provides survey services & support for the South Stream project. The operations performed from GSP Prince covered by now about a half of the 900-kilometer long route with most of the South Stream pipeline route lying at depths of over 2 kilometers. A record reduction in time has been achi
Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd is taking delivery of 2 Damen built Twin Axe Bow crew transfer vessels. The MCS SIROCCO will be delivered at Singapore week 2012. This vessel is fitted with a surveyors desk in the w/house, a moon pool and increased cooling system to work in the tropics. This vess
Maersk Line, one of the world’s biggest shipping companies, has widen its weekly Asia-Port Said shuttle AE5 beyond Port Said to Turkey. The company has also adde a call in Guangzhou’s Nansha terminal. The AE5 now has a rotation of Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen-Yantian, Gaungzhou-Nansha, Tanjung Pelepas
The European Union’s anti-piracy naval force, Operation Atalanta, is reflecting deeply on extending the range of their activities to the beaches of Somalia, where the piracy developments are deemed to be the most intensive. The EU committee has requested the force’s commander to develop plans for re
TOP Ships Inc. announces that it has sold the M/V PEPITO, a 75,928 dwt drybulk vessel built in 2001. The sale of the M/V PEPITO will result in a book loss of approximately $25 million. TOP Ships Inc. is an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, p
