Intellocorp LLC a Maritime Technology Company focused on business and process optimization in the Maritime industry is launching IntelloShip and SeaPlan in January 2012, together with its partner a Danish ship owner. IntelloShip and SeaPlan together give a better overview of the daily operations and
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has appointed Mr Christian Freiherr von Oldershausen to the newly created position of Senior Vice President Global Sales. In his new position, Mr von Oldershausen will be responsible for enhancing global sales, working closely together with GL’s regional and area management.
British experts in the first ever expedition to explore and take samples from the “Dragon Vent” in the south-west Indian Ocean have found a remarkable array of creatures, some of them new to science. Dr. Jon Copley, a marine biologist at the University of Southampton who guided the exploration of th
Gas Natural Europe, a subsidiary of GAS NATURAL FENOSA, supplier of natural gas in France, has made its first LNG unloading at the regasification plant of Montoir in Brittany, operated by Elengy (a GDF Suez subsidiary) in order to consolidate and enhance its presence in the French market. The energ
Plans to remove the cargo of 54,304 tonnes of Vacuum Gas Oil from the merchant vessel Genmar Companion have now been finalised. The transfer will start on 31 December 2011 (weather permitting). The vessel has been sheltering off the Copeland Islands at the entrance to Belfast Lough since 16 December
The Istanbul channel was closed in both directions on Wednesday since heavy fog reduced visibility thus tanker traffic through Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait, a key shipping channel for Russian oil, was delayed. Traffic disruptions affected six tankers scheduled to transit the Bosphorus on Wednesday but
A Turkish freighter Dogu Haslaman sank in Aegean Sea 25 miles off Turkish mainland Cesme. The 71 meters ship with a cargo of ammonium nitrate was on the way from Istanbul to Ashdod, Israel. The ship had suffered water ingress by yet unknown reasons. Two coast guard boats and Coast Guard helicopters
Fire started on board of general cargo vessel Credo docked in Kherson River Port, Ukraine, on December 27. Fire started in a cabin of one of the engineers and extended to other cabins and compartments. Assistance was provided by 5 firefighting city teams and one firefighting boat after what fire was
On 25 December MPI Discovery arrived at the Port of Esbjerg, where it will load wind turbines for the World’s largest offshore wind farm – London Array. Blue Water Shipping is agent on behalf of MPI Offshore, and Blue Water Shipping is responsible for the loading of the wind turbines for London Arra
Orbcomm, a Satellite Data Communications Company, announced that the Luxembourg-based LuxSpace Sarl, an affiliate of OHB System, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite has been successful. The VesselSat2 maritime-tracking satellite, which will be used to
A new anti-piracy project with a startup grant of $2 million from the European Union has been initiated by the Eastern and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region countries. The MASE (Maritime Security) project has been under development since May 2010 and it was signed last week by regional economi
Sea trials of frigate INS Teg have been successfully finished in the Baltic Sea; the ship was built for Indian Navy by Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia), reports ITAR-TASS. According to the shipyard’s press secretary Sergei Mikhailov, all shipboard systems including BrahMos missile system operat
On December 22, Subaru vehicles were first delivered directly from Japan to Ust-Luga port, bypassing intermediate transshipment points in Europe. New cars were shipped from Yokosuka port onboard the Pleiades Spirit ocean-going car carrier. The batch of 1,068 vehicles was transshipped in the terminal
The 88 meter long, 470 dwt high speed Craft Osman Gazi 1 collided with the 193 meter long, 9830 dwt ro-ro ferry Und Ege in the Sea of Marmara on December 26, 2011. The Und Ege struck the upper port side of the ferry’s hull operating between İstanbul’s Yenikapı port and Güzelyalı, Bursa causing some
