On Monday 5 December 2011, Regs4ships Limited Senior Surveyor Mark Robinson and Surveyor Robert Aldous were officially appointed as government ship surveyors for Transport Malta (Maritime). Now officially recognised, Mark and Rob can conduct flag‐in surveys as well as perform flag state inspections
The TK Bremen ran aground 100 meters from the Erdeven beach, plague de Kerminhy, between Lorient and the Quiberon peninsula, approximately ten miles from Auray on December 16. The nineteen crew members were evacuated by a helicopter of the naval aviation base of Lann-Bihoué. The ship did not carry c
Siem Offshore has entered into an agreement for the sale of the mid-size PSV “Siem Danis” at a price of USD 34 million. The delivery is scheduled for first quarter 2012. The sale will represent a gain of approximately USD 14 Million. The sales proceeds will be used to repay debt of approximately USD
Six leading container shipping lines have agreed to create one of the largest vessel networks in the Far East-to-Europe trade lane. The comprehensive agreement will bring together members of The New World and Grand alliances to create The G6 Alliance. New World Alliance members are APL, Hyundai Merc
Shagang Shipping, a China-based company, has failed the cover the $4.8m charter costs for a dry bulk vessel to Greece-based Diana Shipping. The vessel MV Houston keeps operating in accordance with the terms of the charter. The charter termination date is October 2014. The Greek shipping firm singed
A project has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry. The partnership involves a collaboration of seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies. The Joint Industry Project is called Energy Efficient Offshore Partners, and consists
Investment bank Pareto Securities reports that rents for ships hauling liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached a record as winter fuel demand runs up against few available vessels. The hiring of an LNG carrier for a year now amounts to $150,000 (Dh550,920) a day, what is 11% higher than the previous wee
Following the overturn of Russia’s Kolskaya drilling rig on December 18, the Atlas rescue vessel has joined the searching of the missing crewmen this morning Itar-Tass News Agency reports. The Atlas vessel is participating in rescue operations together with other rescuing boats, among which there ar
In collaboration with Hamburg Süd and ZIM, Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL have decided to upgrade their tonnage deployed in the Transatlantic Service between Europe and North America East Coast. As from March 2012 instead of four 3,700 TEU vessels, four 5,400 TEU ships are then to
Diana Containerships Inc., a global shipping company specializing in owning and operating containerships, today announced that it has signed two Memoranda of Agreement with Reederei Santa Containerschiffe GmbH & Co. KG for the purchase of two Panamax container vessels, MV “Cap San Marco” and MV “Cap
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Northern Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig ENERGY EXERTER from Malta to Northern Europe in January 2012. The Fairstar open stern, semi-submersible vessel FJELL is expected to load the ENERGY EXERTER in early January and
Cargotec supplies MacGregor floating terminals for water taxis to Norwegian municipalities and a hydraulically operated MacGregor vehicle shore ramp to Grenland Havn. The Norwegian municipalities of Vikna, Leka and Nærøy are jointly procuring four MacGregor floating terminals for water taxis, each c
The Port of Le Havre now accounts for the port of choice for the world’s top shipping lines. It received the maiden calls of three new ultra large containerships, Mars owned by China Shipping Container Line, Nevada by CMA CGM and Beryl by MSC. Ultra large box vessel calls, of capacity more than 10,0
After an oil drilling platform capsized Sunday in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia’s east coast, 4 workers have been reported missing and 49 killed. The Russian Emergencies Ministry stated that there were 67 people aboard the Kolskaya jack up drilling rig as it was being towed about 120 miles off the c
