Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc announce that they are submitting applications to Hull City Council for the development of the proposed Green Port Hull facility. Joint applications are being made for the demolition of existing buildings at Alexandra Dock and the development of a facto
Optimarin, the provider of simple and flexible Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) systems for the global maritime industry, has signed a framework agreement with DOF for the delivery of BWT systems. The agreement establishes the terms governing contracts to be awarded within 2012 to 2015, in particular p
According to ABB, a significant increase has been noted in terms of demand upgraded vessel information and control systems in last 12 months. The engineering and technology conglomerate relates the growth to ship operators needing to comply with new environmental regulations, while also wanting to l
Upon entering a port on the west coast of Scotland, the Dutch-registered ship run aground. The 7500-tonne and 135m-long container vessel was stuck for more than two hours on its way to Ocean Terminal in Greenock. The container was later re-floated and towed back to the terminal by two tugs. No pollu
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary P/R International Offshore Services ANS, reached an agreement to sell the PSV vessel ‘Lady Christine’ (1985, ME 202, 2,368 DWT). Delivery of the vessel to the new owner is expected to take place within the end of December 2011. Sale of th
KONGSBERG has been awarded a significant offshore automation contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The contract covers deliveries to two semi-submersible drilling rigs (Cat-D), with an option for KONGSBERG to deliver products and services for two more semi-submersible drilli
Maersk and the U.S. Navy are testing algae-based biofuel on the container ship Maersk Kalmar. The ship is en route from Northern Europe to India. Maersk Kalmar has two key attributes that make it a suitable vessel for biofuel testing. The 300 meter-long container ship has a dedicated auxiliary test
The United Nations Climate Change Conference has concluded its seventeenth session (COP 17/CMP 7) in Durban, South Africa, meeting from 28 November to the early hours of 11 December 2011. As anticipated, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFC
NYK Line GmbH has conferred its NYK Captain Eco Award 2011 on the EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven. Thorsten Kröger, General Manager of NYK Line in Hamburg, and Torben Stecher, Environmental Facilitator of the Japanese shipping company, handed over the award on 12 December in Bremerhaven to E
Leading German heavy lift operator BBC Chartering from Leer secured the contract to transport radio telescope antennas for the currently largest cosmic project on earth, the ALMA observatory. This international partnership project under development aims at further studying the universe and is locate
BASS Software Ltd, a leading provider of maritime software solutions, has added a top ranking customer to its expanding customer base with the German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd AG choosing its fleet management systems. Hapag-Lloyd, which operates a fleet of more than 145 container ships, selected th
SCF Sovcomflot (SCF Group) reported results for the nine month period ended 30 September 2011. SCF Highlights – Gross revenues USD 1,075.6 million (+ 7.9 pct) – Time charter equivalent (TCE) revenues USD 697.3 million (-3.5 pct) – EBITDA USD 361.0 million (-13.7 pct) – Net profit USD 46.6 million (-
Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Expedition has safely delivered a 18,000 ton topside for process, utilities and living quarters for the Castor project offshore Spain. The topside was loaded onto Heerema’s H-541 barge and towed from Corpus Christi towards Spain. The Castor project is a 1,3
Kongsberg Maritime has released a sophisticated Engine Room Simulator (ERS) model based on a Dual Fuel Diesel Electric (DFDE) Engine Room configuration from a modern liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The new DFDE model will offer the most sophisticated simulator training for LNG engineers availab
