The Zarga LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal November 5, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic metr
British merchant ships sailing off the coast of Somalia will soon be able to carry armed guards to ward off pirate attacks, Prime Minister… Reporting by David Milliken (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 30, 2011
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the sole concession via SMIT Towage Northwest Europe for the provision of harbour towage services in the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. The seven year contract was awarded by MBZ to URS, part of SMIT Towage Northwest Europe. The concession represents, ba
German based owner Bernhard Schulte has agreed to place 7 chemical tankers of 16,500 dwt in Navig8’s BRIZO-8 Pool. The agreement, which comes one year after the Ruth Schulte, a 13,000 dwt chemical tanker joined the Taras-8 Pool, will bring the total count of Schulte vessels in Navig8’s pools to eigh
The Orange Blue Terminal in Eemshaven in the Netherlands, which belongs to the Buss Group, brings a new mobile harbor crane into service on 24 October. The LHM 600, which is manufactured by Liebherr, is an important milestone in the further consolidation of the terminal as a multipurpose site. With
The Supervisory Board of propulsion and energy systems specialists Tognum has four new members. All shareholder representatives now come from majority shareholders Rolls-Royce and Daimler, which hold 98.8% of Tognum’s capital through Engine Holding GmbH. The resulting composition of the Supervisory
An arms race may develop between pirates and the shipping industry given the widespread use of security teams to prevent vessels from being hijacked, the ITF has warned. It raised the fear in a letter to the US Navy which calls for land-based assaults on pirate strongholds and a crackdown on known p
On 18.10.2011 Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH and Gasnor AS (LNG market leader in Norway) agreed on bunkering vessels with LNG in the Elbehafen at Brunsbüttel, Germany. With this important step they are leading the way in offering LNG fuel at Brunsbüttel and the Northern German area, at the crossing of the r
On Friday, 28 October 2011 the research icebreaker Polarstern sets off on its 28th Antarctic expedition. Over 200 scientists and technicians from research institutions in 14 countries will take part in the five expedition legs. They will examine a wide variety of topics: oceanography and marine chem
A yacht dream is coming true: The emission-free solar yacht with towing-kite propulsion will be developed and built by the solar ship manufacturer SolarWaterWorld AG from Berlin in close cooperation with the Hamburg-based technology leader SkySails GmbH. A cooperation agreement which includes a seve
JSC Vympel Shipbuilding Plant (Rybinsk, Russia) raises production of Project 12150 Mangust fast-speed boats. The shipyard has signed contracts for 12 boats to be built in 2012, said the yard’s deputy director general for marketing Dmitry Belyakov at 15th international exhibition Interpolitekh-2011 b
AXSMarine, a shipping software company providing online chartering tools coupled with an array of in-house databases, is launching an enhanced version of its tanker software. AXSTanker, a unique and exclusive service offering reserved for tanker brokers only, has evolved to adapt to new market requi
Cairn Energy PLC, the Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has successfully deployed Centek’s Itsfu Auto Fill Sub in drilling operations in its 2011 Greenland Drilling campaign. The Itsfu provides controlled drill string filling in one third of the time of alternative met
Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS, of which NYK has a 50% share, has signed a time-charter party with Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi S.p.A, an Italian multinational oil and gas company. The contract is for two shuttle tankers for a maximum 10-year period starting from summer 2013. Two new 123,000 DWT Suez
