Europe’s inland port infrastructure looks set to benefit from the European Commission’s (EC) decision to adopt Trans-European… (PortWorld) [mappress] Source: PortWorld, October 21, 2011
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 150 million loan to Wärtsilä to finance the company’s research, development and innovation activities in several European countries. Wärtsilä will invest the funds during 2011-2012 in research activities aimed at further developing the company’s e
Sea trials of new Italian Carlo Bergamini-class frigate (FREMM project) have been started, reported Italian Navy. The new frigate is designed for antiaircraft/antiship/antisubmarine warfare, delivering strikes upon enemy ships at sea and at basing sites, fire support of landing operations, destructi
Statoil has received consent for temporary use of Volve with the Navion Europa vessel for storage of oil. The consent is valid through 31 October 2011. Statoil has previously received consent for temporary use of Volve with Navion Europa through 15 October 2011. This new consent entails an extension
Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd (SHL) is being awarded the Foundation installation contract for the Offshore Windpark RIFFGAT project by Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. Offshore Windpark Riffgat is planned with 30 turbines (3.6 MW each) and one substation, covering an area of 5 x 1.2 km² a
On October 20, 2011 the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte attended the signing ceremony for a major long-term agreement between the Port of Rotterdam and Shtandart TT B.V. Shareholders of Shtandart TT B.V. are Summa Group (75%) and the Dutch com
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and sea freight specialist of DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announces the widening of its business focus to include the marine spare parts logistics industry. The move includes the launch of its first global marine spare parts logistics control towe
The EcoCalc is one of the few emissions calculators in liner shipping to cover not only the ocean leg, but also the emissions of the other modes of transport for the pre-carriage and on-carriage. With the launch of the new EcoCalc, Hapag-Lloyd today became the first shipping company in the world to
Portugal’s government will invest US$3.43 billion in various infrastructures at the country’s five biggest ports, according to reports in… (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, October 20, 2011
The Board of Directors has appointed Morten Persen (54) as the company’s managing director/CEO. Morten Persen has 23 years of diversified international industry and top management experience focused on operations, restructuring, line management, board representation, as well as international commerc
In response to still pressing piracy threat off the coast of Somaila, Transas has developed an Anti-Piracy solution that will support maritime schools in performing relevant training. The Transas Anti-Piracy package consists of a mothership, a smaller mothership and four fastboats with different spe
DNV Navigator certificate no. 2000 has now been installed on the HS Chopin. The event took place while the 3,500 TEU container vessel visited the port of Hamburg yesterday. Navigator is a software package that simplifies port clearance procedures and ensures that the crew have the information needed
Between 29th September and 1st October 2011 Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated its 35th anniversary. An open day with over 20,000 visitors concluded the festivities in the Austrian village of Nenzing. Such a high attendance by far exceeded the ambitious expectations in the planning stages. The fe
Polarcus Limited announced that the Company has entered into a research collaboration project with Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd (CCC) in the United Kingdom to develop carbon mineralization technology. Such technology could potentially be used to reduce CO2 emissions from ships, including emissions f
