Dolphin Group ASA announces that it will enter into an agreement with Sanco Shipping AS regarding a five year chartering agreement for Sanco Swift, a 16 streamer seismic vessel currently under construction at Kleven Maritime, Norway, with delivery in June 2013. As part of the agreement, Dolphin will
The positive levels of activity recorded by Aberdeen Harbour throughout the first half of the year have continued through to September, with the port announcing improved performance across various sectors in the third quarter. Across the nine months, overall vessel tonnage has risen by five per cent
AP Moller-Maersk will make more regular use of armed guards on tankers passing through the Gulf of Aden, the company has confirmed. However, there are “no immediate plans” to extend the policy to containerships, Maersk Tankers chief technical officer Steffen Jacobsen added. It remains unclear which
Amarcon is widely recognized as a state of the art supplier of decision support, motion monitoring and fuel management software for the shipping and offshore construction. The Dutch based company is currently in the process of expanding her worldwide presence by appointing agents for product represe
In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550 kilometres south-east of Baghdad. The co
Sea trials of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, which is getting a face-lift ahead of its induction in the Indian Navy, have been postponed… (HinduStanTimes) [mappress] Source: HinduStanTimes, October 17, 2011
Rickmers-Linie has been awarded “Shipping Line of the Year – Breakbulk Operator” at the All India Maritime and Logistics Awards 2011 (MALA) in a ceremony held on 30 September in Mumbai. MALA was organized for the second time by EXIM India. Rickmers-Linie is the leading specialist in the global trans
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering and project management services (EPMS) for the main platform design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant Clair oil fi
The Rasheeda LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal October 22, 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 m
Odfjell has today entered into a contract for the purchase of MT Holly Galaxy, a 19,975 dwt chemical tanker (IMO II/III) with 22 stainless steel cargo tanks, built in 2006 at Fukuoka Shipbuilding in Japan. The vessel will be delivered in December 2011 and shall be traded regionally in South America.
Yet another British company, Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd. (APT), has decided to deploy OpenTAS. APT expects to go live in February 2012 with the terminal management and automation system developed by international consulting and software company Implico. What is different about th
Two new tugs of Robert Allan design have join Rimorchiatori Riuniti Fleet. “We are pleased to announce that on the 8th October 2011 there has been the naming ceremony of two new harbour tugs, Robert Allan design (Ramparts 2DD5 ASD type), named “NORVEGIA” and WSPAGNA” said company representative. The
Maersk Tankers has purchased the following two large product tankers from TORM, pool partner in The LR2 Pool. The vessels are sister vessels to Maersk Tankers’ P-types, already trading in the pool. TORM Mette Built 2007 109,350 mts TORM Marianne Built 2008 109,350 mts The purchase is in alignment wi
Fleet Survey Team (FST) is conducting a hydrographic survey in the harbor of Durres, Albania, its approaches and anchorages in a cooperative survey with the Albanian government. FST deployed a seven-person survey team, comprised of both military and civilian surveyors, and a nine-meter survey vessel
