On Sunday, 16 October 2011, the “Santa Catarina” will be the first Hamburg Süd container vessel of the “Santa” class to call at the Port of Hamburg. She is due to berth at the Burchardkai terminal in the evening hours and sail again late Monday evening. She features a slot capacity of 7,100 TEU [&he
Navis Engineering has been contracted by Dutch integrator Alphatron Marine to supply nine DP1 systems for the innovative ‘Sea Axe Fast Crew Suppliers’, currently under construction at Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem. The nine vessels are part of a series of 14 Sea Axe Fast Crew Suppliers to incorporate
An Industrial training company has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in its Tees Valley centre to ensure the safety of workers in the… By Andy Richardson (TheNorthernEcho) [mappress] Source: TheNorthernEcho, October 14, 2011;
Aberdeen Harbour Board has been recognised for its major contribution to the North-east economy as it received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Northern Star Business Awards. The accolade was presented to Aberdeen Harbour Board chairman, Chris Lloyd and chief executive Colin Parker, by
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) released its third quarter results to the market. During the quarter Fairstar was awarded over USD 40 million in new contracts for marine transportation services in the next two years. Fairstar now has contracts in place totalling over USD 220 million in total va
Dockwise Ltd. today announces its second project for the new-build vessel Dockwise Vanguard. Directly following the transportation of the Jack & St. Malo platform to the Gulf of Mexico in 2013, the Dockwise Vanguard will return to Korea to load and transport the Goliat floating, production, storage
Navingo BV, organizer of Offshore Energy 2011, looks back at a very successful edition of Offshore Energy in the Amsterdam RAI. 5121 unique visitors1 (compared to 4026 in 2010) with over 30 nationalities from all over the world, like Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Italy, the United States
From 2 November, MSC and CSAV will stop weekly at the port of Rotterdam with their joint IPAK Service to the Middle East and India. The port of Rotterdam takes over the position of first unloading port in Northern Europe from Bremerhaven, which will disappear from the rotation. After Rotterdam, the
Cobelfret is expanding the schedule of its Radicatel (Rouen)-Dublin container service with calls at the port of Rotterdam, Zeebrugge and Cork. It is the first pure container service to call at Cobelfret’s own terminal in the port of Rotterdam. A few weeks ago a mobile crane was installed there for t
Formerly known as the “Clara del Mar”, the Con/Ro vessel “Volcan de Teneguía” has joined the fleet of OPDR Canarias S. A. Designed by OPDR and built in 2007 under OPDR supervision, the “Clara del Mar”, now known as the “Volcan de Teneguía” was the third in a series of vessels. Her sister vessels [&h
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has made a historic visit to DP World London Gateway during a momentous week for the new port, following the official announcement that the new deep sea container terminal will open in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Duke was welcomed by Sir John
One of the purposes of state visit to be paid by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich to Greece will be bilateral cooperation in shipbuilding, reports Radio Svoboda citing MP Anatoly Kinakh, the head of Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. “We have acquired wide experience in numero
The Russian and the United States navies began joint anti-terrorism exercises near the Mariana Islands on Thursday, a Russian Pacific Fleet… (RIA) [mappress] Source: RIA, October 13, 2011;
Russia is pledging to spend billions on icebreakers and search and rescue bases along the country’s Northern Sea route to help turn it into… (CBC News) [mappress] Source: CBC News, October 13, 2011;
