SCARBOROUGH Harbour is hosting the town’s first visiting vessel working on a scheme for the world’s largest offshore wind farm, in what… (YorkshirePost) [mappress] Source: YorkshirePost, October 07, 2011
On the 15th of August M/T Marilee LR1 Ice Class 1A, successfully completed her first Northern Sea Route Passage, safely escorted by Rosatomflot’s nuclear ice breaker Vaigach. The savings compared to a voyage through Suez were 18 days and 580 tons of bunker resulting in a significant cost benefit for
In a submission to the Transport Select Committee on Monday, Maritime UK warned of the potential side effects of plans proposed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the EU to reduce the levels of sulphur fuel, saying: “These regulations will create considerable financial, logistical,
The first of the 20 Triple-E ships that were ordered this spring will not hit the waters until late 2013. Still, already now, tests are being made on how the future giants of the sea manoeuvre. For Captain Gardastovu, his first encounter with a Triple-E container ship did not take place at sea, but
Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed Factory Acceptance Tests for the K-Master aft bridge systems being delivered to two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) built at Havyard in Leirvik for owner Sartor Offshore and Supply Service. The vessels are part of a four newbuild series, all featuring KONG
The State Department announces the launch of the new official website for the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The new website, operated by the Republic of Korea with support from the United States and United Kingdom, serves as a repository of Contact Group documents and other count
Dublin Port Company has today announced that, following a public tender process, the contract to operate Dundalk Port has been awarded to O’Hanlon & Sons Contractors Ltd. The tender follows the decision by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Leo Varadkar T.D., to transfer ownership of Dundalk Port to Du
World-leading navigational systems provider Kelvin Hughes has announced a one day maritime safety seminar to be held in Athens on Thursday 20 October. ‘Safe Ships, Safer Seas’ will take place at the Apollon Divani Spa Hotel, Vouliagmeni, and is set to be a must-attend event for local shipowners, man
After operating StarIPS for 4 years on more than 15 vessels, Anthony Veder and MirTac have expanded the fleet wide implementation of the STAR IPS Fleet Management Software on Anthony Veder’s newly acquired ships. The former system was successfully converted to StarIPS and optimized to achieve the sa
BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced a partnership with Tension Technology International (TTI) to develop improved functionality of the OPTIMOOR mooring analysis computer programme. OPTIMOOR is an easy-to-use tool
Hamburg-based manufacturer HATLAPA Marine Equipment has purchased a majority shareholding in the Norwegian deck machinery company Triplex AS. In doing so HATLAPA’s traditional product portfolio of compressors, steering gear and winches has now been significantly expanded to include all components of
Stena Line has just completed the full integration of the Liverpool and Heysham routes which it acquired from DFDS. Since approval for the purchase of the routes was given in June, a major systems integration project has been underway to integrate the new routes onto Stena Line’s Irish Sea business.
Renowned for their long range comfortable cruisers Vripack back in 2009 designed a New Generation Explorer with the elegance of a Super Yacht for a repeat customer. Motor Yacht E&E made her grand debut at 2011 Monaco Yacht Show. “As with their first yacht, the Vripack Explorer Jasmin built by RMK, t
At the presentation of the fifth edition of the Seatrade Insider Awards – on 27 September during the Seatrade Europe 2011 convention in Hamburg, Germany – Desso was honored as a runner up in the category for the Environmental Initiative Award. Desso, renowned for its innovation strategy and design,
