BMT Group, the international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces that the SafePort research project has completed initial sea trials of a prototype vessel management system at Dublin port. SafePort offers the first advanced vessel traffic management system designe
Sindre Rotevatn (51) has been appointed finance manager and deputy managing director of Ulstein Verft AS. He will take up the position in November. “I am looking forward to joining ULSTEIN and to my new role as finance manager and deputy managing director of Ulstein Verft,” says Sindre Rotevatn. He
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited announces time charters of four of its Suezmaxes, three of its Panamaxes and one of its Aframaxes to first class international end users. Four of the vessels have been fixed on a minimum with profit-sharing arrangements, while the other four have been chartered on fi
On 26-28 September 2011, Denmark hosted the 8th China-EU Implementation meeting. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Chinese administration, the European Commission, EU member states and industry representatives from the EU and China who discussed issues of shipping policy questions
For the first time, the Offshore Energy conference program will offer a session on unconventional gas. On Wednesday afternoon, October 12th speakers from Baker Hughes, Cuadrilla Resources Nederland , EBN and the University of Groningen will discuss the world wide potential for unconventional gas, po
In the wake of an independent report recommending the Netherlands government to provide Dutch shipowners with better levels of protection against piracy, including the hiring of armed guards, Netherlands law firm AKD says that shipowners who directly hire armed personnel themselves could face crimin
Overnight from 25 to 26 September 2011, the GRANDE SIERRA LEONE docked at the Unikai terminal at the Port of Hamburg for the first time. It is the first sailing of the newbuild in the West Africa service operated by Grimaldi Lines. The GRANDE SIERRA LEONE joins the “Southern Express” service of the
The Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, formally opens a new deep water shipping terminal. The new terminal which consists of two berths – Berths 8&9 – is the first stage of a £1 billion plus inward investment programme in Hutchison’s UK ports. Currently the Port of Felixstowe deals
The OAO Gazprom-led Shtokman project to produce liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from a Barents Sea field almost 600 kilometers (370 miles)… (BusinessWeek) [mappress] Source: BusinessWeek, September 28, 2011
Marlink and Thrane & Thrane have joined forces for the introduction of the brand new Thrane & Thrane SAILOR 900 VSAT antenna, which was commercially released in September 2011. Marlink has agreed to add the innovative new Ku-band antenna to its VSAT portfolio and offer it to its extensive global cus
Tankers shipping along the Northern Sea Route now choose a new and more northern pathway. (BarentsObserver) [mappress] Source: BarentsObserver, September 28, 2011.
Awilco LNG ASA announced that the LNG vessel WilGas has been committed on a one year contract, with no option periods. The charterer is the Brazilian state energy entity, Petrobras. Commencement of the contract is mid-October. Awilco LNG ASA is a Norwegian based owner and operator of LNG vessels int
Statoil has declared contract options for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Pilot’ and the medium-size PSV ‘Siddis Skipper’. The term of the contracts is 2 years for the ‘Siem Pilot’ and 1 year, with 1 year option, for the ‘Siddis Skipper’. The contracts shall commence in direct continuation from current con
The European Union is pushing more cash towards maritime projects either through project funding, or through a review of the lending… (IMDO) [mappress] Source: IMDO, September 27, 2011.
