Leading offshore rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge AS to supply the polyester rope mooring lines for the Goliat FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). The Goliat FPSO will be positioned 85 km offshore, north west of Hammerfest i
The Demag Cranes Group is continuing to expand its business in the port technology segment in Turkey. After receiving purchase orders in the previous year for a total of nine new Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes, in the current year the company has also for the first time received an order for supply
A new Kongsberg Maritime office in the port of Piraeus, Greece went operational on September 1st 2011. Kongsberg Maritime Hellas SA, has been established as a customer support & sales office to meet the procurement and service requirements of Greek shipowners and vessels sailing with Kongsberg Marit
A Turkish ship began exploring for gas off the coast of Cyprus on Monday, the Turkish Cypriot government said, an announcement that… By Jonathon Burch (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 27, 2011
A new Russian naval task force will arrive on Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden to continue the ongoing anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast… (RIA Novosti) [mappress] Source: RIA Novosti, September 27, 2011
Is shipping safe enough? Is it sustainable? Is there enough confidence? These are the three main themes of this year’s Maritime Cyprus… By Alexis Pantelides (Cyprus-Mail) [mappress] Source: Cyprus-Mail, September 27, 2011
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has recently opened a new Fire, Rescue and Safety (FRS) service station in Gdansk, Poland, to serve vessels in the Baltic Sea. The service station is located in Gdansk and has the capacity to serve all ships in the Gdansk and Gdynia ports and repair yards. Roger Gunder
Pirates released commercial ship Mattheos I with Ukrainian sailors on board; the ship had been hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea, reported Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Sept 24. As was earlier reported, pirates attacked merchant ship Mattheos I (Cyprus-flagged, Spanish-operated) on Sept 14 off Benin in
When the Seatrade Europe Cruise and River Cruise Convention, the leading congress and trade fair for the European cruise industry, opens its doors tomorrow morning, it will be the sixth time that Hamburg has become the meeting point of the maritime tourism industry. More than 250 exhibitors from 50
With fears of a recession rising, the maritime industry will find it increasingly difficult to obtain financing for expansion over the next… By Randy Fabi and Harry Suhartono (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 27, 2011
Euroseas Ltd. announced today that its joint venture company, Euromar LLC, signed a memorandum of agreement to purchase the M/V TORGE S, a geared containership of 33,216 dwt and 2,450 twenty foot equivalent units (teu) built in 2003 in Japan. The vessel is expected to be delivered to Euromar in Octo
Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement on September 20, 2011 in Saint-Petersburg at the 10th Annual Conference of Sovcomflot Business Partners. The document was signed by Alexei Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer and Sergey Frank, Chairman of the Board of Sovcomflot. T
GL celebrated the hand-over of the Safety Management Certificate and International Ship Security Certificate to the MV KOTA BERKAT. The Kota Berkat, owned by Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd (PIL) and managed by Apex Ship Management, is the 5000th vessel sailing with ISM and ISPS certificate is
Governments must not impede the smooth operation of a global maritime regulatory regime by failing to ratify and implement crucial maritime conventions, warns the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). It is crucial that the same regulations governing matters such as safety, environmental protecti
