Eitzen Chemical ASA reports that it has negotiated the cancellation of two operational bareboat leases for the vessels Sichem Pandora and Sichem Padua, both coated 9,200 dwt, built in 1994 and 1993, respectively. The Company will pay cash cancellation compensation to the owner of approximately USD 2
Stena Line announced the refurbishment of two giant ships that the company will be introducing on the Irish Sea later this year. The identical ‘sister’ ships ‘Stena Superfast VII’ and ‘Superfast VIII’ will be the biggest ferries ever to sail between Northern Ireland and Scotland and will undergo a r
When it comes to dredging and maritime infrastructure projects, everyone in the major international dredging companies is examining and re-examining how they do business. And that includes scrutinising all aspects of the business, like contracts and procurement; environment and sustainability; appro
Armed Dutch marines will be on board the specialist semi-submersible vessel Mighty Servant 3 when it makes a 14-day journey through piracy-prone waters from Singapore to the Middle East port of Sharjah. A spokesman for the Dutch shipping company confirmed that the marines will embark the low-freeboa
On Thursday 15 September 2011, local city champions, colleagues and customers joined to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Regs4ships Limited, a digital maritime organisation based in the heart of Southampton. Guests, including His Right Worshipful The Mayor of Southampton Councillor Terry Matthe
The German frigate FGS BAYERN, part of the Operation ATALANTA counter-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa, has recently escorted the merchant vessel “SEA MASTER I” safely into the port of Bossasso on the northern coast of Somalia. The ship was loaded with humanitarian-aid as part of the World Food
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that 6 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2011 after… Read more [mappress] Source: MCA, September 20, 2011.
The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) welcomes the IMO’s progress on its revised guidance and recommendations for the use of privately contracted armed security on-board ships. Following last week’s Intersessional Maritime and Piracy Working Group, the IMO has released new guidan
The international Sustainable Seas 2011 event, hosted by Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria, was held from September 12 to 19, beginning in Stockholm, Sweden and ending in Turku, Finland. Wärtsilä, together with a large group of environmental experts, researchers, and government officials, participate
On Friday, 16 September 2011, Hamburg Süd christened the container ship “Santa Catarina” in Itapoá (Brazil) as part of a customer event. Sponsor of the “Santa Catarina” was Elisabeth Meves, wife of the former Chairman of the Executive Board of Hamburg Süd, Dr Klaus Meves. The “Santa Catarina” takes
As part of its drive to cut sulphur emissions from its fleet towards zero, Maersk Line will test a new exhaust gas cleaning system. “Sulphur is a major problem for our industry. We are concerned with the impact on public health, in particular for people living close to busy ports,” says Jacob Sterli
CHINESE businessmen could be set to invest heavily in the superport being built in south Essex… (echo-news) [mappress] Source: echo-news, September 19, 2011;
The bond holders of Krillsea Group AS has today rejected the offer from Aker BioMarine to acquire the krill trawl vessel Thorshøvdi as further described in a stock release issued September 9 2011. Aker BioMarine acknowledges the bond holders’ decision and the company has now withdrawn the offer to p
The Netherlands has the best port infrastructure in Europe again. This is according to the World Economic Forum in ”The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012”, which was published recently. Singapore’s wet infrastructure, third in 2010, was deemed to be the best in the world. The Netherlands came
