Hamburg Süd and the classification society Germanischer Lloyd are jointly developing an innovative data management system for systematically capturing all environmentally relevant ship operation information. The future “GL Emission Manager” will permit detailed evaluation and analysis of all relevan
Songa Offshore, Cyprus-based offshore drilling company, provides fleet update for August 2011. Songa Venus remained warm stacked in Labuan, Malaysia during the month. The rig continued undergoing maintenance and operational preparedness for the upcoming one year contract with Petronas in Malaysia. C
Sovcomflot (SCF Group) announced its financial and operating results for the six months ended 30 June 2011: H1 2011 Highlights: SCF Gross revenues USD 732.6 million (+8.0 pct on H1 2010) SCF time charter equivalent revenues USD 484.2 million (-2.4 pct on H1 2010) EBITDA USD 262.8 million (-10.0 pct
The container terminal Container Stevedoring Ymuiden (CSY) has been operational since May. It is a response to the trend of transporting fro… (PortofRotterdam) [mappress] Source: PortofRotterdam, September 13, 2011;
DNV has been granted extended authorisation by the Swedish Transport Agency to act as a Recognised Organisation providing statutory survey services to Swedish-flagged vessels engaged in international trade. Effective from 1 September 2011, this increased responsibility for DNV has the strong support
Gerard Keser appointed as Leen Noordhoek’s succesor The Supervisory Board and Management of N-Sea announces that as of 12 September 2011 Mr Gerard Keser takes office as the new Managing Director of N-Sea. Leen Noordhoek. Who has been Managing Director, ad interim, since May of this year, wiLL become
On Saturday EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta vessels intercepted and boarded a skiff suspected of involvement in an incident with the French Sailing Yacht, SY TRIBAL KAT. EU NAVFOR reports receiving a distress call from the SY TRIBAL KAT on Thursday, September 8. FGS BAYERN responded to the call, locati
Maersk Line’s new service on the Asia–North Europe trade lane, will dramatically change the way shipping is done. It offers a daily cut-off at the same time every day, seven days a week, and always with the exact same transportation time. Containerised cargo will now be delivered with unprecedented
Nordana was operating the only regular direct RoRo service from the US Gulf and East Coast into Libya until the unrest forced the temporary suspension of services in February. The official sanctions have now been lifted, which together with improved security in the region permits Nordana to resume s
A new £350,000 storage facility has opened at Peterhead, as part of Peterhead Port Authority’s ambitious plans for its Smith Quay development. The storage base, which covers 8,000 square metres, provides additional working space to support vessel activities at the port’s £35million deepwater berth,
Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) and Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg (AMSMA) announce the opening of a new Tanker Operations Classroom on 16th September 2011. The opening of the classroom is an important milestone in creation and development of a training of first-class sp
The Umm Slal LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal September 18, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic
Rickmers-Linie, the German liner specialist for project cargoes and heavy lifts in existence for over 175 years… (Exim) [mappress] Source: Exim, September 12, 2011.
The global shipping industry (represented by the Round Table of international shipping associations) has called for the establishment of a U… (MaritimeIndustries) [mappress] Source: MaritimeIndustries, September 9, 2011;
