Cargo transport through the Northern Sea Route is expected to skyrocket in course of the next decade. Climate change makes it possible to use… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, August 15, 2011
The U.K.’s Isle of Grain liquefied natural gas terminal is due to receive a cargo of the fuel next week. (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg, August 15, 2011.
On the early evening of August 10th 2011, Capt. W.A. van der Kort onboard Ocean Going Salvage AHT FAIRMOUNT EXPEDITION was requested to change course to assist a drifting vessel in the shipping lane of the English channel, by Dover Coastguard. During bad weather ,container vessel MV KATJA suffered a
The latest container ship new building, completing the fleet of ships managed by Jüngerhans Maritime Services, has begun its maiden voyage from China to Europe with a full cargo of empty containers. Upon delivery of the vessel by Jiangdong shipyard located in the Chinese province of Wuhu, the journe
Shell U.K. Limited confirmed the oil leak in a flow line to Gannet Alpha platform is under control. The subsea well was shut in on Wednesday and the flowline on the seabed is now isolated and depressurized. Leakage of oil has been considerably reduced. “Shell takes all spills seriously, regardless o
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes, today announced that it has entered into a time charter contract with Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., for one of its Capesize dry bulk carriers, the m/v Boston, at a gross rate of US$14,000 per
BAM Nuttall has won contract for Pier construction work at Dover Port. Extension of pier A, Eastern Docks, Installation of fendered monopile and piled deck extension to existing pier to accomodate vessels of greater length. Contract was awarded on 28th July, 2011 in Restricted Tendering Procedure. V
In this year’s ‘Global Container Terminal Operators’ annual report, Drewry Maritime Research has introduced an additional ranking of terminal operators which includes SIPG, China Merchants, Modern Terminals and Ports America in the Top 10. The Drewry World Container Terminal Ownership Ranking has b
Allseas’ Solitaire, the world’s largest pipelay vessel, has completed work on Line 2 of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea ahead of schedule. The vessel laid 342.5 kilometres of each of the twin pipelines in the Gulf of Finland. “The Solitaire has lived up to all our expecta
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Subsea 7 for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Oceanic”. The agreement is for a firm charter period of 3 years with 3 x 1 year option. Commencement is currently expected to be April 2012. The contract valu
Board founded for the management of new seaport in Baku, Azerbaijan. Transport Ministry’s Baku International Sea Trade Port currently under construction… (porttechnology) [mappress] Source: porttechnology, August 12, 2011
Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt (NRS) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) signed a global cooperation agreement today covering all areas of classification as well as flag state supervision of the ships of Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt sailing under GL class. As one of the world’s leading container and t
The UK Chamber of Shipping has urged the international shipping industry to keep the door open on all options to drive a reduction of its carbon emissions. The Chamber is leading the debate by launching ‘manuals’ on the two main options. This is the first time an attempt has been made to set out the
Hyundai Merchant Marine to launch new service to LLC Moby Dik container terminal Service will call at Russian terminal on a weekly basis Hyundai Merchant Marine, the South Korean shipping and logistics firm, has announced the launch of a new service that will call at the LLC Moby Dik container termi
