Last week, the Marine Environment Protection Committee of United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed which ships are to be covered by the future environmental regulations for voyages in polar areas. The environmental regulations of the Polar Code An international set of regulat
On 1st July 2014, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will be amended to make the ‘Code on Noise Levels Onboard Ships’ mandatory for new vessels. IMO recognizes that high noise levels onboard ships could affect seafarers’ health and impair the safety of the ship. The p
Following further constructive discussions with the insolvency practitioner, the Nordic Yards shipyard group handed in a new, improved offer for the Stralsund maritime facility on Friday, April 4th 2014. “Shipbuilding remains an industry of the future with high growth rates in the markets in which N
Jeppesen has released an automated tool for converting existing ENC (Electronic Navigational Charts) data into the new S-101 format for next-generation ENCs. The dKart S-101 Converter supports IMO and IHO efforts to implement a new generation of ENCs and ECDIS that are more user-friendly and incorpo
Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with NANTONG RAINBOW OFFSHORE & ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS CO.,LTD (ROC) in China for the construction of two PX121H Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) from ULSTEIN, with the option to build two more vessels of the same design. The two confirme
The global shipping industry, represented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, Intercargo, Intertanko, World Shipping Council (WSC), CLIA and IPTA, has voiced continuing concern about serious implementation problems associated with the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.
Birkenhead (UK) based engineering firm IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of contracts for three ship operators. IPS director Paul Smith said the contracts with Whitaker Tankers, and ferry operators Seatruck and Stena showcased the broad range of fabrication and insulation skills IPS can
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy jointly organised the Sustainable Marine Transportation Conference 2014 on Tuesday, 8 April 2014. The Singapore Maritime Institute, Research Council of Norway and Norwegian Business Association have also participated
The naming ceremony for “PGN FSRU Lampung”, the second of four large and modern FSRUs that Höegh LNG has under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries, took place on 7 April 2014. PGN FSRU Lampung will serve the Lampung FSRU project that will be located in Lampung, on the southern tip of Sumatra in
Rolls-Royce is to deliver deck machinery and engines to an arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) to be built by Vard for Bourbon Offshore Norway. The contract has a value in excess of £17M for Rolls-Royce. The deck machinery delivery from Rolls-Royce will consist of anchor handling winches
Last Friday, a shipment that left China seven weeks ago carrying 13 new Damen Stan Pontoons and 10 other Damen vessels arrived in Rotterdam. Damen has sold 37 pontoons and barges in the last two years. Production has increased with an even larger amount of vessels currently under construction at fou
It’s been a positive 2013 for Rüdiger Pallentin and Carsten J. Haake, Chairmen of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG and, as Lloyd Werft claims, there will be no major obstacles this year that the company, re-organised a good year ago, would not be able to tackle. “We are already well-booked until October”,
Two Missing after Ship Collision off Spain Singapore-flagged car carrier Baltic Breeze collided with a Spanish fishing vessel near the Port of Vigo, Spain Tuesday morning. Universal Marine Orders Four Boxships Dutch shipper Universal Marine has placed an order, its biggest yet, for four 2,350 TEU co
After four weeks of towing from Turkey, the first hull of the characteristic Havyard’s WE design arrived today at Leirvik shipyard for final outfitting. Havyard’s newbuild 120 “Polarsyssel”, is scheduled for delivery to the Icelandic shipping company Fafnir Offshore in late August 2014. The newbuild
