Costa Concordia Salvage Operation: First Sea Bottom Platforms Installed On 9th February, at the periodic meeting of the Observatory with the Giglio community, president Maria Sargentini, accompanied by Costa Crociere managers, Rome La Sapienza University researchers and Titan/Micoperi Consortium exp
Polarcus Amani is an ultra-modern, super high ice class, 12-14 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel. Built to the ULSTEIN SX134 design and incorporating the innovative ULSTEIN X-BOW® hull, the vessel combines the latest developments in maritime systems with the most advanced seismic technology commercially
Maritime Technology Company Micanti BV has applied its patented non-toxic antifouling on a crew vessel Lady Rasha in Dubai. Thorn-D® is an adhesive foil with fibers that creates a textured surface. Instead of killing marine growth the textured foil is preventing it from attaching itself to the hull
Update on Emma Maersk Incident (Egypt) On 1 February 2013, Emma Maersk, Maersk Line’s largest container vessel, experienced ingress of water into the engine room. The vessel had just commenced its southbound transit through the Suez Canal en route to Asia. The captain decided to terminate the planne
Drydocks World, the leading maritime service provider, will showcase its extensive portfolio of services and capabilities for the Defence sector at NAVDEX, the dedicated Naval Defense and Maritime Security area at IDEX, the region’s leading Defence Exhibition organised at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, during Fe
NYK Group is targeting the achievement of “zero emissions” by 2050 and has designed the concept ship NYK Super Eco Ship 2030 as a milestone for 2030. The idea behind the concept is not only to make it clear what the industry needs to develop technically in the long term, but also to lead the [&helli
Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) continues to expand its fleet to better serve its regional and international customers with the delivery of Gulf Valour, its second Aframax vessel. After two months since the delivery of Gulf Vision, their first Aframax vessel, GEM received Gulf Valour, which was also buil
Maersk Line: Emma Maersk Is Not in Danger of Sinking (Suez Canal) The Emma Maersk containership, berthed at the Suez Canal Container Terminal took on water into the engine room and lost power on Friday night near the Northern entrance of the Suez Canal. Emma Maersk Out of Service for Months Palle La
A launching ceremony was held on Tuesday at Drydocks World shipyard for the floating regasification terminal “FSRU Toscana” of OLT Offshore LNG Toscana. The terminal will reach Italy in the second quarter of 2013 and will be located 22 kilometres off the coast between Livorno and Pisa. The terminal
Lamprell announced that it has received a new contract award from Dev Drilling Pte Limited, a company within the Jindal Group, based in Singapore, for the construction and delivery of a completely outfitted and equipped, LeTourneau designed, self-elevating Mobile Offshore Drilling Platform of a Supe
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced that it received its first newly built Roll-on/Roll-off Container (RoCon) vessel from Hyundai MIPO on 5th of February 2013 in South Korea. This is the first of six sophisticated vessels that Bahri contracted Hyundai MIPO to build it in
As scheduled, Lamprell had its naming ceremony for the Windcarrier 2 project on 19 January 2013, with various members of the senior management from the customer, Fred Olsen, present. The Windcarrier 2 vessel left the Jebel Ali facility within the last few days and has commenced its final sea trials
Drydocks World, the leading service provider in the maritime industry, has announced today the formation of the Dubai Council for Marine and Maritime Industries (DCMMI), a specialized non-profit trade and industry council to promote the interests of the marine and maritime industry in Dubai and the
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announces that in connection with the replacement program approved by its board of directors for the general cargo fleet, the Company has sold on the evening of Wednesday 16th of January,2013 it’s general cargo vessel (Saudi Abha) for scrapping a
