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.
The naming ceremony for “Höegh Gallant”, the third of the four large size FSRUs that Höegh LNG has under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries, took place today, 8th of April 2014, at Ulsan shipyard in South Korea. “Höegh Gallant” is on schedule for delivery end July 2014. Sveinung J.S. Støhle, C
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
PETRONAS has launched the hull of its first floating liquefied natural gas (PFLNG 1) facility at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The facility, scheduled to be completed in Quarter 4 of 2015, will be the world’s first floating LNG facility in operati
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a run of orders for bulk versions of its cargo handling cranes from five Chinese shipyards. The cranes are destined for 15 bulk carriers for various owners. The orders were booked in the first quarter 2014 order intake and include: Two 37,500 dwt bulkers on order
Petrobras has commenced the removal of the hull of P-66 platform in the Rio Grande Shipyard, Brazil. The operation required dredging to open the gate, which was conducted by LUSCHI. “About 30,000 cubic meters of sediment were dredged in less than 20 days using a hopper dredge and a very powerful sub
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
Maritime industry leaders have today called for greater collaboration and consolidation in Asia to tackle challenges such as the rise over capacity, talent shortages and environmental sustainability, which are impacting the potential of the industry. Speaking at an industry insights briefing today a
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
