RoRo
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) met for its 65th session from May 13-17 2013, at IMO Headquarters in London.
Viking Line’s new ship won awards in five categories of the annual Shippax Awards competition.
This year the awards ceremony was held on board M/S Pride of Rotterdam
The following list of ship sales for April 2013 was prepared by Shipping Intelligence Inc., New York.
Sale Prices are listed in millions USD.
Date - Vessel
The K Line vessel California Highway set sail for Russia and Ukraine carrying the first Toyota Venzas exported through the Port of Brunswick, Ga.
The new Toyota
STX Marine (STXM) has been awarded the contract for the engineering package for Seaspan Ferry Corporation’s fleet replacement program.
The completed concept design will form part of a bid package,
The lift gate of ship assembly hall 290 at the Volkswerft shipyard in Stralsund (Germany) opened for the roll-out of the first of two RoRo special ships for the Danish shipping company DFDS.
As part of the permanent dialogue with the shipping industry, a Panama Canal Authority (ACP) delegation headed by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano visited South Korea
Rolls-Royce won a contract to supply its Promas propulsion system for two new car and truck carrying ships which are being built in Korea for Neptune Lines.
Promas
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced plans to assist the non-profit organization South Africa Primary Education Support Initiative (Sapesi-Japan, *1) with the ocean
The new rubber-tyred gantry crane (RTG) for the intermodal terminal at the Ostuferhafen has arrived in Kiel. Where the rail/ship handling was done by Reach Stackers,
American Overseas Marine Corp., of Quincy, Mass., and Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine, awarded Navy contract modifications.
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, wins orders worth around EUR 10 million for cargo access equipment for 4 car carriers to be built in China.
The orders are for the equipment of four 6,
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner and logistics group was recently presented with its eleventh-consecutive Logistics Excellence Award for export quality – an honor
At the Georgia Ports Authority Board meeting, Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported strong growth for February.
The GPA achieved an increase of 6.9%–or 147,
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) sells 'Saudi Diriyah' for recycling.
The sale of the general purpose cargo vessel raised the sum of SAR. 30,
DCT Gdansk will appoint Adam Zolnowski, who until recently was responsible for strategy and corporate affairs, as Chief Financial Officer with the beginning of April.
Remontowa Shipbuilding launch building no. B 613/1, the largest ferry of this kind built by the yard to date.
Remontowa Shipbuilding says it is the largest production shipyard in Poland,
Cargotec receives another large order for MacGregor cargo access packages for 5 Container/RoRo (ConRo) in China.
Cargotec's MacGregor has received another large order,
Cargotec's MacGregor has received a large order to deliver MacGregor RoRo cargo access equipment for five new 31,600 dwt Container/RoRo (ConRo) vessels from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea.
Guidance Regarding Inspection and Certification of Vessels Under the Maritime Security Program; A Notice by the Coast Guard on 02/28/2013.
Publication Date: Thursday,