A.P. Moller - Maersk Group Signs Contract for China Built Vessels
The Danish A.P. Moller - Maersk Group has signed contracts with Dalian New Shipbuilding and Guangzhou Shipyard International firming up orders to build four vessels for the A.P.
A&P Falmouth Books Busy March
A&P Falmouth, part of the A&P Group, has won two significant orders for March, 2004. The first involves the 31,290 dwt containership Safmarine Europe, which is part of Safmarine’s Great White fleet.
Port Considers STS Facility for Oil
The Port of Rotterdam considers constructing a ship-to-ship facility (STS) for the transfer of oil products. The STS can offer an environmental friendly and cost…
Petroval Enters Rotterdam Market
In line with its strategic plan to get closer to certain end user markets, Geneva based Petroval has concluded a long term contract for storage of fuel oil with Vopak at their Europoort site…
Rotterdam Trials Radiation Detection Equipment
February 10, tests with four radiation detection gates started at the Delta terminals at Maasvlakte. The four can handle check some one million containers per year.
Teco Doubles Frequency to Finland
Teco Lines has extended its present weekly Rotterdam-Helsinki service with a second sailing. The agent for Teco Lines is Samskip, with 29 offices in 13 countries.
Seatrade Starts S. Africa Service
Seatrade started a fixed scheduled weekly reefer service between Rotterdam and Cape Town. Once in April the season for citrus starts, Seatrade wants to add a call in Durban.
O'Neil to become Videotel President
President. says Stephen Bond, managing director of Videotel. Lancaster. training courses. experience and has served as master on several tankers. Navigation as a quality…
Trinity Announces Proposed Private Offering
Trinity Industries, Inc. has announced that it is proposing to make, subject to market and other conditions, an offering of up to $300 million aggregate principal…
Vessel Backlog Nearly Cleared, Salvage Plan Approved
The backlog of vessels waiting to enter or exit the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River has almost cleared today and the Coast Guard is projecting that it should…
Transfer and disposal of obsolete vessels
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) is making available for public review and comment the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for transfer and disposal of approximately…
Continuous synopsis record – application form
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Notice stating that it has developed an Application for Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR) for U.S vessels. The application must be completed…
Senator Bond to Receive Waterways Council Award
Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO) will receive the Third Annual Waterways Council, Inc. Leadership Service Award on Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 6 p.m. at the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC.
USS Essex Wins Energy Conservation Award
The Secretary of the Navy recently presented the Energy Conservation (ENCON) award winners for FY2002 in ceremonies conducted at the Navy Memorial in Washington, DC.
3.MAJ Implements Tribon System
3.MAJ Shipyard, Croatia, has purchased the Tribon Shipbuilding system for design and production of ships at its shipyard in Rijeka. To increase the yard’s automatization and efficiency…
O'Neil Settles into Private Sector with Videotel
President. says Stephen Bond, managing director of Videotel. Lancaster. training courses. experience and has served as master on several tankers. Navigation as a quality…
VT Halter Launches Ferry
VT Halter Marine Inc., a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., launched a 95-foot sea-going ferry from its Mississippi-based Pascagoula Operations. Christened the Caribeña…
Safety Alert – confined space entry
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Safety Alert reporting that the second engineer on a foreign vessel died after he became accidentally trapped in the main propulsion engine’s scavenging air receiver.
Southwest Pass Reopened
The U.S. Coast Guard reopend the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to one-way maritime traffic. All vessel movement through the Southwest Pass must be coordinated through the U.S.
Blue Marlin Serves as Floating Drydock for SemiSub
The first job of the recently jumboized heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin is the transport of the the Dai Hung I semi-submersible production platform of VietsovPetro…
