SMM Istanbul Event Report
The first SMM Istanbul, from 21 to 23 January 2009, had more than 4,000 trade visitors from 66 nations and 150 exhibitors from 30 nations. “The premiere was a success…
Intertanko Provides Model Piracy Clauses
While the marine and technical teams at Intertanko have responded with practical advice and assistance to the piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia…
Keppel Delivers 5th Aban Jackup Rig
On Feb. 6, Keppel FELS Limited announced that it successfully delivered the jackup drilling rig, Deep Driller 8, to Aban Singapore Pte Ltd (Aban) on time, within budget and without incidents. Deep Driller 8 is the fifth unit to be delivered in a series of five KFELS Super B Class rigs for Aban since 2006. The rig has been completed with a clean safety record. The KFELS Super B Class design is one of the world’s deepest drilling rigs…
SeaArk’s 3rd PB to Royal Cayman Islands
SeaArk Marine, Inc. has recently delivered Cayman Guardian, a 65 ft Dauntless RAM Patrol boat to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit. The fast patrol boat is to be assigned to the joint Customs, Police and Immigration Marine Unit for border protection in helping to prevent drug and illegal immigrant trafficking in the Cayman Islands. The vessel is powered by twin MAN diesel engines at 1100 hp each coupled to ZF gears.
Descartes Acquires Oceanwide Logistics
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, has acquired the logistics business of privately-held Oceanwide Inc.
Updating the Pusher Design
The medium sized pusher towboat is a stable of the U.S. Inland waterways marine transport. Built to work comfortably in the confines of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway they must also have enough power to handle the distances and currents of the Mississippi. Recently some owners have built tugs to updated deigns. Kirby Marine has had a series of boats built at Raymond and Associates LLC shipyard in Bayou LaBatre Alabama. Florida Marine also had a series of new towboats built.
Bradford Marine Yacht Sales, New Brand
Bradford Marine, Inc. has acquired rights to the Bradford name relating to yacht sales and charter. As a result, they are reuniting the Bradford name for the first…
MAN Diesel Powers Danish Navy OPVs
After delivery from Karstensens Shipyard, Denmark, the second Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Danish Greenland operation entered official command under the Royal Danish Navy on 16 January. The vessel, which has been named Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571), is built for a wide range of arctic and coastal operations, like its predecessor. The newbuilding is expected to enter North Atlantic service at the end of February 2009 and follows the first vessel…
SAAB Provides AIS For Malaysia
Saab TransponderTech has been awarded a contract to supply a coastal Automatic Identification System (AIS) network for the east coast of the Malaysian peninsula…
EDOC Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Edoc Systems Group Ltd., a software company for the marine and forestry industries, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. “We see this as a great chance…
Northern Lights Introduces New Engine
Northern Lights, a manufacturer of marine diesel generator sets and Lugger diesel engines, introduced their newest propulsion solution – the L6125H diesel engine, featuring an electronically-controlled high-pressure common-rail (HPCR) fuel system. The L6125H is based on the heavy-duty Komatsu industrial engine block and is custom marinized by the Northern Lights engineering team, whose five decades of experience are well known to mariners across the globe.
This Day in Naval History – Feb. 9
1799 - USS Constellation (CAPT Truxtun) captures French l'Insurgente 1943 - Organized Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends (Source: Navy News Service)
Panama Canal, Curaçao Ports Partnership
On February 4, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA) General Managing Director Richard Julius López Ramírez signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly foster commercial activity between the two entities. Renewable on a two-year basis, the MOU aims to generate new business in tourism and trade for each country’s continued economic growth.
Costa Cruises Invests $28m in Fleet
Costa Cruises, a tourism group based in Italy, announced that in the space of three months five Costa ships were dry-docked to carry out scheduled maintenance. Costa…
Hapag-Lloyd, Canada to Mediterranean Unchanged
Hapag-Lloyd will continue the service between Montreal and ports in the Mediterranean provided in cooperation with Senator Lines without any change, offering customers weekly departures.
Black Sea Boundary Delimitation
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its decision in the maritime boundary dispute between Romania and Ukraine. The parties have disagreed over the boundaries…
Report on 2007 Passenger Cessel Grounding
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its full report on the grounding of a passenger vessel at the intersection of Lynn Canal and icy Strait in Southeast Alaska on May 14, 2007.
Policy on Prevention of Air Pollution
The US Coast Guard issued guidelines for ensuring compliance with MARPOL Annex VI on the prevention of air pollution from ships. MARPOL Annex VI entered into force for the United States on January 8.
Gas and Condensate Find in Frigg Area
StatoilHydro has completed the drilling of an exploration well in the Fulla prospect, north-east of the Frigg field in the North Sea. Gas and condensate were found.
Terra-Marine Security Ops from Yemen
In late January of 2009, HP Terra-Marine International, LLC, sister company of HollowPoint Protective Services, LLC, successfully established a firm agreement and licensing from the Yemen government.
