MOL Celebrates Launching of Hybrid Car Carrier
Tokyo - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) has announced the launching of the hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI). The Emerald Ace…
WSS Continues Growth in Asia Pac
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has reported year-on-year growth in South East Asia, despite what WSS Area Director Niall Denholm describes as a ‘stressed market’ for the shipping industry. “Our products and services portfolio is expanding, and we see that our business within the region has continued to grow, largely due to the investment we have made across Asia Pac in terms of capability, network offices and staffing”, he said.
Ridge Global Names Two to Flag Bridge Team
Ridge Global, an international provider of security and risk management services, has named Vice Admiral Brian Peterman (United States Coast Guard, Retired) and…
Incat Crowther Announces Launch of Catamaran Ferry
Incat Crowther announced the launch of Xun Long 5, the first of two vessels to be built by AFAI Southern shipyard for Xunlong Shipping Co. The contract to design…
Cargotec Introduces Gantry Crane
Cargotec has introduced a new rubber-tired gantry (RTG) crane, Kalmar SmartPower RTG, which minimizes fuel consumption and provides a balance between productivity and cost efficiency.
Unique Maritime Group Offers New Diving Technology
Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, will demonstrate a new diving technology, the Umbilical Supplied Rebreather…
Dubai Maritime City Signs Land Lease With Dubai Shipbuilding
Dubai - Dubai Maritime City, the center for maritime activity in the Middle East region, announced today that it has signed a Land Lease agreement for 25 years with ship repair and building entity…
Parat Halvorsen Awarded Boiler Plant Contract
Parat Halvorsen has been awarded a new boiler plant contract by Kleven Maritime. The ship will be built at Kleven Verft AS, NB 357, and is of Marine Teknikk design MT 6015…
Sonardyne Launches Leak Detection Sonar
Sonardyne International has announced the launch of an Automatic Leak Detection Sonar (ALDS) at the Oceanology International Exhibition and Conference in London.
Timken Gears Awarded $74 Million Modification to Contract
Timken Gears & Services Inc. is being awarded a $74,451,888 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2310) to exercise an option to procure three…
FSL Trust Takes Redelivery of Two Chemical Tankers
Singapore - FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (“FSLTM ”), as trustee-manager of First Ship Lease Trust (“FSL Trust”) announced that, as of March 10, the remaining two 19…
Evergreen Line and CKYH Enter Into Cooperation Agreements
Evergreen Line and Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin have agreed to initiate individual cooperative arrangements on Asia-Europe trades, starting April, 2012, as announced last December.
Latest DMS-500 Sensor Range Launched at Oceanology
A new addition to the Teledyne TSS range of DMS-500 motion sensors is being launched at the Oceanology International exhibition in London March 13-15. The DMS-500…
Ship Repair Yard Changes Name
Gothenburg-based shiprepairer Götaverken Cityvarvet has changed its name to Damen Shiprepair Götaverken (DSG). Since 2000, the company has been part of the global Damen Shipyards Group…
Battleship Preservation Alliance Embattled
The New Jersey, the most decorated battleship in U.S. history, is facing its biggest fight outside war: to pay its bills and fend off attempts to move it from Camden to North Jersey. State officials are reviewing the finances of the museum ship’s operator, the Home Port Alliance, as it struggles to repay $900,000 remaining on a $1 million bank loan from 2003. The alliance is also battling efforts by the USS New Jersey Battleship Foundation to move the ship to Liberty State Park…
Ship Captain Needed Onboard, Avoids Jail
Despite being refused bail by the Madras (India) High Court, captain of MV Prabhu Daya, the ship suspected to have collided with a fishing boat off Kerala coast…
Shipbuilding – China Hopeful to Double Output
China's shipbuilding industry may double its scale in the next four years on growth potential in sea transport and marine economy, and Shanghai is expected to…
Shipbuilding Support from MHI for Sinopacific Newbuildings
MHI will provide technological support to Sinopacific in the area of commercial vessel construction. MHI is currently promoting expansion of its engineering business mainly through licensing of technology, while Sinopacific is taking steps to strengthen its shipbuilding business through introduction of technologies from advanced shipbuilders. The respective aims of the two companies thus coincide.
Boat Show at Miami Beach Registered Strong Sales
Attendance at the recent Miami Beach Boat Show based on concession sales and number of people using show transportation at the free-to-the-public event, was up more than 7 percent. Most importantly, notably strong sales activity was reported by numerous builders including Fairline, Viking, Ferretti, Hatteras, Westport and Marquis and brokerages including Allied Marine, HMY and Merle Wood, among others.
Navy Biofuel Investment Defended
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the service’s investment on biofuels Monday, saying that it is a “false choice” for critics to suggest the Navy should focus…
