Fairmount Alpine Towed Drifting MV Elbcarrier into Safety
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has towed MV Elbcarrier safely into a Guatemalan port after the vessel was drifting off the South-East Mexican isle Cozumel.
US 'Great Green Fleet' Visit by SECNAV, CNO
The Secretary of the Navy, the honorable Ray Mabus, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, visited the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) for the Navy's Great Green Fleet demonstration during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). The Great Green Fleet demonstration is a step towards the Department of the Navy's goal to reduce consumption of energy, decrease reliance on fossil fuels and significantly increase the use of alternative energy.
DONG Energy & Siemens Sign UK Offshore Wind Farm Agreement
The framework agreement is in regard to the 
supply and servicing of a total of 300 offshore wind turbines of 6 megawatt 
each, yielding a total capacity of 1,800 megawatt.
Asia-bound Fuel-oil Cargoes on the Rise
Fuel-oil shipments to Asia from Western countries for August delivery rose from a week earlier to 3.44 million metric tons, according to vessel-charter data and…
Solid State Gyro Compass Introduced by Alphatron
The small light-weight fast setting device, contains a fiber optic and 1Xblue core as sensor reference, and is fully approved by class and is MED wheel-marked. The Fiber Gyro compass is directly connectable to a variety of ancillaries via a unique galvanically isolated docking station, among them are bearing repeaters, OSV approved interswitches, Digital repeaters repeater stands and brackets. The Alphafibercourse will be introduced at SMM in Hamburg from 4-7 September 2012.
British, Australian Warship, Deploy in Tandem East of Suez
The Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond has relieved her sister ship HMS Daring to become the latest Royal Navy warship serving with the 26-nation Combined Maritime Forces, sailing in tandem with Australia's HMAS Melbourne. The Bahrain-based force directs the work of three distinct task groups of around six warships each, operating from the head of the Gulf to the Red Sea in the west, the shores of India and Pakistan in the east…
Petrobas Action Ten Brazil Contracts for FPSO Modules
Petrobras subsidiaries Tupi BV and Guará BV, together with consortium members BG Group, Petrogal Brasil, and Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA, have given the go-ahead for ten contracts totaling US$4.5 billion for the construction of the first six topside modules (processing plant, utilities and living quarters) for eight identical (“Replicant”) FPSOs (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading units). The…
China Shipyard Gets Order for Six PSV's
China's Sinopacific Shipbuilding contracted to build four SPP35 style platform supply vessels (PSV's) for Nigerian shipowner SLOK. In addition, the two parties also signed a letter of intent for building two SPP50 style PSVs. The SPP35 and SPP50 PSVs are both designed by Sinopacific’s subsidiary Shanghai Design Associates (SDA). Crown Ship will provide financing services to the shipowner before the delivery.
India Now World's Top Ship-breaking Centre
India emerges as the world's largest centre of ship-breaking with 415 ships demolished in the ship-breaking yards of Alang in 2011-12. Another 150 giant behemoths…
Aker Solutions Awarded Penenco UK Contract
Aker Solutions secures 3-year £18-million (GBP) Perenco UK contract extension for onshore and offshore operations & maintenance services. The contract is valid for three (3) years, with an optional two (2) year extension. The agreement includes provision of operations, maintenance and technical support personnel for Perenco at its on and offshore assets in the southern North Sea. More than 80 Aker…
Abandoned Container Ship 'MSC Flaminia' Salvage
Three tugboats with fire-fighting ability are on the scene. After the arrival of the second firefighting tugboat, Anglian Sovereign, a party of four salvage specialists boarded MSC Flaminia, and were able to reactivate the ship's own firefighting system, which is now operating in support of the fire-fighting tugs' efforts. Due to damaged cargo and extinguishing water the ship is listing by 8.5 degrees. The extent of the damage onboard MSC Flaminia is considerable.
Nigeria Fines Shell US$ 5-billion for Oil Spill
Dr. Peter Idabor, Director General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) was quoted by local media as announcing the fine against Shell Nigeria…
Indian Navy Commissions Stealth Frigate
'INS Sahyadri', the third stealth frigate of the Shivalik Class, commissioned at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard. The warship, named after the mountain range Sahyadri…
Marine Electronics Selection Beefed-up by NavShack
NavShack has exponentially increased the number of products it offers, with an expanded selection to include boating supplies, boat safety equipment, automotive/RV accessories, fishing gear, outdoor and water sports products. According to NavShack, customers have explained to them for years how hard it is for them to find an affordable and qualified boat service dealer. On this basis they decided to apply themselves to meet that requirement.
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