Maritime Craft Services takes delivery of MCS Pampero
A Scottish maritime company has taken delivery of a second Twin Axe Design offshore wind farm support vessel. MCS Pampero, sister vessel to MCS Sirocco which joined the fleet in June, was handed over to Maritime Craft Services in Singapore and will go straight to work in NW Europe from mid-December. They join crew transfer vessels MCS Zephyr and MCS Maestro South Boat catamarans which were acquired last year.
ISS Opens North Africa Operations Desk
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has opened a new North Africa operations desk to co-ordinate customer requirements across ports in Libya…
ABB Azipods for Korea-built WIV Vessels
Eight Azipod C compact propulsion systems installed on 'Pacific Orca' and 'Pacific Osprey', the world’s largest wind farm installation vessels (WIV). The Azipod systems were delivered to the Samsung Shipyard in Korea from ABB’s new Azipod factory in Shanghai, China, established in 2011 to build the low power Azipod units. The new plant focuses on production of CO and CZ Azipod units, which range between 1.3 - 4.5 megawatts (MW) and 3.3 - 4.7 MW output, respectively.
Latest Logistics IT Technology Platform for C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., one of the world's largest transportation and logistics companies, introduces Navisphere®. The release of Navisphere brings significant…
Ships Bypass Port of Portland as Strike Looms
Ocean cargo carriers prepare to bypass the Port of Portland because of a strike planned by marine terminal security guards. The diversions by the giant freighters are expected to snarl cargo…
Aker Pulls the Plug on NPS Energy Acquisition
Aker Solutions has ended the process to acquire the Dubai-headquartered oil services company NPS Energy. Aker Solutions announced an agreement to buy the shares in NPS Energy on 21 May 2012.
Brit Ferry Passengers Seriously Injured in Pizza Fight
Two fights occured on the ferry 'Pride of Rotterdam' on passage from Hull, UK to Rotterdam; one was over a slice of pizza. Two British passengers on a Dutch-bound ferry were airlifted to hospital in serious condition after two separate fights onboard, including one over a slice of pizza, according to Dutch police, as reported by 'Crewtoo'. The first incident happened around midnight when a 25-year-old Briton allegedly snatched a slice of pizza from another…
China Shipyard Launches Ice-classed MP Vessel
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Shanghai, launch 'Thamesborg' for Royal Wagenborg. The Thamesborg (yard number 1595A) is the first vessel in a series of 21000 tons, 1A ice classed, multi purpose vessels, the Chinese yard is building for Royal Wagenborg. The vessels in this series are geared with four 60 ton cranes. After the launch of the new MP ship, the keel for yard number 1596A was put down for a similar vessel to be delivered when complete to the same owners later next year.
'Dynasties of the Sea' "Powerful" Says Donald Trump
New book out, 'Dynasties of the Sea: The Shipowners and Financiers Who Expanded the Era of Free Trade' . The book, published by Barnes & Noble and in electronic format by International Marketing Strategis, is by Lori Ann LaRocco, and gives first person histories of those who led the explosion of world trade which propelled half a world out of poverty, and tells of the industry and ships, which power and feed nations in the words of those who met the global challenges…
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