Vacon Receives Frost & Sullivan's Award
Frost & Sullivan announced global AC drives manufacturer Vacon as the recipient of the European Low Voltage (LV) Alternating Current (AC) Electric Drives Product Line Strategy Award for 2012.
Navigazione Montanari signs Transas TRANSERV agreement
Transas Marine and Navigazione Montanari have signed a TRANSERV agreement for 11 vessels. Nine vessels are already equipped with Transas Navi-Sailor 4000 Dual ECDIS…
Conrad: Special Cash Dividend of $2 per share
Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $2.00 per common share. The special…
TITAN Salvage Opens Fourth Facility in Cairns, Australia
Team Springs into Immediate Action with Successful Rescue and Salvage of Two Stricken Vessels in Waters Surrounding Australia. To meet the needs of changing market conditions and increased commercial vessel traffic in and around the Great Barrier Reef, TITAN Salvage has established a new office and equipment depot in Cairns, Australia. The presence in the Pacific Southeast enhances the company’s marine salvage, wreck removal and emergency response capabilities in the region.
Stewart to Lead EnerMech Expansion
EnerMech has signalled it’s about to step up international expansion with the appointment of mergers and acquisitions expert Ingrid Stewart. Mrs Stewart has joined the mechanical engineering group from investment bank Simmons & Company International where she was a director specialising in corporate finance. A chartered accountant, she takes on the newly created role of Corporate Development Director…
New "Center of Excellence" for Crewsaver
Crewsaver transfers to purpose built site in move to become ‘Centre of Excellence’ for personal and commercial marine safety products. Crewsaver, the UK’s leading marine safety equipment manufacturer…
One-Stop Shopping Appeals to Shipyards, Shipowners
The broad portfolio of marine water technologies has secured another contract for RWO GmbH in its expanding field of ballast water treatment units. The Bremen-based company, a subsidiary of VeoliaWater Solutions & Technologies, has announced that German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG (FSG) has ordered RWO’s ballast water as well as sewage treatment systems for two newbuilds.
OceanSaver to Open South Korea Office
Ballast water treatment (BWT) system specialist OceanSaver has taken the strategic decision to establish a base in the world’s number one shipbuilding centre, South Korea. The Norwegian company has expanded rapidly since opening its doors in Drammen, near Oslo, in 2003, forging a strong reputation for its reliable, robust and technically advanced systems in the dynamic BWT market. Asia has recently emerged as a key growth driver for the company…
Navigazione Montanari signs Transas TRANSERV agreement
Transas Marine and Navigazione Montanari have signed a TRANSERV agreement for 11 vessels. 9 vessels are already equipped with Transas Navi-Sailor 4000 Dual ECDIS…
Stork Opens New Operations Facility
Stork Technical Services Subsea opens new operations facility. Stork Technical Services Subsea, the subsea division of the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces the opening of a dedicated operational hub at Stork’s UK headquarters in Aberdeen. Stork Subsea has invested more than £1million in the 15,0002ft facility which houses the company’s extensive fleet of dive intervention craft and technology…
Port of Long Beach Container Volumes Rocket
Container volumes at the port rose steeply in November with imports up 20.2 percent & exports up 24.6 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Port terminals handled 555…
New Whaling Protest Vessel Ironically Japanese-Built
Los Angeles-based philanthropist & co-creator of TV’s 'The Simpsons', funds purchase of new Sea Sherpherd anti-whaling patrol ship 'Sam Simon'. Sea Shepherd's new Antarctic patrol ship, the Sam Simon, has been unveiled in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, docked at Macquarie Wharf 1. The vessel, retired from service by the Japanese Government in 2010, had since been laid up in Shimonoseki, Japan, alongside the very ships Sea Shepherd will confront this season.
Killer Wave Research Center Opens in Russia
The 'All-Russian Killer Waves Research Center' opens in the country's far eastern city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The center will focus on research of extreme waves in…
China Rongsheng Delivers First Container Ship
China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings deliver their first container ship to a German owner. The new 6,500-TEU container ship measures 299.95 meters in length, 40 meters in breadth and 24.2 meters in depth. This latest delivery not only demonstrates a breakthrough of manufacturing capability at China Rongsheng Heavy Industries, but they say it also marked their comprehensive strengths in research and development and product diversity.
