Canadian Seaway: Transit Rate Increase
The Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) increase tolls 3% for 2013 season. There are no tolls charged for transiting the U.S. section of the Seaway's lock system which is operated by the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. More than 39 million metric tonnes of cargo transited the Seaway during the 2012 navigation season which represented a 4 percent increase in cargo volume.
Admiral Briefs Industry on LCS Possibilities
The director of the Navy staff spoke at the 'Navy Now Forum' which aims to enhance the Navy & industry relationship. Vice Adm. Richard Hunt discussed the progress the Navy's LCS Council has made in furthering the development of integrating LCS ships into fleet operations. "I want to make sure that we keep the avenue for experimentation, innovation going into the future prominently in place with the ship. I think that's really important.
GLDD Reports Dredging Profitable in 2012, Demolition Not So
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp reporte financial results for the final quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. ā¦ The above increases were partially offset byā¦
Maersk to Adjust Capacity When Triple-E's Enter Service
Maersk Line intend to take measures to avoid a repetition of the ocean container shipping 'rate wars' of previous years. With a capacity of 18,000 20-foot containers, the Triple-E will be the largest container ship ever built. Maersk acknowledges that the introduction of the new vessels comes at a challenging time, with weak demand putting strains on all carriers. The Triple-E is built for the Asia-to-Europe (AE) service, Maersk Lineās most important trade lane.
Beauty Queen Flounders at Giant Bottle Launch
The worldās largest message-in-a-bottle will be released shortly, 200 nautical miles off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands. The bottle constructed by the owner of Norwegian company Koeningsegg is registered as a boat, and will be tweeting photos live via satellite as it drifts in the Atlantic Ocean, having been christened by well- known explorer Jarle Andhøy with beauty queen 'Miss Tenerife'. Insideā¦
GoM Pipeline Fire Update
Lightering operations completed, flaring operations continue on the pipeline fire. The Coast Guard & assisting agencies continue response operations for a tug andā¦
GSP Offshore Dips a Toe in Barents Sea
Romania's Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) to start drilling in June, admitting it has no experience of drilling operations in the Arctic. Operations are scheduled to start at the beginning of June and will be carried out in Dolginskoye oil field, located in the Pechora Sea, in the south eastern part of the Barents Sea, the continental shelf of the Russian Federation. MODU GSP Jupiter will perform the drilling, logging, completion and testing of North-Dolginskaya ā 3 well.
Singapore's Mercator Lines Sell off Subsidiary
Mercator Lines has signed a share purchase agreement for the sale of its 81% stake in Target Ship Management. The sale of its 81% stake in the Company comprisedā¦
Wärtsilä Opens New University R&D Facility
The new Wärtsilä Innovation Node is situated at the heart of the Aalto University campus in Espoo, Finland. Wärtsilä' recently opened Innovation Node brings business expertsā¦
Timber-carrier Aground on UK's Farne Islands
'MV Danio' is stranded on the Blue Caps rocks on an island off the Northumberland coast, with a metre wide hole below the water line. Salvage crews were deciding on Sunday how to rescue an 80m-long ship which ran aground near a lighthouse in an important wildlife haven, reports STV News. The six crew spent the night aboard the ship, which lifeboat crews found had a metre-wide hole below the waterline on the port side near the bow.
Saudi Aramco Charter 3 VLCC's for U.S. Crude Import
The very large crude carriers (VLCC's) will load at Ras Tanura terminal for deliveries to a US Gulf Coast port next month. The very large crude carriers will each load 280ā¦
New Caterpillar Rig Pressure Pump Engine
Caterpillar's new 16-cylinder, 78 liter engine will be revealed for the first time at the 2013 CIPPE Show in Beijing. Manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, the new Cat 3516C (HD) engine builds on the established track record of the 3512C (HD) engine, which has logged millions of hours in oilfields around the globe, including in China. The engine will be available in three ratings: 2,461 bkW (3,300 bhp), 2,349 bkW (3150 bhp) and 2,237 bkW (3000 bhp) @ 1900 rpm. The engine meets U.S.
When a Canadian Shipyard Loan Becomes a Grant ...
The government's assistance package, revealed in March 2012, includes the forgivable loan worth up to $260 million (but Irving will have to repay it if it doesn'tā¦
Nuclear Submarine Keel-laid at NNS
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division celebrates the keel-laying of US Navy Virginia-class submarine 'John Warner'. The keel has been laid for John Warner (SSN 785), the only Virginia-class submarine to bear the name of a person, and that person was present at the ceremony. "Each submarine we build becomes a piece of our company's history; each submarine becomes a part of our Navy's historyā¦
BP Appeal 'Deepwater Horizon' Compensation Ruling
BP requests a judge to temporarily halt claims paid out as business economic losses, claiming that many were fictitious & absurd. In a filing in federal court in New Orleansā¦
NE Tech Launches Shipbuilding Program
The New England Institute of Technology said it will launch a new program for unemployed people in shipbuilding and other maritime high-skill trades, necn.com reported.
Omega Morgan Transports Ferry to Lake Roosevelt, Washington
In early July, residents of communities on both sides of Lake Roosevelt in eastern Washington will celebrate the launch of a new ferry, the Sanpoil, replacing the Martha S. which has made 30 to 35 crossings every day for 65 years, linking the communities in Lincoln and Ferry Counties. Playing a role in the ferry project was its delivery to eastern Washington by Omega Morgan, a Northwest provider of complex lifting, rigging and transport solutions. The new ferry was built by Foss Maritime Co.
Report Highlights Rise of Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia
U.K. maritime intelligence provider Dryad Maritime are to release a specialist report, āSpecial Advisory Southeast Asia: Disorganized theft to organized crime,ā which will focus on the rise of targeted hijackings in Southeast Asia. The advisory to be released on March 18, 2013 provides an overview of the security situation and the increased threat from maritime crime in the region. Risk analysis ofā¦
Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013
The Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013 (SOS 2013), organized by the World Ocean Council (WOC), is an international ocean business community gathering dedicated to industry leadership and collaboration in developing solutions to ocean sustainability challenges. Washington D.C. The theme of SOS 2013 is āOceans 2050āThe Ocean Business Community and Sustainable Seas.ā The SOS is designed for the diverse range of ocean industries: shippingā¦
Maritime Labor Convention 2006 and the U.S.
The Maritime Labor Convention 2006, sponsored by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and better known as MLC 2006, will enter into force on August 20, 2013. It has been ratified by 35 nations as of the date of the preparation of this article, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Panama, Singapore and Spain. The United States has not ratified MLC 2006, and it is unclear whether it ever will ā not so much as of objection to its various provisions, but more due to sheer inertia.
