Seaway Tolls to Increase by 3% in 2013
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) announced that tolls for the 2013 navigation season will increase by 3%. Following a five-year freeze on toll rates…
Port of L.A. Container Volumes Increase 17% in February
The Port of Los Angeles has released its February 2013 cargo volumes. Overall volumes increased 16.99% compared to February 2012. The increase was due in part to a surge in imports prior to the closure of factories for the Chinese New Year. Imports jumped 25.23%, from 254,359 Twenty-Foot Equivalent (TEU) containers in February 2012 to 318,547 TEUs this February. Exports dropped 4.88%, from 164,725 TEUs in February 2012 to 156,690 TEUs in February 2013.
U.K. Defense Secretary Marks Creation of Carrier
British Secretary of State for Defense, Philip Hammond, signaled a key moment in the creation of aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth during his visit to the assembly site, Babcock’s Rosyth Dockyard. While Aircraft Carrier Alliance workers looked on, Mr. Hammond started the final stage of the operation to lower the ship’s iconic bridge section—also known as the forward island—into place, completing the bow end of the 65,000-ton aircraft carrier.
WQIS Offerred American Salvage Association Membership
The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (WQIS) were accepted as a Corporate Associate member of the American Salvage Association (ASA) in a unanimous decision by their executive committee. The ASA is an association of professional salvors that strives to professionalize, educate and thereby improve marine casualty response. Established in 2000, the ASA endeavors to bring together regulatory authorities…
New Commercial Floating Piers in Staten Island
Davit Engineering, a division of Davit Sales Inc. recently completed the design and construction drawings for two new floating piers in Staten Island for receiving loaded barges of paper from NYC for recycling. The piers are 140 ft. long x 6 ft. wide floating structures the first of which commissioned just days prior to the worst storm in the New York area’s history, Hurricane Sandy. It was a serious…
Lamor Appoints Unique System FZE as Middle East Distributor
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, a turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, was appointment as an authorized distributor of Lamor for the Middle East region for their entire range of Oil Spill Response Kits. Unique System FZE will be responsible for the sale, service and rental of these Oil Spil Response Kits. www.uniquegroup.com
Asia Offshore Drilling Secures AOD II and AOD III Contracts
Asia Offshore Drilling Ltd (AOD) has signed drilling contracts whereby AOD's jack-up drilling rigs AOD II and AOD III will be leased to Saudi Aramco for operations offshore Saudi Arabia. The drilling contracts have been entered into and will be managed by Seadrill Management, on behalf of AOD. The contract duration is a minimum of three years plus a one-year option. The potential revenues for the three…
ANT Pioneering Education at Sea
ANT provides solutions for Superyacht schools of the future in partnership with U-Touch. Advanced New Technologies (ANT) Ltd, one of the world’s leading technology integrators for the Superyacht and luxury home markets, is pioneering education at sea by bringing the very latest in classroom technology to Superyachts in partnership with U-Touch, as well as a collection of other suppliers. With the growing…
Coast Guard Responds to Allision, Pipeline Fire South of New Orleans
Responders continued to monitor and prepare salvage, firefighting and pollution contingencies for a tug and barge that allided with a pipeline near Bayou Perot 30 miles south of New Orleans Wednesday. All crew members were able to exit the tug; the captain reportedly suffered second to third-degree degree burns. ES & H, the oil spill response organization, is on scene and has mobilized 7,218 feet of containment boom and 6…
Wärtsilä Signs Five Year LNG Agreement
Wärtsilä signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line. The agreement, which became effective from March 1, is for maintaining and servicing the recently launched 'Viking Grace', the largest passenger ferry ever to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel. The agreement covers the four Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel main engines, as well as the Wärtsilä LNGPac gas system's safety valves.
Rickmers-Linie Establishes Westbound Round-The-World Service
Rickmers-Linie is launching a Westbound Round-The-World Service, connecting areas of economic growth in Asia and South America and then on to North America. The…
EMAS Wins Statoil Contract
EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, a global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced…
EMAS Wins $165m Norwegian North Sea Contract
EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of EMAS, a global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract, valued at approximately US$165 million, from Det norske oljeselskap ASA, an exploration and drilling operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract is for rigid pipe-lay and related subsea work, in the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Canada Makes Marine Atlantic Board Appointment
Sharon R. Duggan has been appointed to the board of Marine Atlantic Inc. by the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Marine Atlantic Inc. is a…
Rebuilding the Submersible 'Alvin'
'Alvin', the U.S. science community’s only human-occupied submersible dedicated to deep-sea research is getting a makeover. The improvements include a new personnel sphere, updated command-and-control systems, enhanced lighting and high-definition imaging systems, new syntactic foam to provide buoyancy, and more and larger viewports, or windows. The centerpiece is a larger personnel sphere with improved interior design to enhance the comfort of pilots and researchers who will occupy it.
EU Supports 'Blue Growth': Sustainable Management of Sea & Coasts
The European Commission launch a proposal to improve the planning of maritime activities at sea and the management of coastal areas. The proposal – which takes the…
Boskalis 2012 Revenue Up, Profits Slightly Down
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) publishes theirl financial report for 2012. Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) achieved a record revenue of EUR…
Russian Navy 8-year Expansion Program
Russia will get 78 warships in total by the end of 2020 according to Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu. In the frame of the program Russian Navy will receive 8 strategic nuclear-powered submarines, 16 general purpose submarines and 54 surface warships of varied classes. The Russian Navy will receive 24 warships by 2016: 6 nuclear-powered submarines and 18 surface ships, and in addition the military will get 30 special operations and countersabotage boats.
China COSCO to Sell Subsidiary to China Ocean Shipping
China Cosco plans to sell Cosco Logistics to state-backed parent company China Ocean Shipping. The unit may be valued at about seven billion yuan, and the company…
BC Ferries Captain Awarded Medal
Captain Mike Carter has been honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for contribution to Canada's ferry industry. The award was presented by Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia…
