Fugro Upgrades Electric ROV Simulators
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Fugro announced it is launching an important upgrade to its Electric ROV pilot training simulators. Most observation-class ROVs and many light work-class ROVs are electrical-based systems. With the introduction of a new electric ROV control pod and suite of electric ROV specific components, Fugro’s DeepWorks simulation software now models all electric sub-systems with greater accuracy and enables failure cases to be simulated on individual sensors and circuits.
Eleven Models Now Available from JCB
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Mermaid Marine has increased its range of JCB Dieselmax marine diesel engines. The company, based in Poole, now has eleven models available in the JCB TCAE range ranging from 55kW / 74hp to 120kW / 160hp suitable for a large variety of applications, with the smaller engines particularly suitable for the grant funded repower market. All engines comply with a minimum of Stage 2 emissions with the majority complying with Stage 3B – Tier 4 interim.
Petroperu Tenders to Sell One 220,000 bbl Cargo of Virgin Naphtha
Reuters - State-run Petroperu launched a tender to sell one 220,000 barrel cargo of virgin naphtha to be delivered on April 11-15 at Talara port, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
US Energy Dept. Says Reserves Sale in Works for Many Months
Reuters - The U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday that it has been discussing the release of 5 million barrels of crude from its emergency reserves for "many…
Lloyd's Register: Adjustment to BWM Convention Implementation Schedule
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Please note: this Class News is a reissue and replaces the version sent on 10 January, 2014. The table has been amended to clarify the implementation dates for Regulation D-2 of the Ballast Water Management Convention. The International Maritime Organization’s governing body, the Assembly, recently adopted Resolution A.1088(22) which adjusts the implementation schedule for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention.
Ousted Libyan PM Flees Country After Tanker Escapes Rebel-Held Port
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Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has fled to Europe after parliament voted him out of office on Tuesday over his failure to stop rebels exporting oil independently in a brazen challenge to the nation's fragile unity. Zeidan was in Malta for two hours late on Tuesday on a short stop before going to "another European country", Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told state-owned television TVM. Government sources in Malta said he had left via a private plane bound for Germany…
Teekay LNG Partners Announces Change to Board of Directors
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. announced that Beverlee F. Park has accepted an invitation to join Teekay LNG's Board of Directors and to Chair its Audit Committee, effective March 11, 2014.
US to Hold Test Sale from Emergency Crude Oil Reserve
Reuters - The U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday it would conduct a test drawdown and sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The department…
LNG Hub in Galicia Gets EU Funding Boost
The European Union will co-finance with a little over €600,000 from the TEN-T Programme a series of studies to develop a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) hub in the Port of Ferrol…
Jeppesen Active at Asia Pacific Maritime 2014
Jeppesen said it will be very active at Asia Pacific Maritime 2014, participating in industry symposiums and highlighting its Fleet Optimization and E-Navigation…
LNG Design: Necessity is the Mother of all Invention
Jensen Maritime Consultants – leveraging a unique porthole on the maritime industry – anticipates and meets demand in the burgeoning maritime LNG sectors. Nevertheless…
GSL Prices First Priority Secured Notes
Global Ship Lease, Inc. (GSL) announced that it has priced an offering of $420,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.000% first priority secured notes due 2019…
Short Seas in the Long Run
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Building for the possibility of shortsea shipping involves many variables. The novel concept of rebirthing short sea shipping into what it once was or could be, may remain just that, a novelty. It would be paramount to overcome the “my way, on my terms” philosophy that so heavily drives traffic away from the seas and inland waterways and onto asphalt freeways that cannibalize natural resources. The…
Port2Port Maritime Security UKAS Certified
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Port2Port Maritime Security Ltd. has been awarded full certification / accreditation for ISO 28000: ISO/PAS 28007. Following a rigorous validation process, Port2Port is independently certified through MSS Global via the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS), with full compliance to the new security management system specification. Andrew Varney, Managing Director of Port2Port Maritime said, "Port2Port has worked extremely hard to implement the ISO in full; this award is vindication of our efforts.
ISS Targets Growth in South, Central America
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a maritime services provider has appointed Olivier Lavau-Wira as Vice President Sales, Marine Solutions, for its South and Central America region. Of French nationality and educated in Paris, Olivier has been based in South America since 1996 where he started his industry career working in shipping operations in the Port of Talcahuano, Chile. He has worked in various commercial management roles in Peru…
Pump Efficiency Restored at Iceland Fish Farm
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Located in the Southwest corner of Iceland beside the Atlantic Ocean is one of Stofnfiskur’s salmon broodstockfarms. This farm located in a place called Vogar was originally established in 1986 produces Salmon Ova which are sold to domestic and International hatcheries for fish farming. The facility houses 25,000m3 tanks in 10 massive sheds used for the breeding of salmon and production of salmon ova.
Nordic Clinches $23.5m Offshore Seismic Contract
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Singapore-based offshore specialist Nordic Maritime has been awarded a $23.5 million contract to provide 3D marine seismic data acquisition and processing services off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India, to Cairn India Limited, starting later this month. The contract will see Nordic Maritime collaborate with SCF Geo of Russia and will feature that group’s seismic survey vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov. The Vyacheslav Tikhonov will survey approximately 1,000 sq km of ocean bed.
Petrobras Areas Bought in 2010 May Hold Double the Oil Expected
Reuters - Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA may find as much as 10 billion barrels of oil in a group of offshore exploration blocks bought from the government in an oil-for-stock swap…
Dan-Bunkering Trader Transfers to Singapore
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Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is pleased to announce that as of March 1, 2014, Maria Eliseeva transferred from A/S Dan-Bunkering Ltd. Kaliningrad Rep. Office to Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Maria Eliseeva will strengthen a team of 17 dedicated international colleagues at Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Maria Eliseeva was born in the Middle Asia but moved to Kaliningrad when she was a child. Maria Eliseeva was employed by Dan-Bunkering Ltd. Kaliningrad Rep. Office in 2008.
Santos, Kris Energy to Explore Oil and Gas off Bangladesh
Australian oil and gas company Santos and Singapore-based Kris Energy signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) on Wednesday to explore oil and gas in Bangladeshi waters.