Super Typhoon Headed for Japan, Emergency Warnings Issued
Japan's weather agency on Monday issued emergency warnings to urge people in the country's southern islands to take maximum precautions as a super typhoon described…
WSS Joins Anti-Corruption Network MACN
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) says that alongside the Wilh. Wilhelmsen group, it is now a full member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) and will be…
More Slow Boats to China Following P3 Flop: Analysis
With Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM now in damage limitation mode following their failure to get P3 agreed in China, what else can they do to cut costs? Following China’s rejection of P3 last month…
Norway Offshore MMO Slowdown: Aker Helps Redundant Workers
Aker Solutions says it is transferring employees to a new subsea engineering hub in Stavanger and using the Aker Advantage recruitment agency to find work for more…
Offshore Rig Overcapacity: Statoil to Suspend Saipem Contract
Owing to overcapacity in its rig portfolio, Statoil says it will suspend its contract with Saipem for the rig Scarabeo5 from the autumn of 2014, provisionally for the remainder of the year.
Kongsberg Upgrade Simulators for UiT, Norway
Kongsberg Maritime says that UiT, The Artic University of Norway, has contracted them to provide cutting-edge upgrades and extensions of existing ship's bridge simulators…
Tankship Man Overboard Search in GofM
Coast Guard crews and the tankship Elia are searching for one of the vessel's crew members off Port Aransas, Texas. The USCG informs that missing is the chief engineer, a 47-year-old Russian man.
Australian Warship Visits Vanuatu
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta has departed Port Vila, Vanuatu, after a successful visit to strengthen relationships and security cooperation with the Pacific Island nation…
New Russian Tax Credits Encourage Arctic Oil Exploration
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off a new law on mineral extraction tax incentives for hydrocarbons produced in Yamal and the Nenets Autonomous District…
RN Aircraft Carrier Christened by Queen Elizabeth
Her Majesty The Queen has officially named the HMS Queen Elizabeth in front of a crowd that included shipbuilders, the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary, informs the UK Ministry of Defence.
EMGS - Vessel Update and Activity for 2Q 2014
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the close of each quarter. The Company defines…
Search for Possible Missing Kayaker Near Kauai
The Coast Guard is searching for a possible missing kayaker in the Kaulakahi Channel off Kauai, Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu received notification…
IBM Signs Up to Help Fight China's War on Smog
IBM Corp has signed an agreement with the city of Beijing to use advanced weather forecasting and cloud compting technologies to help tackle the Chinese capital's persistent smog.
ST Engineering Streamlines Its Entities
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that Visiontech Investment Pte Ltd (Visiontech Investment), a wholly owned subsidiary of ST Engineering’s aerospace arm…
SPNM Strategy for Higher growth trajectory
Striving to grow mutually with other organizations has been a strategies of Shipping Professional Networking (Mumbai) which has seen its membership swell rapidly…
U.S. Navy Surgeon General Visits the Peace Ark
The U.S. Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, embarked the People's Republic of China medical ship Peace Ark (T-AH 866) for a tour…
KVH Industries Acquires Videotel
KVH Industries, Inc., acquired Videotel, a producer of high-quality training films and e-Learning services for the commercial maritime industry. Servicing over 11…
Rolls-Royce & Hispano-Suiza MoU for Transmission Systems
Rolls-Royce and Hispano-Suiza (Safran) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an exclusive long term joint venture (JV) for the development…
Dopeless® technology debuts in Alaska
An important European national oil and gas company successfully drilled the first complete Dopeless® technology well in Alaska in March 2014. The operation took place at Alaska’s North Slope…
Nature Conservation & Economic Activity Co-exist in Antwerp Port
The Antwerp port area is one of the most important habitats for European endangered species. No fewer than 90 protected species of plant and animal live within the port area.
