Jensen Maritime to Design Two 120' Tugboats
Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, was recently selected to provide the ABS Class and functional designs for two…
Kinder Morgan, BP form Fuel Storage JV
Kinder Morgan to buy 15 terminals in $350 mln deal. BP Plc will sell 15 fuel storage terminals in the United States to pipeline company Kinder Morgan Inc in a $350 million deal…
NTSB: El Faro Investigation Continues
NTSB Issues Update on Investigation Into Sinking of Cargo Ship El Faro. On February 13, 2015, El Faro successfully completed the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) class and statutory surveys…
Mercury Marine Donates Engines for Hydro-Ambulance
Ambulatory services in Congo, Africa are now improved thanks to a donation by Mercury Marine. The global marine propulsion company recently donated two 60hp outboard…
Navy to Search for El Faro Wreckage
Fleet Ocean Tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172) departed Norfolk, Virginia, today to begin searching for wreckage from the missing U.S. flagged merchant vessel El Faro. The ship is deploying to a search area northeast of Crooked Island in the Bahamas island chain, which is the last known location of the vessel. The initial search area is 100 square miles, and water depth is estimated to be 15,000 feet across the expected search area.
Maersk Looks to Hike Asia-Europe Box Rates
The world's largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, plans to raise spot freight rates sharply on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern Europe with effect from Nov.
New Business Development Manager for GAC O&G
GAC is strengthening its strategic focus on the Asian Pacific energy sector with the appointment of Lailah Soon as Regional Business Development Manager, Oil & Gas.
Italy's LSCT Executives Tour Asian Logistics Hubs
In Singapore, senior executives from Italy's La Spezia Container Terminal - Contship Italia Group will kick off a tour of key cargo hubs across south east and east…
EUKOR Select Inmarsat, Intellian for high-speed connectivity
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services and Intellian, a global leader in satellite communication antenna systems, have…
Iridium, FURUNO Join forces
Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM) and maritime navigation and communications equipment leader FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. announced a strategic partnership in which…
Maritime Crime Rises 38% in S.E. Asia
Dryad Maritime released its Q3 trends and analysis of global maritime crime showing a stark rise of 38% of incidents across Southeast Asia, when figures are compared to the first nine months of 2014.
Adani Ports to Handle IPGA's Pulses
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and part of Adani Group, today said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
Cyber Security: The Anatomy of a Cyber Intrusion
Compromising the cyber integrity of the network threatens every user and every system on your ship or in your building. Violating security best practices, circumventing security policies…
VIKING, NK Group Join Forces
Leading Danish marine and fire safety equipment and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has signed a multi-year global servicing agreement with NK Group…
Arctic Oil Drilling: Why Does U.S. End It?
The Obama administration has taken steps to keep drill rigs out of Alaska's northern ocean for a decade or more. The sudden of turnabouts is attributed to slowing down of economy. The U.S.
GasLog Raises $1.3B for Eight LNG Newbuilds
Peter Livanos-backed Monaco-headquartered owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers GasLog Ltd. has completed a USD 1.3 billion credit facility…
APM Terminals Moin Bullish on Reefers
APM Terminals is preparing an expansion of the Moin Terminal in Costa Rica's cooling export facilities. Six new STS cranes and 29 RTG cranes to operate the deep water port of Moin Container Terminal…
Port Construction: Tanzania Kicks Off $11B Project
Work started last week on an $11bn megaport in Tanzania, funded by China and Oman, which the country’s president said would spark an “industrial revolution” in the east African nation.
Cochin Shipyard to Build the First Double-ended RoRo Ferry
The keel of the first double-ended RoRo ferry being built for the Corporation of Cochin was laid by V.R. Raju, secretary of the Corporation here on Monday at a ceremony at the Cochin Shipyard.
China for International Cooperation in Marine Science
China will actively promote maritime scientific research and innovation as well as international cooperation to advance sustainable marine development, according…
