Damen Secures Ferry Orders in Canada
In 2015 Collectivité de Saint Pierre et Miquelon launched a tender for two new Mixt Ferries to operate between the two Islands and Fortune, Canada. The same year the contract was awarded to the Damen Shipyards Group and, in January 2016, the Loan agreement with Rabobank was signed. The project was launched on 11 March at an event in Paris and the vessels will be delivered at the end of 2017. In close cooperation with the clientā¦
Baltic Index Rises on Firmer Vessel Rates
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, was up on Monday, on stronger demand across all vessel segments.
Cheap Oil Slows Move to LNG as Bunker Fuel
Low oil prices are denting the take-up of liquefied natural gas as a cleaner source of energy to power ships, and it will be a few more years yet before the fuelā¦
Ampelmann Produces Winterized Offshore Gangway
On April 14, 2016, offshore access solutions company Ampelmann and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. signed an agreement to install and operate a winterizedā¦
Navis, Ideal Tech Partner to Accelerate TOS Projects
Ideal Tech Labs is an idea accelerator and technology partner for startups, mid-market and enterprise customers. Together with its global clients, Ideal Tech hasā¦
Samskip Logistics Opens New York Office
With a presence on the U.S. market since 1994, Samskip Logistics has taken the next step by opening a new US head office in New York under the management of Paul Dean. For over two decades, the company has operated two offices in Norfolk, Va. and in Seattle. Samskip Logistics now plans to open more offices in the United States. All US-based staff will continue to perform an extended range of dry and reefer forwarding activities such as full (FCL) and less than (LCL) container loadsā¦
Carrnival Continues Cruise Talks with Cuba
Carnival Corporation & plc said it is continuing discussions with Cuba to allow cruise ships to operate in the same manner as current air charter operations, which transport Cuba-born individuals to and from Cuba. Fathom will begin sailing its 704-passenger Adonia luxury cruise ship to Cuba every other week starting on May 1, marking the first time in over 50 years that a cruise ship has sailed from the U.S. to Cuba.
Lake Assault Boats Available Through GSA
Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Shipyards and a manufacturer of purpose-built, mission-specific fire and rescue boats,has announced that the companyās boats are now listed on the U.S. governmentās General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule. Government agencies, including most municipal fire departments and law enforcement organizations can use GSA Schedule contracts ā which contain pre-negotiated pricesā¦
Repair of Two Semi-submersible MODU Completed
Repair of Polyarnaya Zvezda and Severnoye Siyaniye, semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) of the sixth generation, has been completed under surveyā¦
DP Documents Revised, Published by IMCA
Two International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) documents, often written into contracts by clients, have been fully revised and published. āGuidelines for the Design and Operation of Dynamically Positioned Vesselsā (IMCA M103 Rev 2), and āGuidance on Failure Modes & Effects Analyses (FMEA)ā (IMCA M166 Rev 1) are both now freely available on the IMCA website. āBoth important documents were reviewed using the IMCA āopen forumā web-based system introduced last yearā¦
Optimarin Reports Surge in BWTS Orders
With its latest succession of contracts won, ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin reports it has now sold more than 400 of its environmentally friendly UV-based systems. Optimarin said 2016 has been a boom year for a company that installed the first ever commercial BWT system back in 2000. Optimarin Ballast System (OBS) orders have been confirmed with Atlantis Tankers (10 units) and Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group (nine)ā¦
Largest-ever Diesel Cargo Heads to Europe
Europe is expected to receive its largest-ever diesel cargo after French refiner Total booked a super tanker to sail to the region even as it faces brimming storage tanks and wilting demand.
Norwegian Officials Meet with HHI Leadership
Norwayās Prime Minister Erna Solberg, along with Jan Grevstad, Norwegian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and other Norwegian government officials, visited Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to meet with Choi Kil-seon, chairman and CEO of HHI, and Kwon Oh-gap, president and CEO of HHI. During the meeting held at the HHI headquarters in Ulsan, South Korea, the prime minister showed particular interestsā¦
Saudi Shipper Bahri Q1 Profit Soars
National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), the exclusive oil-shipper for Saudi Aramco, reported a 53.6 percent jump in first-quarter net profit on Monday.
Australia Accelerates Naval Shipbuilding Efforts
Australia will speed up plans to build more naval vessels in domestic shipyards, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Monday, making an announcement that couldā¦
U.S. to give Philippines South China Sea 'eye-in-the-sky'
The United States will transfer an observation blimp to the Philippines to help it track maritime activity and guard its borders amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, a U.S.
Collaboration on Swimming Robots for Subsea Maintenance
NTNU spin-off company Eelume collaborates with Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil to develop swimming robots for subsea inspection and light intervention. Kongsbergā¦
Hamburg Port's Rail Network Sets European Benchmark
In their āBest route market study for containerised imports to South Germanyā, published at the beginning of March, the Drewry Groupās supply-chain consultants investigatedā¦
ABB Wins European Marine Engineering Award
Power and automation technology group ABB has won a European Marine Engineering Award, acknowledging the innovation behind the new Azipod D electric propulsion solution, launched in 2015.
Damen Completes Maintenance of Flintstone
The fallpipe vessel Flintstone has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, following a six-week programme of maintenanceā¦
