Port of Long Beach Studies Land Use Options
The Port of Long Beach said it is conducting a comprehensive Land Use Study to eventually create well-informed land use strategies. Work on the Land Use Study began in 2015 and is expected to continue through 2016. Focusing efforts and resources on creating a process to evaluate future land use options will allow the Port to proactively address major challenges and balance its role as a facilitator of international tradeā¦
Caterpillar Honors Napier for āSupplier Excellenceā
Napier Turbochargers has been awarded Caterpillarās Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) Certification. Caterpillarās SQEP program is designed to place emphasis on supplier performance excellence: to earn SQEP, suppliers must provide superior performance in several categories including product quality, delivery, customer service, process control and continuous improvement. This certificationā¦
Training toward Greater Maritime Security
Extensive maritime security training involving countries operating under the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC) has taking place from March 20-April 7 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Maritime law enforcement officials from 17 DCoC signatory States (the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, the Sudanā¦
Nauta Bags Two Fishing Vessel Orders
Nauta Shiprepair Yard in Poland has signed two contracts in recent days for building partially outfitted fishing trawlers for its Danish client Karstensens Skibsvaerft AS. Within the first order Nauta will produce a partly outfitted vessel with length 69.9 meters and beam 14.2 meters. The B ā 436 unit will be ready to hand over in March m2017. This vessel will be similar to the other seiners ā Kvannoy and Beinur ā which Nauta has built for Karstensens Skibsvaerft AS.
Baltic Index Rises as Capesizes Continue to Support
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose on Thursday, on surging capesize demand and improved activity across vessel segments.
KOTUG, Boskalis Begin Harbor Towage Joint Venture
KOTUG International B.V. and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have formalized a joint venture for the companiesā European harbor towage operations. The joint operations are transferred to a 50/50 joint venture, combining the European harbor towage activities of KOTUG and Boskalisā subsidiary SMIT. The merged operations will operate under the entity KOTUG SMIT Towage, with operational integration beginning April 7, 2016.
Cape Henry Associates Awarded US Navy Training Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Cape Henry Associates, along with five other companies, a curriculum analysis and planning services task order contract worth a projectedā¦
Chronopost Inks $2.8 Mln Deal with Reftrade
Reftrade has secured a $2.8 million contract with international shipping and delivery company Chronopost International, to install refrigerated cold rooms on multiple platforms and distribution hubs throughout France. Reftradeās French division, market leaders in lease of refrigerated containers and temperature controlled units, secured the 60 month contract in Q1 of 2015 on the back of Chronopost launching its Chronofresh line.
This Day In Naval History: April 7
1776 - The Continental brig Lexington, commanded by John Barry, captures the British tender Edward near the Virginia Capes after a fierce fight that takes nearly an hour. 1944 - USS Saufley (DD 465) sinks the Japanese submarine I 2, west-northwest of New Hanover, while USS Champlin (DD 601) is damaged after intentionally ramming German submarine U-856 380 miles off Nova Scotia, Canada. Champlin then teams with USS Huse (DE 145) to sink U-856.
Demand Boosts Container Market Outlook -MSI
The latest Container Shipping Forecaster from MSI suggests a more positive market outlook for the container shipping sector in 2016 than the analysis of most of its peers. Though its supply-side predictions are broadly aligned with those of Drewry and Alphaliner, MSI makes a more optimistic forecast on the demand side ā indeed its trade growth estimates for 2016 are more than double those of the others.
Response to Barge Breakaway on the Mississippi Ongoing
The U.S. Coast Guard siad it is continuing its response to an allision resulting in a barge breakaway on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Ill., Wednesday. An Incidentā¦
Jotunās HPS Delivers Fuel, Emission Savings
Jotun has analyzed the first ever five year dry-docking of a vessel treated with its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system. The data revealed that Gearbulkās Penguin Arrow, coated with Jotunās SeaQuantum X200 in September 2010, recorded a staggering estimated fuel saving and CO2 emission reduction of $1.5 million and 12,055 metric tons respectively, across the 60-month period. Jotunās proprietary HPS offer combines the application of an advanced antifouling coatingā¦
Hundreds of Migrants Arrive in Italy from Egypt
Italy's coast guard said on Thursday it had rescued more than 300 migrants from a packed boat in which they had travelled hundreds of kilometres (miles) from Egypt to the Strait of Sicily.
OSCās New Feeder Service Links Oman to UAE
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) is launching a new freight service linking all Omani ports to the United Arab Emirates by mid-April, 2016, in a move that aims to boost trade links. OSCās new fortnightly Oman Express Service will be the first freight feeder operator to connect all Omani ports. It will be run by OSC subsidiary Oman Container Lines (OCL). OSC chief executive Tarik Mohamed Al Junaidi saidā¦
China Teapot Refiners Create Qingdao Tanker Jam
Tankers at Qingdao port face up to 30-day wait. At least 15 large tankers wait to offload -shiptracking data. A surge in oil buying by China's newest crude importersā¦
Asia Dry Bulk-Capesize Rates Likely to Stay High
Flurry of cargo fixtures push Australia, Brazil rates to highest since December. Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo ships on key Asian routes are likelyā¦
Vietnam to China: Shift Rig, Abandon Drilling Plans
Vietnam demanded China move a controversial oil rig on Thursday and abandon plans to start drilling in waters where jurisdiction is unclear, the latest sign of festeringā¦
Cegal Launches Blueback ODiSI
Cegal today announced the release of Blueback ODiSI - an innovative One Dimensional Stochastic Inversion method. Blueback ODiSI produces high-quality images of reservoirā¦
Development on BWM highlights - IMO's R&D Forum
Ballast water management experts, meeting at the recent IMO-GloBallast R&D Forum in Canada, have showcased the latest developments in ballast water management andā¦
The Switch's PM Shaft Generator for LNG Vessel
The Switch, a specialist of megawatt-class permanent magnet (PM) machines for advanced marine drive trains, has been selected to deliver its PM shaft generator for an LNG carrier with a 45ā¦
