Fire-fighting ASD Tugs Sail to Argentina
At the end of June, two Damen ASD Tugs 2810 set sail from Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania to Puerto General de San Martin (Argentina) for towing, mooring, and fire-fighting operations in the Argentinian region around Rosario on the Paraná river. Built at Damen Galati Shipyards (Romania), the vessels will be delivered on time, having met the expectations of Cooperativa De Trabajos Portuarios Limitada de San Martín.
KR Boosts Operational Efficiency with Boxship Conversion
The Korean Register has announced that it has successfully completed a feasibility study for the conversion of an 8,600 teu containership into a 10,000 teu vessel.
RINA Closes Edif Group Acquisition
RINA S.p.A, the holding company of the multinational testing, inspection, certification and consulting engineering group based in Genoa, Italy, has announced thatā¦
NAPA Chooses AutoCAD OEM Platform
NAPA and Tech Soft 3D have announced that NAPA Drafting software has been developed using the AutoCAD OEM platform from Autodesk. This allows NAPA Drafting to deliver the market standard in 2D drawing functionality automatically from NAPA 3D databases, enhancing productivity for yards and speeding compliance processes. NAPA Drafting is also able to automatically generate rich 2D section drawings from the 3D NAPA ship model created in NAPA Steel.
TCM Implements Seagull's Competence Manager
Tsakos Columbia Shipmanagement (āTCMā) S.A. has strengthened its collaboration with Seagull Maritime AS to bring its in-house āTanker Competence and Promotion Managementā¦
INTERSCHALT Expands South American Network
INTERSCHALT maritime systems GmbH, a provider of services for communications, navigation and bridge equipment and the maker of voyage data recorder systems, has expanded its service network in South America through the addition of ITEC Electronica Maritima S.A.S, Colombia, and Telnav Telecomunicacoes Navais, Macaé, Brazil. As authorized service partners, ITEC and Telnav Telecom will from now on perform the installationā¦
Baltic Index Falls for Third Straight Day
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for the third straight day on Thursday due to weaker rates for larger vessels.
Asia Dry Bulk-Capesize Owners Remain Confident
Number of idle ships down to around 15, from 70 in early 2016 - broker. Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo ships on key Asian routes could nudge lower nextā¦
ICS Conference to Focus on Shipping Agenda
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) will focus clearly on its core agenda this year, with experts from key areas of industry across the board speaking atā¦
Norsafe, VARD Ink lifeboats Supply Deal
Norsafe has signed a new contract with VARD Group, and will supply lifeboats complete with davit systems to a series of fifteen new vessels. Topaz Energy and Marineā¦
PGS Revenue Slumps
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA reported revenue fall in their recently released Second Quarter and First Half 2016 Results. It logged a healthy MultiClient Sales andā¦
Vard Reports High Order Intake from Non-offshore Markets
New order intake of NOK 6.2 billion from contract wins for 19 vessels. Vard Holdings Limited (āVARDā, and together with its subsidiaries, the āGroupā), one of theā¦
12th Chesapeake Tug for Vane Brothers
Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Salisbury, MD announced it has successfully delivered another ocean going tugboat to Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD. The boat, named Fort McHenryā¦
Creditors May Give Breathing Room for Hanjin Shipping
State-run Korea Development Bank and other creditors are expected to extend their conditional debt rescheduling program for Hanjin Shipping Co. to stay afloat, reports Korea Herald.
OOCL Takes Further Step Forward in GHG Reporting
In OOCLās commitment to environmental protection and data integrity standards, we are pleased to announce that OOCL has taken a further step forward in our Greenhouseā¦
WWL Adds MV Themis to its Fleet
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logisticsā (WWL) has added MV Themis, fourth Neo-Panamax class vessel, to its fleet. 50% of the companyās newbuilding order now complete. Like her sister vesselsā¦
Maersk Line Signs First Carbon Pact in Asia
Maersk Line has signed a five-year carbon reduction pact with Huawei Technologies, a global leading telecom solutions provider and the worldās third largest mobile phone manufacturer.
Turkey Scrambles Fighter Jets in Search of Missing Vessels
Turkish F-16 fighter jets scrambled on Wednesday to check reports that missing Turkish coastguard vessels had appeared in Greek waters in the Aegean Sea, Turkish military sources said.
KVH Promotes Bruun to COO
KVH Industries has announced that Brent Bruun, currently executive vice president of mobile broadband for the company, has been promoted to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO). In this position, Bruun will assume direct responsibility for KVHās corporate development, as well as operational responsibility for mobile communications products and services for maritime and land markets.
Kooiman to Repair MTS Julius Rütgers
Eiltank Schiffart GmbH & Co KG has placed the order for the repair of the inland waterway tanker vessel Julius Rütgers Shipyard with the shipyard Gerb. Kooiman B.V. Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands. MTS Julius Rütgers was seriously damaged after the explosion of some cargo tanks. The midship area is heavily deformed and two cargo tanks exploded. The ship's deck of these tanks is almost completely ruptured. The deck of adjacent tanks is distorted. On the slipway of Shipyard Gebr.
