Half of Hanjin Boxships Denied Port Access
Of 98 container ships, 44 blocked from ports. U.S. firms take legal action over unpaid bills. Roughly half of Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd's container vessels have been…
Asia Tankers-VLCC Rates Steady, Owners Resist Further Cuts
Daily VLCC earnings fall to around $10,000; vessel deliveries, shorter voyages weigh on rates. Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which fell to multi-year lows on Thursday…
Hermine Hammers Florida and moves North
Wind and rain from Hurricane Hermine toppled trees and power lines along Florida's northern Gulf Coast, inundating coastal areas with storm surges before it weakened…
Freight Rates Spike after Hanjin Collapse
The cost of transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe and the United States jumped this week after the collapse of South Korean Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd.
OOCL Won't Accept Hanjin Cargo
Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) said it has stopped loading cargoes and containers from South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd , which has filed for court receivership.
Incat Designed Catamaran Ferry for Seaspovill
Incat Crowther announced contract to design a 50m Catamaran Passenger Ferry for South Korean operator Seaspovill. The vessel will join the operator’s existing fleet…
MaK, Caterpillar to Partner DNV GL for Condition Based Monitoring
MaK together with Caterpillar’s Marine Asset Intelligence organization has announced that they have partnered with DNV GL to help make the change from time based…
NACD Selects ABS Quality Evaluations as Verifier
ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE), a subsidiary of ABS Group, has been selected as a third-party verifier by the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD)…
Danelec Marine's Conversion Kits for VDR Retrofits
Danelec Marine is now offering a comprehensive range of conversion kits to facilitate replacement of existing shipboard Voyage Data Recorders (VDRs). The company…
44 Hanjin Ships Denied Access to Ports
Some 44 of Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd's ships have been so far denied access to ports while 1 ship has been seized, Reuters reports quoting a company spokeswoman. The…
Steady Return to Growth for the Offshore MMO Sector
Douglas-Westwood has launched its new World Offshore Maintenance Modifications and Operations Market Forecast 2017-2021 which forecasts a steady recovery from the…
NOAA Aid to Protect Marine Mammals
NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation.
Singapore: Ferry Emergency Exercise Tests Multi-Agencies’ Readiness
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) held a half-day emergency preparedness exercise, codenamed ‘FEREX 2016’ yesterday (September 02). The annual ferry…
Dry Bulk Shipping Outlook Good
The dry bulk commodity imports into and exports out of China we have seen in the first half of 2016 are very positive – and nothing short of extraordinary, says BIMCO.
CMA CGM Ends Joint Service with Hanjin
French shipping major CMA CGM assures its customers over Hanjin collapse. "Further to the information published on the filing for receivership of Hanjin Shipping…
IMO Focus on Protecting Marine Biodiversity
A high-level meeting working on a legal instrument to protect marine biological diversity has heard how International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Maritime…
This Day In Naval History: September 1
1800 - During the Quasi-War with France, the schooner, USS Experiment, commanded by Lt. Charles Stewart, captures the French privateer Deux Amix off Barbuda, West Indies.
Svitzer Amstel is Named in the Netherlands
A naming ceremony was held on August 30, 2016 for Svitzer Amstel, a new Sanmar ASD 60-metric-ton bollard pull tug operating in the Port of Amsterdam. The naming ceremony of Svitzer Amstel built by Sanmar Shipyards, was hosted by Port Towage Amsterdam. On behalf of Sanmar, Projects Director Ali Gürün and Marketing Director Pınar Gürün Korkmaz have attended the event. In witness of the invited guests and with the Svitzer Amstel alongside on the quay…
MN100: Omnithruster, Inc.
Omnithruster’s line of waterjet bow thrusters are optimized for shallow draft operation. The Omnithruster 400HP thruster operates at a draft of less than 2 feet – something no other in-hull thruster can boast. An OmniThruster bow thruster produces thrust continually with nozzles in or out of the water; in rough seas, strong currents, while pitching, yawing, rolling, or heaving. An OmniThruster can even produce thrust while the vessel is underway at several knots…
Eastern Delivers MPFSV to Harvey Gulf
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has delivered the M/V Harvey Stone on August 29, 2016 for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC of New Orleans. The Harvey Stone, Eastern Hull 234, is a Rampage 6400 Multi-Purpose Field Support Vessel (MPFSV), designed by Robert Allan, LTD (RAL) of Vancouver, B.C. Eastern is also completing the Harvey Sub-Sea and the Harvey Blue-Sea, two MPSVs under construction at Eastern, from a design provided by VARD Marine.
