ABB Marine Academy Offers Arctic Course
Responding to strong demand from the ice-going vessel segment, ABB says it has developed in cooperation with customers a new course for deck officers covering the…
ASRY appoints Acting Chief Executive
ASRY has appointed Magdy Mustafa as Acting Chief Executive, after the current Chief Executive announced his resignation to move back to Norway for family reasons.
Meyer Turku Cuts Steel for New Mein Schiff
The production of a new generation of Mein Schiff ships started today at Meyer Turku shipyard, Finland, with the steel cutting ceremony. The new Mein Schiff 1, NB-1392…
Little Rock Port Gets $6M for New Dock, Improvements
Congressman French Hill (AR-2) joined Mayor Mark Stodola to celebrate the official announcement of the a $6.185M TIGER grant awarded by the US Department of Transportation…
Svitzer Continues Its Expansion In Towage
In highly challenged shipping and salvage markets, Svitzer delivered an underlying profit for Q2 2016 of USD 23m (USD 30m). In the first 6 months of 2016, Svitzer…
Low Freight Rates Hit Maersk Line
Record low freight rates have driven the World’s largest container carrier Maersk Line to report a second-quarter loss of US$151 million. The second quarter result…
BigOceanData Vessel Monitoring for Singapore
BigOceanData and Alltek Technology Singapore have won a competitive open tender to supply AIS vessel monitoring services to a Singapore government organization.
TEN Delivers Aframax Tanker
Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN Ltd) has announced the delivery of the Aframax crude tanker "Thomas Zafiras" from Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries which will immediately…
Shipping Industry Slumps, but Ship Scrapping Looks Up
While the shipping industry struggles through a historic downturn, ship scrapping business is seeing accelerating demand, reports WSJ. The global economic slowdown…
Russia Begins Naval Drill in Mediterranean near Syria
The Russian military has begun a naval exercise in the eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria, to test its ability to deal with "crisis situations caused by terrorist threats…
Trident to Acquire Callenberg
Trident Maritime Systems (Trident), a portfolio company of J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO), signed a definitive agreement to acquire Callenberg Technology Group (Callenberg)…
Fort McHenry: Vane Brothers New 3,000hp Tug
Vane Brothers is hailing the newest addition to its fleet: the Fort McHenry, a state-of-the-art, 3,000-horsepower tugboat named in honor of the historic landmark that can be seen from the company’s Baltimore, Maryland, headquarters. Designed by Frank Basile, P.E., of Entech Designs, LLC, the Fort McHenry is the most recent of 12 “Sassafras Class” tugboats delivered to Vane since 2008 by Chesapeake Shipbuilding of Salisbury, Maryland.
Knud E. Hansen To Showcase ShipSpace at SMM
The ShipSpace product is a next-generation Virtual Reality (VR) Design Verification Tool that allows designers, engineers and key stakeholders to validate design ideas and communicate effectively about vessel concepts and designs. The product consists of computer hardware and software on the customer’s premises and in the cloud. KNUD E. HANSEN will be showcasing ShipSpace, a new Virtual Reality (VR) tool to aid ship designers and engineers, at the SMM in Hamburg.
Grounded Bulk Carrier Refloated in Washington
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to an incident involving a motor vessel that grounded in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Washington, Friday night. The motor vessel Rosco Palm, a 751-foot Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship reportedly ran aground at 7:49 p.m. on Friday night, refloated, moved to a few miles upstream to mitigate collision risk and then grounded while at anchor on sand bottom while waiting for first light assessment.
Kelvin Hughes bags Marseille VTS Radar Contract
Kelvin Hughes has been awarded the contract for the second phase of a radar system installation by the Port of Marseille Fos in Southern France. The Enfield-based company supplied five SBS-700 radar systems earlier this year that were integrated with the port's Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS). The second phase has seen two more, identical models installed and commissioned at the port in July.
Parker to Supply Three Arctic Vessels
Parker Bestobell Marine, a supplier of cryogenic valves and part of Parker, a leader in motion and control technologies, has received a major new order from DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering) in South Korea to supply cryogenic valves for three new vessels. The company’s valves will be used in the cargo handling systems, including the main discharge line that controls the initial flow of LNG from the cargo tanks when pumping starts.
Russia Starts Planned Naval Exercises in Eastern Med
Russia said on Monday it had started planned tactical exercises in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea to test the ability of the Navy to act in crisis situations of a terrorist nature.
Asia N.Europe Box Rates PLunge 10.5 pct
Container spot freight rates from Asia to Northern Europe fell 10.5 percent to $771 per twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) last week, data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange showed.
WFW advises GPH on Venice Cruise Port Acquisition
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams advised Global Ports Holding on the acquisition of two significant stakes in Venezia Terminal Passeggeri S.p.A made via Venezia Investimenti S.r.l.…
BBC Chartering launches office in Esbjerg, Denmark
BBC Chartering announces the re-launch of its presence in Denmark with a new representative office in Esbjerg opening August 15, 2016. “Global wind power saw an unprecedented growth recently…
