HMS Queen Elizabeth Sets Sail with Dellner Brakes
U.K. Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived at her home port of Portsmouth last week, fitted with two Dellner Brakes āstopping, turning, lockingā (STL) systems that, weighing in at 11,000 kg each, are the biggest STL systems that Dellner Brakes has ever built. Each of the carrierās two propeller shafts is fitted with a custom-designed Dellner Brakes STL system that allows operators to stopā¦
ST Engineering Buys US Rig Repair Assets
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) said it has acquired the rig repair assets of World Marine of Mississippi LLC (WMM) adjacent to its existing yard, VT Halter Marine, Inc.
Baltic Index Edges Higher on Firmer Capesize Vessel Rates
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, inched up on Friday, after declining for three-consecutive sessions, as rates for capesize vessels gained. The overall index ā which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels ā was up 9 points, or 0.75 percent, at 1,209 points. The capesize index gained 73 points, or 3.13 percent, at 2,406 points.
Ferus Smit Launches Symphony Spirit
On Friday, August 25, shipbuilder Ferus Smit launched newbuild 421, Symphony Spirit, in Leer. The 122.5-meter, 10,500 dwt Symphony Spirit is the fifth vessel inā¦
Bulker Owner Fined for US Ballast Water Discharge
The U.S. Coast Guard said it has issued a $5,000 fine to the owners of a foreign freight vessel for unauthorized ballast water discharge into the Willamette River in Portland, August 16.
MST, Reederei Indicted for Falsifying Pollution Records
The U.S. Justice Department announced a federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned a nine-count indictment today charging MST Mineralien Schiffarht Speditionā¦
Hurricane Harvey Strengthens, Threatens US
Hurricane Harvey intensified early on Friday into potentially the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade, as authorities warned locals to shelter from what could be life-threatening winds and floods. Harvey is set to make landfall late Friday or early Saturday on the central Texas coast where Corpus Christi and Houston are home to some of the biggest U.S. refineries. Oil and gas operations have already been disrupted and gasoline prices have spiked.
S-Oil, Petronas Ink Long-term LNG Deal
South Korea's third-largest refiner S-Oil Corp signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract with Malaysia's Petronas for 15 years starting from next yearā¦
Second Body Recovered from USS McCain
U.S Navy and Marine Corps divers have recovered and identified a second body in the search for ten sailors missing after a collision between a guided-missile destroyer and merchant vessel near Singapore earlier this week, the U.S. Navy said on Friday. The USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant tanker in waters near Singapore and Malaysia on Monday, which led to an international search-and-rescue operation for the missing sailors.
Asia VLCC Rates Fall to Four-year Low
Freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on Asian routes show little sign of reviving although Hurricane Harvey, which threatens to ravage the U.S. Gulf coast oil refining industry over the weekend, could provide a fillip, brokers said. That came as average weighted VLCC freight rates on all routes sank to their lowest in four years this week to around $9,000 per day. Rates are even lowerā¦
Huntington Ingalls Steel-Cut for Aircraft Carrier Enterprise
Huntington Ingalls Industries has cut a 35-ton steel plate at its Newport News Shipbuilding division to kick off advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80).
Keppel AmFELS to Build Two LNG Fueled Containerships
Keppel AmFELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) in the United States (US), has secured a contract worth more than US$400m fromā¦
Seadrill to Seek Bankruptcy Protection
Once the biggest offshore rig firm by market value, Seadrill plans to begin its Chapter 11 debt restructuring in the coming weeks, WSJ reported. The Bermuda-based companyā¦
CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt Breaks Panama Canal Capacity
The Panama Canal welcomed the largest capacity vessel to ever transit the Expanded Locks, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt. CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt became theā¦
MOL Engineering Acquires Ship Class Certificate
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced that its group company MOL Engineering has acquired a certificate of approval to engage in the servicing and maintenance of lifeboatsā¦
ENC Golden Jubilee Maritime Seminar Concludes
India's Eastern Naval Command Golden Jubilee Seminar with the theme āNational Maritime Power - Concepts, Constituents and Catalystsā, concluded on 23 August 2017.
CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt to Inaugurate New Bayonne Bridge
On July 26, 2017, the new CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt began its voyage by leaving Asiaās shipyards to begin its rotation on the South Atlantic Express Service (SAX) from Hong Kong to Shanghai.
Alexander Acosta visits APM Terminals
APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles hosted U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta today, as he toured the worldās largest proprietary container terminal, andā¦
Cepsa Offers RMK500 Marine Fuel in Barcelona
Cepsa has started marketing RMK500 fuel in the Port of Barcelona to meet customer demand for this product. The Company is extending the supply of this fuel in theā¦
Globecomm Installs Complete Solutions on MV Baltic
Globecomm, one of the leading providers of maritime connectivity services, has installed a complete communications solution on MV Baltic, the latest newbuild to join the Global Seatrade fleet.
