Aerial Drones Perform Tanker Survey
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey and inspection firm Cyberhawk has completed the first full ABS Intermediate Hull Survey 4 on an oil tanker using UAVs.Cyberhawk performed full class inspection across 19 tanks on board an oil tanker while at a shipyard in Singapore. This included 12 Cargo Oil Tanks (COT), two slop tanks and five ballast tanks. Attending was the American Bureau for Shipping (ABS)…
SeaKing Electrical Wins Windermere Ferry Repair Deal
Birkenhead, Merseyside based maritime engineering company SeaKing Electrical has won a tender from Cumbria County Council to repair the electrics on the council-owned car ferry the Mallard following a fire earlier this year.The ferry’s engine room caught fire in March following a hydraulic leak causing an evacuation of 80 people from the vessel while it was operating on Lake Windermere in England’s Lake District.
Baltic Index Remains Flat on Monday
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, remained flat on Monday as demand for capesize vessels was offset by weaker demand for panamax vessels.* The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, was flat at 1,773 points.* The capesize index gained 22 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,654 points.* Average daily earnings for capesizes, which typically transport 170,000-180,000 tonne cargoes such a
Low Water Hinders River Shipping in Germany
Water levels on the Rhine and Danube in Germany remain low as a drought and heatwave continues and freight vessels cannot sail fully loaded on the rivers, traders said on Monday.The Rhine is too shallow for normal sailings from Duisburg to southern Germany, traders said. All of the German section of the Danube is too shallow for full loads, they said.“Vessels are still sailing but are sometimes operating less than half full,” one vessel broker said.
Stanford Marine in Talks About Sale of Business
Creditors of Stanford Marine Group (SMG), which has links to troubled private equity firm Abraaj, are in talks with three potential buyers, sources familiar with…
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