Satcom Services by Telespazio, Grimaldi
European spaceflight services company Telespazio and the shipping company Grimaldi Group have recently signed two contracts to strengthen the satellite communications…
World First: Printed Hollow Prop Blade
French defense contractor Naval Group and French elite engineering school Centrale Nantes have printed the first demonstrator of hollow propeller blades by metal…
St Petersburg Port Cargo Handling Up by 12%
Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg (CTSP), a company of UCL Port, stevedoring division of the international transportation group UCL Holding, handled 7.7 million tonnes…
ADNOC Awards USD1.36bln Contract
State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has awarded a contract worth Dh5 billion (USD1.36bln) to a UAE-based company for dredging, land reclamation and marine…
Fincantieri Delivers Viking Jupiter
Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard has delivered Viking Jupiter, the sixth in a series of 930-passenger ships for Viking Cruises.The delivery ceremony took place this…
Ocean Yield Adds Fifth Crude Tanker
Norwegean shipping company Ocean Yield has taken delivery of the modern suezmax crude tanker “Milos” yesterday (February 07).The vessel was built in 2016 by Sungdong…
Princess Beatrix Lock Opens
The Dutch Princess Beatrix, in the presence of the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, officially opened the 3rd lock chamber Princess Beatrix Lock.
Milaha Ups Stake in Nakilat
Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics company Qatar Navigation (Milaha) has increased the company’s stake in compatriot liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping…
Polaris Refuels in Finland
World’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) icebreaker Polaris refueled for the first time at the Nordic countries’ largest LNG terminal in Tornio in the icy Röyttä Harbour.As of yet…
Ardmore Refinances Seven Ships
Bermuda-based owner of product and chemical tankers Ardmore Shipping has refinanced seven vessels under finance lease arrangements during the fourth quarter of 2018.According…
ITF Exposes Wage Theft on BlueScope Ship
Wage theft aboard a BlueScope chartered foreign-flagged ship in Port Kembla has been exposed after intervention from the International Transport Workers’ Federation…
Spain Accedes to IMO Fishing Vessel Treaty
Spain has become the latest country to accede to the International Maritime Organization’s Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety, significantly boosting the…
EU Strict on Port Emissions Cuts
Publishing data about the emissions of all ships calling at EU ports, as proposed by the European Commission, will incentivise shipping companies to cut their CO2…
LCS Billings Delivered to U.S. Navy
Within the Littoral Combat Ship Program (LCS), the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corporation…
HHLA Revenue, Profit Rise
German port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its Group revenue by 3 percent to EUR 1.29 billion in the 2018 financial year (previous year: EUR 1.25 billion).
Boskalis Wins LNG Modules Contract
Dutch dredging and heavylift company Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American…
Kitsap Transits Adds Two Fast Ferries to Service Seattle
Kitsap Transit’s early test of a passenger-only ferry service between Bremerton and Seattle has proved successful enough that the agency is adding two new fast ferries to its fleet.The passenger-only ships will expand the marine highway being developed to help ease congestion in the Puget Sound area. Nichols Brothers Boat Builders of Freeland, Washington, was hired to build the two ferries, with an…
Smart Sensor Mapping Breaks New Ground
Flicq Inc. an innovator in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions has announced that it has cooperated with Damen Shipyards in remote monitoring. The project has involved mapping smart sensor data from many sources to have a uniform view of a vessel’s health. Additionally, Flicq sensors have been deployed on Damen connected vessels.In September 2018, Damen posed their sensor mapping challenge at the Vodafone Ziggo/TNW IoT Challenge.
DSO wins Lifetime Extension of Stockholm Ferry
Damen Shiprepair Oskarshamnsvarvet (DSO) has won a public tender for the contract to undertake a lifetime extension project on the passenger ferry Waxholm II.Built in 1983, the 35.5 meter ferry carries up to 350 passengers and is operated by Waxholms Ångfartygs AB (Waxholmsbolaget), the public body responsible for public transport by boat in the Greater Stockholm region. She is owned by Region Stockholm…
Walsh & Sons Selects Damen Multi Cat
UK-based construction services provider S. Walsh & Sons has ordered a Multi Cat 1908 from Damen Shipyards Group. After finalizing a number of modifications, Damen will deliver the 19-meter long vessel ten weeks after receiving the order.Part of the GRS Group, S. Walsh & Sons is London’s premier construction partners, delivering end-to-end materials handling services to the UK civil engineering and construction industries.
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