Brent Bravo Arrives at Able Seaton Port
The giant 25,000-metric-ton Brent Bravo oil platform topsides arrived at Able Seaton Port in preparation for its dismantling and recycling, said Peter Stephenson…
SST Tsimshian Warrior Blessed
SAAM SMIT Canada Inc. (SST Canada) held a blessing ceremony for a new RAstar 3200-W escort tug named SST Tsimshian Warrior built by Turkey’s UZMAR Shipyard.This new Robert Allan Ltd.
Navig8 Adds LR2 Tanker
Navig8 Product 2020, an international shipping company, has announced that it has taken delivery of the Navig8 Promise.Its the seventh 110,600 DWT scrubber-fitted…
World's Longest Wind Turbine Blade Debuts
The American supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry LM Wind Power, part of GE Renewable Energy, has displayed its first 107-meter blade, for GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine…
Meyer Werft Delivers Spirit of Discovery
German shipyard Meyer Werft has handed over Spirit of Discovery, second of three new cruise ships in 2019, to the British cruise line Saga Cruises.The vessel with a rating of 58…
Nakilat Eyes Global Market Via Al Jazeera
Qatari shipping and maritime company with the world's largest LNG shipping fleet, Nakilat’s strategy in promoting its global shipping and maritime operations to…
Dolphin Platforms in GasLog Vessels
Greek e-learning company SQLearn announced its collaboration with the international operator, owner and manager of LNG carriers, GasLog, providing e-learning services…
Start-ups to Make Rotterdam Port Smarter
The Port of Rotterdam Authority signed individual Letters of Intent (LoI) with four enterprising new companies that are expected to help make the port more sustainable…
Intermodal Freight Market to Grow 7.5%
Global intermodal freight transportation Industry is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2018 to 2025 to reach USD 72.51 Billion.Last year (2018), the intermodal…
Today, the Day of the Seafarer 2019
"Get on board with gender equality," is the theme of this year's International Day of the Seafarer, which is celebrated each year on 25 June.The International Maritime…
Oil Spill Response Training at Montenegro
The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), the IMO-administered pollution emergency response centre in the Mediterranean…
GLDD Wins $91 Million Across Six Awards
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced the receipt of dredging awards totaling $91 million.The awarded work includes:the Virginia Beach project (Coastal Protection, Virginia, $22.6 million);the Sandbridge project (Coastal Protection, Virginia, $20.3 million);Galveston Ship Channel (Maintenance, Texas, $21.2 million);Freeport LNG Basin (Maintenance, Texas, $4.6 million)San Jacinto Variation Order (Rivers and Lakes…
Carnival Selects Kongsberg for Expedition Ships
Kongsberg has signed an agreement with the shipbuilding firm T.Mariotti to provide its K-Bridge Integrated Bridge System (IBS) with K-Pos Dynamic Positioning (DP) functionality for two ultra-luxury, purpose-built expedition cruise newbuilds to Carnival Corporation. The ships are under construction at the T.Mariotti yard in Genova, Italy for the ultra-luxury cruise line Seabourn, a brand of Carnival Corporation.
17.5 Tons of Cocaine found on Containership
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-led multi-agency examination of shipping containers at the Philadelphia seaport netted a historic load of cocaine, the largest cocaine seizure in the 230-year history of U.S. Customs and CBP, with an estimated weight of over 17.5 tons and a street value of about $1.1 billion.During a midstream joint boarding Sunday night, CBP, HSI, and U.S.
ChartCo Launches Fixed Price PAYS Solution
ChartCo is expanding its OneOcean digital solution with its new ’Fixed Price Pay As You Sail’ (PAYS) system.The brand-new product will be launched on July 1, 2019ChartCo is expanding its OneOcean digital solution with its new ’Fixed Price Pay As You Sail’ (PAYS) system which is the first such system to allow budgetary certainty and global ENC data for planning and navigation purposes.Vessels using PAYS will be tracked and only charged for ENC permits according to the routes they actually sail.
Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Laws
Portline Bulk International S.A. pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and one count of Obstruction.
Incat Crowther Designs Korean Ferry
Incat Crowther has announced a contract to design a 65m catamaran passenger ferry for operation in Korea. The Incat Crowther 65 will be built by Khan Co., Ltd of Geoje-si, Korea and operated by Dolphin Shipping Co., Ltd.The vessel will provide a vital link between Pohang, on mainland Korea and the island of Ulleung-do, where it will be the second largest vessel on the route. It will be the first locally…
Concordia Damen Ships 18 Hulls to Rotterdam
On Monday, 17th June, heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin departed Shanghai. On deck with eighteen Concordia Damen inland shipping vessel hulls and a Damen Crane Barge 6324, bound for Rotterdam. Concordia Damen regularly conducts such heavy-lift transportations as a means of providing its customers with cost-efficient vessels.The hulls and crane barge had been constructed at yards in China. They are scheduled to arrive in the Port of Rotterdam mid-August.
RigNet Settles Inmarsat Arbitration
RigNet, Inc. announced that it has reached a settlement with Inmarsat Global Limited that concludes the GX Arbitration pending before the International Center for Dispute Resolution.
Damen Building an FCS 7011 in Antalya
Two and a half years on from the genesis of the FCS 7011 concept in response to extensive feedback from the offshore energy sector, the build of the first of this design has begun at Damen Shipyards Antalya, Turkey. The milestone was marked by a traditional keel-laying ceremony held at the yard.At 70 meters in length, the newbuild will be the largest monohull vessel to be built in aluminium by Damen.
