Cimco Marine Names Per Wigren as CTO
Cimco Marine AB, the maker of OXE Diesel, the world's first diesel outboard engine in the high-power segment, announced that Per Wigren has been appointed chief…
Buss Acquires SSC Wind
Hamburg-based Buss Group has acquired SSC Wind from Wildeshausen with an aim to expand its services in the offshore and onshore wind markets.In future, the company…
Dutch Seaports Hit Record Volumes
Dutch seaports processed a record volume of goods in 2018 as the throughput of containers increased the most, reported the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS)…
Grandweld Shipyards Announces Solid 2018
UAE-based Grandweld Shipyards said that it has closed a number of deals, as part of its landmark milestones achieved during 2018.Grandweld’s latest achievement was…
Hanjin Heavy, EEI Team Up
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. (HHIC) has partnered with Yuchengco group-led construction firm EEI Corp in Philippines.In a stock exchange announcement…
3 Shippers Recognized for Safety Awareness
Three shipowners and ship-management companies were recognized by Japanese logistic major Nippon Yusen (NYK) for their original and effective implementation of…
UK Addresses Dangers of Weighted Heaving Lines
The UK maritime industry is taking a leading stand in the fight against the illegal use of Dangerously Weighted Heaving Lines (DWHLs) in UK ports and harbors, an…
Azerbaijan- U.S. Maritime Meet
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has hosted a meeting with the guests from the United States of America.The meeting was attended by Robert Sekuta, former…
NAT to Pass on Scrubbers
Bermuda-based international tanker company Nordic American Tankers Limited (NAT) has reiterated that it believes scrubbers are not a solution for the company based…
Rotterdam, Berlin Mull Better Rhine Corridor
Germany wants to improve hinterland transport from the port of Rotterdam. German Transport Minister Volker Wissing visited the Port of Rotterdam as part of a three…
Seaspan Marine Intros Marine Simulator
Seaspan Marine Transportation unveiled a new marine simulator facility, the first and only of its kind in North America, in its North Vancouver office, Canada.The simulator…
Sanmar Lays Keel for TundRA 3200 Tugs
Sanmar Shipyards of Turkey, held a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two TundRA 3200 ice breaking tugs for Finnish operator, Alfons Håkans Group.According to a press release…
More Women Joining Maritime Industry
More women are joining the maritime ranks in a variety of professions within the industry, said International Maritime Organization (IMO).To encourage this trend…
Tallink Gets Finance for LNG Ferry
Estonian shipping company Tallink Tallink Grupp has borrowed EUR 197.6 million to finance the new EUR 247 million LNG powered fast ferry currently under construction…
Damen Signs Pact with Karachi Shipyard
Dutch shipbuilding conglomerate Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) for a Damen Technical Cooperation (DTC)…
Two RAstar 3200 Vessels Christened in HK
Hongkong Salvage & Towage, a division of HUD Group, has added two new high-performance tugs to their fleet.A press release from Robert Allan Ltd.(RAL) said that RAstar 3200 vessels…
Baltic Soars on Surging Iron-Ore Demand
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index rose more than 2 percent on Friday, its best week in nearly five years, mainly fuelled by strong demand for vessels that ship iron ore from Brazil.The Baltic index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, rose 40 points, or 2.4%, to 1,740 points, its highest since early August last year.The main index has risen 28% this week, its best week since week-ending Aug. 15, 2014.
Gibraltar Extends Iranian Tanker Detention
Gibraltar said on Friday it had obtained an order extending the detention of the Iranian Grace I supertanker by 14 days because there were grounds to believe it was breaking sanctions by taking oil to
Arctic Sea Route Opens for Year's First LNG Cargo
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker carrying a cargo from the Yamal LNG plant has spent this week making its way through Arctic waters north of Russia towards Asia, marking the first voyage of the 2019 summer season across the Northern Sea Route.The Vladimir Rusanov, an Arc7-classed LNG tanker that can plough through semi-cleared waters, left the Sabetta port on June 29 and is in the Chukchi Sea close to the Bering Strait…
Carnival connects entire fleet to STM
As part of the Sea Traffic Management STM Validation project Costa Crociere, part of Carnival Corporation, integrated Costa and Aida ships to exchange information with other actors, utilizing STM supported standardised formats and interfaces. After verifying operations with these initial ships, the rest of the Carnival Corporation fleet has now been added.Costa developed STM support as part of their Fleet Operation Center software Neptune.
