Rotterdam Port Strengthens Presence in India
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is intensifying its joint activities with parties in India. 'As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India is investingā¦
SGRE Scores 360MW Chilean Wind Power Gigs
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has signed three contracts to supply turbine orders worth 359MW to undisclosed customers in Chile.With the new orders, SGREā¦
Fincantieri Fits New Midsection in Star Breeze
The most complex cruise ship lengthening ever undertaken is clipping along at Fincantieriās Palermo yard.The final welding cut to Windstar Cruisesā Star Breeze wasā¦
Terminal Operator GCT Signs on to TradeLens
Global Container Terminals (GCT) will deploy the IBM-Maersk TradeLens platform at its four North American terminals.GCT operates four strategically located, bigā¦
EU/IMO Project Drives Energy Efficiency
A global network of maritime technology cooperation centers has completed an impressive array of pilot projects over the past three years, helping to drive forwardā¦
European Ports Get EcoPortsā PERS
European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) congratulates Port of Barcelona (Spain), Port of Vigo (Spain) and Port of Baku (Azerbaijan) for getting EcoPortsā environmentalā¦
DACKS Delivers Bulk Carrier FJM Glory
Panama-based Stiringaster Line has taken delivery of FJM Glory, a 61,000 dwt bulk carrier newbuilding.The delivery ceremony took place in China at the Dalian COSCOā¦
MOL Intros AR Navigation System
Japanese transportation major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced that, along with Furuno Electric, it made a joint presentation of their advanced augmented realityā¦
MSC Rejects Northern Sea Route
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the worldās second-biggest container shipping line, has decided not to use the Arctic as a new short cut between northern Europeā¦
GTT Intros Several Advances in LNG Tech
French multinational naval engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) announced several advances in its technology development process.The American Bureauā¦
Maldives Hosts Maritime Security Workshop
The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) is mandatory instrument addressing the safety and security of ships, ports, cargo and crew, says Internationalā¦
DNV GL Awards HHI AIPs for New FPSOs
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has obtained DNV GL's approval in principle (AiP) certificates for three models of its āStandard FPSOā design.Vidar Dolonenā¦
GTT LNG Carrier Orders at Record Highs
Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), a company specialised in the design of membrane containment systems for maritime transportation and storage of liquefied gas, saidā¦
Chile Develops Maritime Transport Policy
Developing a national maritime transport policy is key for a countryās sustainable development, especially those with a significant maritime sector.The latest Internationalā¦
LR Awards AiP to DSME for VLEC Design
Classification society Lloyd's Register said it has awarded Approval in Principle (AiP) to South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for its 98,000-cubic meter very large ethane carrier (VLEC) design with new cryogenic material High Manganese Austenitic steel (High MnA) and sloshing-free tank, the first VLEC design to use this type of material.DSMEās 98,000 m3 VLEC designā¦
Nexans Celebrates Construction of Aurora Cable Installation Vessel
On October 15, 2019, Nexans hosted the grand block ceremony that represented a key step in the construction of its ground-breaking cable installation vessel, the āNexans Auroraā. The vesselās hull is currently being built at the CRIST shipyard in Poland. It will be completed at Ulstein Verft in Norway, with delivery planned for 2021.The grand blocks are the major components in the construction of the hull. They are being assembled at CRIST, in the Polish port of Gdynia.
EU/IMO Global Project Drives Energy Efficiency
The GMN global network of maritime technology cooperation centers has completed numerous pilot projects over the past three years, helping to drive forward the changes which are required to reduce GHG emissions from shipping. A global network of maritime technology cooperation centers has completed an impressive array of pilot projects over the past three years, helping to drive forward the changesā¦
New 12m ProZero Site Management Vessel
New 12m Site-Management boat from ProZero.After success with sales of both 8m, 11m and 15 Meter ProZero vessels for the aquaculture industry, ProZero now launch a new ProZero model in the fish farming markets. This time a 12m site-management boat developed in close dialogue with aquaculture experts.The new ProZero 12m site-management boat is basically equipped for tough offshore missions and built on the reliable and extremely seaworthy ProZero hull platform.The boat's large aft deck canā¦
DOJ: Failure to Report Hazardous Condition
Two shipping companies incorporated in Liberia pled guilty today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, to failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of a hazardous condition on one if its vessels and to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) by presenting false documents to the Coast Guard that covered up vessel oil pollution.Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Departmentās Environment and Natural Resources Division and David C. Weiss, U.S.
Port of Cape Town Boosts Tug Fleet
Transnet National Ports Authority has redeployed a new tug to the Port of Cape Town, as Tug UMBILO went into service recently after being redeployed from the Port of Durban.Built in 2017, UMBILO was the sixth of nine new vessels to roll off the production line as part of $95 million tug construction contract being executed by Durban ship builder Southern African Shipyards. The Port of Cape Town also took delivery of tug USIBA last yearā¦
