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New Patrol Craft to Serve Nigerian O&G Sector
Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL) will take delivery of its second Damen Fast Crew Supplier 3307 Patrol, 18 months after a sister vessel entered service in the Nigerian offshore market. Established in 2006, Lagos-headquartered HIOSL serves the Nigerian oil and gas industry with a range of maritime, security and logistics services. Currently undergoing sea trials in Singapore, Guardian 2 is expected to be directly employed when she arrives in Port HarcourtâŚ
The Cost-conscious Manager
Wondering What to Trim? Look to the skies: billions in offshore savings may be orchestrated from the back office. For many managers (and analysts), sales, general and administrative costsâŚ
Polarstern Embarks for Cape Town on Training Cruise
On 29 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport in Bremerhaven for Cape Town, South Africa, where it is expected to arrive on 1 December.
Marine Firefighting at Sea: Training to Survive
Fire onboard a boat or ship is generally considered the most dangerous situation on the water. While advances in technology have helped to mitigate risk, consistently investing to upgrade a crewâs firefighting training, skills and equipment is the best means to keep crew, ship and cargo safe if disaster strikes. While innovative new fire-resistant materials and advanced fire suppression equipment onboard ships and boats has helped to improve fire securityâŚ
Maritime Security Demand Keeps US Builders Busy
Export hulls â through the FMS Program, as well as Direct Sales â are a key piece of the business model. Even as the crash in energy prices feeds the oversupply of offshore support vessels â a key staple of U.S. boatbuilding diets â and the dwindling backlogs of some so-called âsecond tierâ yards, a number of U.S. boat builders are still seeing robust demand for security vessels. Separately, tightening federalâŚ
Inside IRClass
Arun Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, head of IRClass, discusses advances at the classification society as it celebrates 40 years. Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) is Indiaâs âNationalâ Ship Classification Society, formed to fill the need for having an Indian ship classification society due to the increase in Indian flagged commercial shipping tonnage, post-independence. Accordingly, Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliar first proposed to set up a National Classification Society.
RINA Group Widens Gas Sector Services
International classification, certification and engineering group RINA said it has widened its services to the global gas industry. While its traditional classificationâŚ
Unwanted Diesel, Jet Ships Could Sink Oil Prices
Backlog of vessels at port threaten loading delays; ships with half a million tonnes taking the long route to Europe. Unwanted diesel and jet fuel cargoes are backingâŚ
Hapag-Lloyd Upgrades WMX Network
Hapag-Lloyd informs about the upgraded West Africa Mediterranean Express (WMX) effective December 2015. We are pleased to inform you about our upgraded West Africa Mediterranean Express (WMX).
Mega Maritime: Heavy Lift for FPSOs
When the Dockwise Vanguard was conceived, Dockwise, part of the Boskalis Group, had a vision for a new market - transporting the worldâs largest cargoes, including FPSOs (floating production storage and offloading vessels). It hasnât taken the vessel, the largest heavy transport vessel in the world, long to prove its worth, as well as the feasibility of such a feat. The vessel has currently transported its first ship-shaped FPSO cargoâŚ
Pirates Kidnap Four Seamen off Nigeria
On Monday, 19th October, armed pirates attacked and boarded a refrigerated cargo ship underway off the Niger Delta. They stole shipâs cash, destroyed equipment andâŚ
GAC Takes Care of âMaersk Delivererâ at Ngqura
A massive drilling rig has completed its latest Special Periodic Survey and is now back in active duty off the coast of Angola. GAC South Africa was appointed toâŚ
Portugal: Searching for Lost Maritime Glory
Although a small nation on the Atlantic shores, Portugal in the 16th century was credited with discovering most of the âNew Worldâ previously unknown to Europe.
FPSO Guide to Life Extension
There are new-builds, and there are conversions. In lean times, thereâs also âlife-extensionâ for FPSOs increasingly seen as the best hope of developing oilfields too pricy as platform projects. Life extension is about making first-time money, cutting costs or continuing to earn when a field or floater enters a new stage. Itâs also about safety. Life extension involves major, multiyear considerations for operators and FPSO contractorsâŚ
VOOPS: Venice Offshore Onshore Port System
The New York Times once called Venice âundoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man.â But as beautiful as Venice might be, it is still a port city struggling to compete in a global economy, and beauty doesnât attract Ultra Large Container Vessels (UCLV). Port of Venice authorities hope that its ambitious new offshore-onshore port project might do just that. The Venice Offshore Onshore Port System (VOOPS) was born out of necessity.
UASC Wins Seatrade Award
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has received the âEnvironmental Responsibilityâ award and âThe Shipping Company of the Yearâ award at this yearâs Seatrade Maritime Awards for Middle EastâŚ
Mercury Marine Donates Engines for Hydro-Ambulance
Ambulatory services in Congo, Africa are now improved thanks to a donation by Mercury Marine. The global marine propulsion company recently donated two 60hp outboardâŚ
Port Construction: Tanzania Kicks Off $11B Project
Work started last week on an $11bn megaport in Tanzania, funded by China and Oman, which the countryâs president said would spark an âindustrial revolutionâ in the east African nation.
Tanzania Starts Work on $10 bln Port Project Backed by China and Oman
Tanzania started construction work on a $10 billion port and special economic zone on Friday, a project backed by China and Oman that aims to transform the EastâŚ
The Triumph of the Container
Globalization is the driving force of container shipping, as ever more goods are transported across the worldâs oceans in steel boxes on ever-larger container ships. But container shipping is also what made globalization possible in the first place. The principle of division of labor is nothing new to us today. In 1776, the economist Adam Smith, a formative thinker of the free market economy, elucidated this concept in his book, The Wealth of Nations.
Maritime Piracy
Houthi Rockets Wreak Havoc on Middle East Container Shipping
Narco-Submarines: The Hidden Depths of Drug Trafficking
Drug Smuggling on Ships and Submarines: An Escalating Threat
Maersk revises profit forecast upwards due to robust demand and disruptions in the Red Sea.
Global Shipping Carriers Are Feeling the Impact of the War in Ukraine and the Middle East
Maritime Piracy in the Horn of Africa:
Houthis Declare All-Out War on Israeli Shipping, Vowing to Strike Beyond Red Sea
Injustice at Sea: Greek Court Drops Charges in Deadly Migrant Shipwreck
