Top Stories James Fisher Wins Five-year Contract by BP, Offshore Angola

James Fisher Wins Five-year Contract by BP, Offshore Angola »

James Fisher and Sons plc (JFS) announces that its subsidiary James Fisher Angola Ltda has been awarded a five-year contract by BP Angola for the provision of export tanker support services off the coast of...

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UK: Car Carrier Sector Capacity Management Leads the Way

UK: Car Carrier Sector Capacity Management Leads the Way »

The Carrier Car industry has emerged from the global recession with what looks like limited damage compared with the head-on collision others experienced. Drewry believes that this sector, with its small orderbook, is better positioned...

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Greece: EDF Trading Charters Diana Shipping’s New Bulk Carrier

Greece: EDF Trading Charters Diana Shipping’s New Bulk Carrier »

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, yesterday took delivery of the newly-built m/v “Los Angeles”, a Newcastlemax dry bulk carrier of 206,104 dwt that...

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UK: MMS Unveils Design for New Offshore Transfer Vessels

UK: MMS Unveils Design for New Offshore Transfer Vessels »

A HULL shipyard is to build and operate a fleet of vessels to serve giant offshore wind farms planned for the North Sea. MMS Ship Repair will both construct and run the boats, which will...

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USA: Diamond Shipping Joins Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool

USA: Diamond Shipping Joins Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool »

Teekay Corporation and Konig & Cie announces that Diamond S Shipping Group has joined the Gemini Tankers Suezmax Pool as a full member. The Gemini fleet currently has 17 modern Suezmax vessels. This is expected...

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Germany: Voith, SCHRAMM to Develop Special Vessels

Germany: Voith, SCHRAMM to Develop Special Vessels »

In the future, operators of offshore wind farms will have one point of contact for all technical and service issues: Voith and the SCHRAMM group will pool their vessel design expertise and will jointly develop...

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Pacific Fleet Task Unit Escorts Fourth Convoy Through Gulf of Aden

Pacific Fleet Task Unit Escorts Fourth Convoy Through Gulf of Aden »

Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by Capt 1 rank Ildar Akhmerov and comprising large ASW ship Admiral Tributs, tanker Pechenga, and seagoing tug MB-37 started escorting of the fourth commercial convoy within the framework...

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USA: ACL Announces New Weekly RO-RO Service

USA: ACL Announces New Weekly RO-RO Service »

Atlantic Container Line commences a new, weekly RORO service from the North America to Russia and Finland. It is the fastest and most frequent service available in the market. The service begins February 2012, using...

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IMO Secretary-General Pledges Support for Philippines Maritime Development »

IMO Secretary-General Pledges Support for Philippines Maritime Development

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has pledged IMO’s support for the Philippines in all facets of the country’s maritime development. In wide-ranging talks in Manila...

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China: Sinopacific Secures Order for Four LPG Carriers »

China: Sinopacific Secures Order for Four LPG Carriers

Evergas has secured additional four orders at the Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering Shipyard where the company is already engaged with its extensive newbuilding program....

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Denmark: Knud E. Hansen Designs Highly Efficient 50m Trawler »

Denmark: Knud E. Hansen Designs Highly Efficient 50m Trawler

The Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E. Hansen A/S has developed a highly efficient 50 m factory trawler with a focus on...

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G6 Alliance Moves Launch of Asia-Europe Service Up to March »

G6 Alliance Moves Launch of Asia-Europe Service Up to March

Members of the G6 Alliance announced today that their groundbreaking cooperation in Asia-Europe container shipping will begin operation in the first week of March...

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Japan: MHI Develops System to Enhance Damage Stability of Ships »

Japan: MHI Develops System to Enhance Damage Stability of Ships

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a system to enhance the damage stability of ships, enabling reduction in capsizing risk, as well as...

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The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Secures Another Two PSVs Order »

The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Secures Another Two PSVs Order

Norwegian ship owner World Wide Supply (WWS) has ordered another two PSV 3300 CD’s from Damen Shipyards. The two platform suppliers are added to...

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Keppel, ConocoPhillips Design First Jackup Rig for Arctic Offshore »

Keppel, ConocoPhillips Design First Jackup Rig for Arctic Offshore

Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech), a design and engineering arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing...

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French Company Reveals Outlook for Defeating Piracy »

French Company Reveals Outlook for Defeating Piracy

Worldwide communities have shown an increased awareness of the importance of providing an outlook for ending piracy. While reflecting on challenges and learning from...

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Bermuda: Seadrill Wins New Contracts for Three Jack-up Rigs »

Bermuda: Seadrill Wins New Contracts for Three Jack-up Rigs

Seadrill has secured new contracts for the three jack-up rigs Offshore Mischief, Offshore Defender, and West Leda. The aggregated revenue potential is estimated at...

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Guarapari Drilling Orders Drillship from Brazilian Shipyard »

Guarapari Drilling Orders Drillship from Brazilian Shipyard

Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz has secured a contract worth approximately US$792.5 million from Guarapari Drilling BV, Netherlands, a subsidiary of...

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UK: Royal Navy Patrol Ship Issues Record Fine for Illegal Fishing »

UK: Royal Navy Patrol Ship Issues Record Fine for Illegal Fishing

A Royal Navy patrol ship has issued a record on-the-spot fine to fishermen using undersized nets after sailors boarded a Dutch fishing vessel in the North Sea. HMS Mersey, one of the Royal Navy’s three fishery protection vessels, was on routine duties when she spotted...

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Italy: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Presents MOSAIC »

Italy: Orizzonte Sistemi Navali Presents MOSAIC

MOSAIC (Modular Open System Architecture Integrated Concept) is a family of modular ships, representing an excellent solution to the need of an effective and modern combat component, both littoral and off-shore. These vessels derive from the Comandanti Class Corvettes, but their most distinguishing element is...

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USA: MSC’s Golden Gate Service to Call Savannah »

USA: MSC’s Golden Gate Service to Call Savannah

The Mediterranean Shipping Company has added Savannah to its weekly Golden Gate Service between the East Coast and Asia. The 12-vessel service includes the largest ships ever to call on Georgia’s deepwater ports. “The 9,000-TEU class vessels included in this Suez Canal route represent the...

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Germany: Meyer Werft Hands Over Newest Cruise Ship – Disney Fantasy »

Germany: Meyer Werft Hands Over Newest Cruise Ship – Disney Fantasy

Disney Cruise Line took possession of its newest ship – Disney Fantasy – today from the Meyer Werft shipyard in a traditional maritime ceremony aboard the ship. The Meyer Werft flag was lowered, while the Disney Cruise Line flag was raised, transferring ownership from the...

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UK: South Boats Delivers New Crew Transfer Vessel to P&O Maritime »

UK: South Boats Delivers New Crew Transfer Vessel to P&O Maritime

P&O Maritime, together with South Boats Special Projects Ltd., announcse the delivery of the latest addition to the P&O Maritime crew transfer vessel fleet; ‘Chinook’ This multi-purpose crew transfer vessel was designed by Incat Crowther, Australia and built by South Boats at Cowes on the...

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USA: Vigor Starts Construction of WSF’s New 144-Car Ferry »

USA: Vigor Starts Construction of WSF’s New 144-Car Ferry

Vigor Shipyard has reportedly commenced the construction of a new 144-car ferry. Construction work on this vessel was agreed under a 147M$ agreement signed between Washington State Ferry and Vigor Shipyard on November 1. The 32 M$ ferry design is based on the 130-car Issaquah...

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New Zealand: Salvage Teams Focus on Wood Removal from Rena »

New Zealand: Salvage Teams Focus on Wood Removal from Rena

Svitzer salvage teams yesterday focused on the labour-intensive task of emptying containers of wood on the bow section of the Rena, and preparing the bundles of timber for removal by helicopter. Salvors also worked on securing hatch covers on the bow section which had been...

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Indian Navy’s New Talwar Class Frigate Finishes Sea Trials »

Indian Navy’s New Talwar Class Frigate Finishes Sea Trials

Russia’s Yantar shipyard, last week , successfully finished trials for Indian Navy new Talwar class frigate. Previously, Russia completed frigates INS Talwar, INS Trishul, and INS Tabar. The $1.6-bln contract for second 3-ship batch for Indian Navy was signed on July 14, 2007 in Delhi....

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Singapore: Greatship Takes Delivery of New AHTS Vessel from Drydocks »

Singapore: Greatship Takes Delivery of New AHTS Vessel from Drydocks

Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte. Ltd. (GGOS), a Singapore incorporated subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), which is a subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has taken delivery of GREATSHIP VIMLA, a 150T Anchor Handling Tug cum Supply Vessel, from Drydocks World-Singapore Pte....

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