Top Stories UK Chamber of Shipping Refutes Conclusion on EU ETS Findings with Respect to Shipping

UK Chamber of Shipping Refutes Conclusion on EU ETS Findings with Respect to Shipping »

The UK Chamber of Shipping welcomes the discussion on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) but strongly refutes its findings with respect to shipping. The section of the Committee’s report on shipping concludes that calls...

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India: Customs Detains Diving Support Vessel SEAMEC II

India: Customs Detains Diving Support Vessel SEAMEC II »

Seamec Ltd has informed BSE that the SEAMEC II vessel was detained by the Customs for non production of the copy of the original Bill of Entry purported to have filed by the seller of...

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Eco Friendly Tugs Steer Maritime Green Concept

Eco Friendly Tugs Steer Maritime Green Concept »

Marine vessels are deemed to be the most considerable source of air pollution. Operating within a prosperous, powerful and complex international industry, they are still not affected by emission control regulations. Ports, as the main...

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Gazprom, Sovcomflot to Arrange Test LNG Shipment via Northern Sea Route

Gazprom, Sovcomflot to Arrange Test LNG Shipment via Northern Sea Route »

The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Frank, Director General of Sovcomflot. The parties discussed the interaction within the Prirazlomnoye field development, including...

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Norway: Havila Shipping Secures Four Charter Contracts

Norway: Havila Shipping Secures Four Charter Contracts »

Havila Shipping announced that it has entered into an agreement with FugroTSM in Australia for a two year extension of the contract for the subsea vessel Havila Harmony. The extension will keep the vessel on...

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Maersk Line Leads Fuel Switch at Port of Virginia, USA

Maersk Line Leads Fuel Switch at Port of Virginia, USA »

Maersk Line will switch to low-sulfur fuel while at berth for all of its containerships calling the Port of Virginia starting in February. This fuel switch program will help improve air quality in the greater...

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FAIR Wins Two Transportation Contract from Saipem for Golden Eagle, UK

FAIR Wins Two Transportation Contract from Saipem for Golden Eagle, UK »

Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded two contracts by Saipem to provide marine transportation services for the Golden Eagle Project in the North Sea. The first voyage is scheduled in early 2013 and...

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Pew Urges Reforms to EU Deep-Sea Fishing Regulations

Pew Urges Reforms to EU Deep-Sea Fishing Regulations »

The Pew Environment Group today encouraged the European Commission to implement significant reforms to EU deep-sea fishing regulations. The Commission is preparing to release its deep-sea access regime proposal before the end of the first...

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UK: Bluewater Sells FPSO Uisge Gorm to EnQuest »

UK: Bluewater Sells FPSO Uisge Gorm to EnQuest

EnQuest’s option to purchase Bluewater’s FPSO Uisge Gorm has been exercised and the sale was completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2012. EnQuest will...

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Greece: Navios Maritime Announces Charters for Five MR2 Product Tankers »

Greece: Navios Maritime Announces Charters for Five MR2 Product Tankers

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced today that it has chartered out five newbuilding MR2 product tankers. Angeliki...

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2012 Market Energizing Prospect Offshore Vessels »

2012 Market Energizing Prospect Offshore Vessels

Rising demand for considerably complex and highly-developed deepwater field undertakings results in greater, more advanced and technically brilliant offshore vessels. These technological marvels play...

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The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Secures Five Pontoon Orders »

The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards Secures Five Pontoon Orders

In December 2011, Damen Pontoons & Barges signed three contracts for a total of five purpose-built Damen Stan Pontoons (SPo): two Damen Stan Pontoons...

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Indonesia: Hoegh LNG Signs FSRU Deal with PGN »

Indonesia: Hoegh LNG Signs FSRU Deal with PGN

Höegh LNG said today that it has signed a firm and final agreement with PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) to provide PGN with an...

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Towards New Maritime State of the Art Facilities »

Towards New Maritime State of the Art Facilities

  Increasing demand and expectations in Maritime Industry call for communities to come up with new facilities and to upgrade outdated systems and infrastructure....

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Indonesia: Pertamina to Buy 15 Tankers »

Indonesia: Pertamina to Buy 15 Tankers

Pertamina, State Oil and Gas Company, unveils a plan to purchase 15 tanker vessels until 2014 to help it distribute refined fuel and LNG...

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Port of Long Beach, OOCL Sign Largest Terminal Deal in US History »

Port of Long Beach, OOCL Sign Largest Terminal Deal in US History

The Port of Long Beach has reached a tentative agreement on a 40-year, $4.6 billion lease with Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) for the...

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2012 Leading Edge Green Vessels »

2012 Leading Edge Green Vessels

Increasing fuel prices and environmental concerns have been stressing the importance for the marine industry to direct its efforts towards the design and operation...

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Damen Shipyards Secures Order for Two HSSVs from MarineCo UK »

Damen Shipyards Secures Order for Two HSSVs from MarineCo UK

Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs). Since taking delivery...

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Northrop Grumman Participates in Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Australia »

Northrop Grumman Participates in Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Australia

Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference in Sydney, Australia, where it will highlight its maritime security capabilities and programmes, including marine navigation and ship control technology, and unmanned aircraft systems for maritime and coastal surveillance. The Pacific 2012 show...

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Russia: Sovcomflot Extends Use of Electronic Navigational Charts on its Ships »

Russia: Sovcomflot Extends Use of Electronic Navigational Charts on its Ships

Sovcomflot is extending the use of electronic navigational charts on its ships. The transition process is being supported by use of the electronic international database provided as part of the Transas Admiralty Data Service (TADS), offered by the Transas company. SCF originally started using electronic...

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USA: Sub Sea Research Locates WWII Shipwreck »

USA: Sub Sea Research Locates WWII Shipwreck

Sub Sea Research LLC, a Portland Maine based company located the worlds richest shipwreck, a WWII British Freighter carrying a secret cargo of 71 tons of Platinum sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Cape Cod. Sub Sea Research (SSR) spent months searching...

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The Netherlands: FESCO North West Europe BV Starts its Operation »

The Netherlands: FESCO North West Europe BV Starts its Operation

FESCO Group announces that the new office FESCO North west Europe BV started its operation. The new office will consolidate operations held by FESCO former representative offices in Netherlands and Belgium. It will continue to provide the whole range of container transportation and handling services....

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Transpetro Reports Oil Spill at Terminal Osorio in Tramandai, Brazil »

Transpetro Reports Oil Spill at Terminal Osorio in Tramandai, Brazil

Transpetro reports that an oil spill was detected yesterday at the Terminal Osorio in Tramandaí (RS) during unloading operations of a ship. Teams and Transpetro Environmental Defense Center (ADC) were immediately triggered to begin work on the containment and removal of the product. The causes...

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Bangladesh: VOSTA LMG Hands Over Three CSD’s 450 to BIWTA »

Bangladesh: VOSTA LMG Hands Over Three CSD’s 450 to BIWTA

Karnafuly joint venture consortium ltd. delivered three high quality Cutter Suction Dredgers 450 to Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). On Wednesday the 18th of January the vessels were inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. The vessels were built in close co-operation...

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Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya to Start Sea Trials in Four Months »

Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya to Start Sea Trials in Four Months

About 100 days left to May 25 when Project 11430 aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will start sea trials. Up to 3,000 shipwrights and experts daily work on the carrier modernized at JSC Sevmash Shipyard. No wonder that labor power is such significant – only 3.5...

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USA: Port of Oakland Commissioners Appoint New Senior Managers »

USA: Port of Oakland Commissioners Appoint New Senior Managers

The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners appointed Jean Banker as Deputy Executive Director at a January Port Board meeting (Jan. 12, 2012) and Chris Chan as Director of Engineering during the December 15, 2011 Port Board meeting. Both are Port employees who were promoted from...

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Italy: Rosetti Marino Delivers PSV ‘F.D. Remarkable’ to Fratelli D’Amato »

Italy: Rosetti Marino Delivers PSV ‘F.D. Remarkable’ to Fratelli D’Amato

On 7th January, approximately 12 months since building was commenced, Rosetti Marino, delivered the new Platform Supply Vessel “F.D. Remarkable” to Fratelli D’Amato. It is the 7th vessel of a 10-unit series – Rolls Royce UT 755 XL design, commissioned by the Neapolitan Owner to...

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