Top Stories Teekay Offshore Partners, Statoil Ink New FSO Contract

Teekay Offshore Partners, Statoil Ink New FSO Contract »

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil), on behalf of the field license partners, to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) unit for...

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Russia: Putin Holds Meeting on Development of USC

Russia: Putin Holds Meeting on Development of USC »

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current state and development prospects of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. On opening the meeting, the President announced that Vladimir Shmakov has been appointed the new head of the...

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Jones Act Essential to Maintaining US-Flag Fleet

Jones Act Essential to Maintaining US-Flag Fleet »

On behalf of the American Maritime Partnership, Joseph H. Pyne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Kirby Corporation, testified before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the House Transportation and Infrastructure...

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EU to Provide Over EUR 37 Million to Fight Piracy in Eastern and Southern Africa

EU to Provide Over EUR 37 Million to Fight Piracy in Eastern and Southern Africa »

The EU will provide some €37 million to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries through support for the Programme to promote Regional Maritime Security (MASE). In the past decade,...

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Genscape Buys Vesseltracker.com

Genscape Buys Vesseltracker.com »

Genscape, the company that pioneered the placement of thousands of patented, in-the-field energy monitors to measure market fundamentals in real-time, today announced the acquisition of Vesseltracker.com GmbH. This acquisition significantly expands Genscape’s network of proprietary...

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EMGS Extends Charter Hire Period for ‘Atlantic Guardian’

EMGS Extends Charter Hire Period for ‘Atlantic Guardian’ »

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to extend the charter hire period for the vessel Atlantic Guardian from 1 September 2013 to 1 March 2014. Furthermore, EMGS has...

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Farstad Shipping Announces Sale of PSV Lady Kari-Ann

Farstad Shipping Announces Sale of PSV Lady Kari-Ann »

Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary P/R International Offshore Services ANS, sold the PSV Lady Kari-Ann (1982, ME 202, 2,972 DWT). Delivery of the vessel to the new owner took place Tuesday...

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Greece: Diana Shipping Enters into Loan Agreement with Diana Containerships

Greece: Diana Shipping Enters into Loan Agreement with Diana Containerships »

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, has announced that yesterday it agreed to loan up to $50 million to Diana Containerships Inc., a former...

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Dutch Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen Opens Maasvlakte 2 »

Dutch Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen Opens Maasvlakte 2

Dutch Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, today opened Maasvlakte 2 to shipping. “Today we are clearing the way for...

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YGS Secures Big Order of Handysize Carriers from Eitzen »

YGS Secures Big Order of Handysize Carriers from Eitzen

Norway-based company Eitzen Eco Bulk has ordered nine handysize dry bulk carriers from Chinese Yangzhou Guoyu Shipbuilding, Sea Trade Global reports. The significant order...

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Greek Shipowners Place Orders for 142 Newbuildings at Chinese Shipyards »

Greek Shipowners Place Orders for 142 Newbuildings at Chinese Shipyards

Greek Shipping Minister, Kostis Moussouroulis revealed in his recent official visit to China that the Greek shipowners had placed an order for 142 newbuildings...

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Hornbeck Offshore Orders Two MPSVs from LEEVAC Shipyards »

Hornbeck Offshore Orders Two MPSVs from LEEVAC Shipyards

LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of...

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USA: Viking Cruises Launches Ocean Product Line »

USA: Viking Cruises Launches Ocean Product Line

Viking Cruises recently announced the launch of its ocean product line, Viking Ocean Cruises, marking the introduction of the travel industry’s first new cruise...

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Oman: Port of Sohar Marks Start of Container Terminal Expansion »

Oman: Port of Sohar Marks Start of Container Terminal Expansion

Under the auspice of HE Said Hamdoon, Undersecretary Ministry of Transport and Communication, Oman International Container Terminal ground breaking ceremony took place on May...

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Top News of the Week May 13-18, 2013 »

Top News of the Week May 13-18, 2013

China: ABB Signs Service Agreement with CLSICO ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, signed a long-term Preventive Service agreement with China LNG...

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Transocean Adds 662 Mln to Its Orderbook »

Transocean Adds 662 Mln to Its Orderbook

Transocean Ltd., a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, said in its monthly fleet update summary, providing information on the new contracts and significant changes to...

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Oldendorff Declares Option for Two More Bulkers from Samjin Weihai »

Oldendorff Declares Option for Two More Bulkers from Samjin Weihai

Germany’s Oldendorff Carriers has declared the options for further two 36,000 deadweight handysize bulkers from the Korean owned Samjin Weihai Shipyard in Shandong Province,...

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Noble Secures Contract Award for New Jack-Up Rig in UK »

Noble Secures Contract Award for New Jack-Up Rig in UK

Noble Corporation today announced that the Company has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jackup for use in...

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Damen, Cantiere Navale Vittoria Build Two Stan Patrol Vessels for Italian Guardia di Finanza »

Damen, Cantiere Navale Vittoria Build Two Stan Patrol Vessels for Italian Guardia di Finanza

Together with its Italian partner yard Cantiere Navale Vittoria S.p.a., Damen Shipyards are building two Stan Patrols 5509 to the Italian Guardia di Finanza. This Italian law enforcement agency, deals with financial crime, smuggling Illigal Immigration and narco traffic and maintains a fleet of about...

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Terex Port Solutions Supplies Two Mobile Harbour Cranes to New Zealand »

Terex Port Solutions Supplies Two Mobile Harbour Cranes to New Zealand

Terex Port Solutions has received an order for two Terex® Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes, of the new G HMK 6408 variant, from its long-standing customer Port of Napier Ltd. The two cranes, each with lifting capacities of up to 100 t and radii...

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PPG Begins Producing Protective and Marine Coatings at Poland Facility »

PPG Begins Producing Protective and Marine Coatings at Poland Facility

PPG Industries today announced it has started manufacturing protective and marine coatings (PMC) at the company’s facility in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. The facility, which previously produced architectural coatings and was part of PPG’s January 2012 acquisition of Dyrup A/S, now produces PMC products for the...

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UK: Humberside Port Development Project Marks Major Milestone »

UK: Humberside Port Development Project Marks Major Milestone

A huge re-enforced concrete pontoon, weighing almost 7000 tonnes, has floated out of dry dock on the north bank of the Tyne, marking a major milestone in a £25 million Humberside port development. Almost 18 million litres of water was pumped into the dock at...

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Strategic Marine Delivers Two Windfarm Service Vessels to Njord Offshore »

Strategic Marine Delivers Two Windfarm Service Vessels to Njord Offshore

Specialist boatbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the Njord Puffin to offshore windfarm service fleet operator Njord Offshore for deployment in Northern Europe. “The Puffin is the sixth in a series of eight vessels ordered, a strong signal of our commitment to the global windfarm industry,”...

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BAE Systems Holds Keel Laying Ceremony for Jackson Offshore’s PSV »

BAE Systems Holds Keel Laying Ceremony for Jackson Offshore’s PSV

BAE Systems yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the first of four platform supply vessels it’s building for Jackson Offshore Operators. The new vessels, which will support drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, reflect BAE Systems’ continued growth in U.S. commercial shipbuilding and...

May 22 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

China: Incat-Designed Crewboat ‘Swissco Cheetah’ Launched »

China: Incat-Designed Crewboat ‘Swissco Cheetah’ Launched

Incat Crowther  announced the launch of Swissco Cheetah, the first of a pair of 36m crewboats built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards of Hong Kong. Capable of carrying 50 tonnes of deck cargo, the 70-passenger vessel was delivered by Cheoy Lee’s Zhuhai shipyard to Singapore-based operator,...

May 22 2013 / Comments Off / Read More »

USA: Crowley Maritime Adds New Pieces of Equipment »

USA: Crowley Maritime Adds New Pieces of Equipment

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its robust and diverse fleet. The additional resources will allow the company to better meet increasing customer demand throughout Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Latin America service areas....

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Austal Lays Keel for Future USNS Fall River »

Austal Lays Keel for Future USNS Fall River

The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) was held at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala., May 20. Mrs. Diane Patrick, the First Lady of Massachusetts and ship sponsor, served as the keel authenticator. “The keel laying...

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Denmark: Maersk Captains Prepare for Triple-E Vessels (VIDEO) »

Denmark: Maersk Captains Prepare for Triple-E Vessels (VIDEO)The captains who will take charge of the Triple-Es have to prepare for the new vessel and its twin-skeg setup, which is different from the...

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VIDEO: Brilliant Fireworks Display Rounds Off EUROPA 2′s Christening »

VIDEO: Brilliant Fireworks Display Rounds Off EUROPA 2′s ChristeningAround 700 guests on board EUROPA 2, a modern and casual luxury ship, enjoyed a brilliant fireworks display to round off the ship’s christening ceremony...

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