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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 (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 »
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...
February 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 9 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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....
Feb 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 8 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 7 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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...
Feb 6 2012 / Comments Off / Read More »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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