Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the completion of a tabletop drill done in cooperation with the 5th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters. The scenario entailed a containership operated by MOL Liner Division (Hong Kong) and managed by an MOL Group ship management company (Hong Kong) colliding with a coastal freighter in Osaka Bay, Japan. The [...]
Effective from 9th June 2013, COSCON and ANL will jointly operate Sino Australia Service (SAS) service with 6 vessels deployment, in which 5 vessels from COSCON and 1 vessel from ANL. The new loop will enhance COSCON existing service network in the Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan / Australia trade and offer competitive [...]
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced the conclusion of a contract for a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport with Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd. As MOL has concluded the contract with Osaka Gas and Kyushu Electric Power, it will soon sign a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. [...]
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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 existing contracts, that the value of new contracts or extensions since the April 18, 2013 fleet status report is approximately $662 million. Deepwater Millennium drillship, working currently in Mozambique, has been [...]
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Ship number two of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Flyer’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group on 14 May 2013. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment [...]
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The global provider of multipurpose and heavy lift shipping services, German based BBC Chartering, announces to launch a new local presence in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. “With this new dot on the BBC Chartering world-map we move ahead and further improve services in Australia for our international clients”, remarks Lars Schoennemann, BBC Chartering’s responsible managing director [...]
APL has won the Intra-Asia Best Shipping Line accolade at the 27th Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCAs) held on 9th May, 2013. Schedule integrity, customer service support, as well as its comprehensive port calls in the intra-Asia trade. “APL is honoured to have won this award, and we thank our customers for their [...]
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, China. The two Units are exact repetitions of the first two ordered in June 2012 and are scheduled for delivery mid/end 2014. The ships will be built based on an economical [...]
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The delivery voyages of the tugs “Svitzer Neso” and “Svitzer Nixie” (5.915 BHP and a GT of 630) from Singapore to Newcastle, Australia were contracted by Svitzer to Redwise Maritime Services. The vessels departed Singapore April 15th 2013 and were redelivered May 6th following a safe voyage that took the vessels through the Java-, Flores-, [...]
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84% of port owners, operators and contractors said they would expect “increased safety” to be the primary benefit in specifying an automated system to monitor factors such as mooring line tension, approach speed and environmental conditions, according to a new independent market report by the marine systems business of Trelleborg. However, the majority (60%) of [...]
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