Dubai welcomed Mariner of the Seas, a member of Royal Caribbean International’s cruise line fleet, as it made its maiden call to the Emirate on 21st of May. The maiden call, which is another demonstration of Dubai’s increasing prominence on the cruise tourism map, was greeted with a traditionally warm and impressive welcome ceremony at [...]
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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 real-time energy monitors to deliver the next era in oceangoing fleet analytics and customized reporting. Vesseltracker uses sophisticated algorithms to [...]
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Drydocks World, one of the most renowned and prolific maritime service providers operating from the Middle East, received the Best Repair Yard Award at the 6th Marine BizTV International Maritime Awards organized in conjunction with ShipTek 2013. The shipyard has done exemplary work, by diversifying from its traditional domain of ship repair, and offering its [...]
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Shipowners pleas for greater clarity on what to do when there are no adequate port reception facilities to receive residues including Hold Washing Water (HWW) from cargoes deemed “Harmful to the Marine Environment” (HME), have been substantially answered after an important decision at the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee held on 13-17 May. With effect [...]
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Under the auspice of HE Said Hamdoon, Undersecretary Ministry of Transport and Communication, Oman International Container Terminal ground breaking ceremony took place on May 16th to mark the start of the expansion of their container terminal capacity in Sohar. The construction will pave the way to increase the terminals’ capacity from the current 800,000 TEU [...]
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The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) is awarded as one of the top companies in the Arab Region by Forbes Middle East. Engr. Saleh Al-Jasser, Bahri CEO received the award during an event organized under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister for Culture, Youth & Community Development in [...]
A new interactive display on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) has been launched at IMO Headquarters. A PSSA is an area that needs special protection through action by IMO because of its significance for recognized ecological or socio-economic or scientific reasons and which may be vulnerable to damage by international maritime activities. To date, IMO [...]
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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 Shipping International Co. Ltd (CLSICO) to provide maintenance services to all ABB equipment onboard of its six LNG vessels in the next five years. The contract commenced January 1, 2013. CMA [...]
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IMO’s GloBallast Partnerships Project, which assists developing countries and their maritime industries for implementation of the international regulations on ballast water management to prevent the spread of alien invasive species, has won the 6th Marine BizTV International Maritime Award for “Best Innovative Project”. The award was presented during the 6th Marine BizTV International Maritime Award [...]
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The revelation this week that the owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates paid them $2.6 million in ransom is yet another indication that the rewards these denizens reap for their illegal, life-threatening work remain a serious stumbling block to ending maritime organized crime, according to AdvanFort Company President [...]
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