Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, amounting up to 10 ships to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China. FOCAL 522 PSV design features 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of 60 men and [...]
Aliança’s new container ship “Sebastião Caboto” was christened on May 15th at the Terminal Maritimo de Passageiros in the Port of Santos. The vessel’s sponsor is Deise Krause, wife of Luis Augusto Krause, Director Logistics, Sales and Marketing of the Aliança customer Josapar. The “Sebastião Caboto” is the first of a series of four identical [...]
The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd. (G E Shipping) has signed a contract to sell “Jag Ravi”, a Handymax dry bulk carrier. The 1997 built vessel of about 45,300 dwt will be delivered to the buyers in Q1FY14. The Company’s current fleet stands at 31 vessels, comprising 22 tankers (9 crude carriers, 12 product carriers, [...]
Marine electronics specialist MARIS AS has completed an ECDIS (electronic chart data information systems) technical training programme to enhance support services covering North America and the Caribbean. The initiative is part of its commitment to the Global Distribution & Service Agreement with IMTECH MARINE. Engineers in IMTECH MARINE’s service network covering US and Caribbean ports [...]
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘Guidelines for installing ROV systems on vessels or platforms’ (IMCA R018). The new publication is aimed at vessel and platform owner/operators and designers, ROV contractor representatives, client and contractor staff who prepare bid documents and contracts, installation and rig managers, vessel and ROV managers, and vessel designers [...]
On May 16th, Capt. Wei Jiafu, Chairman of COSCO Group met with the state-visiting Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras and his senior delegation in Diaoyutai State Guest House. Both parties thoroughly exchanged views on collaboration between COSCO Group and the Port of Piraeus. At the meeting, Prime Minister Samaras said that COSCO Group enjoys [...]
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 [...]
The Whitefish Bay, CSL’s second of four Trillium Class self-unloading Lakers destined to operate in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, set sail on May 16th on her maiden voyage. Departing from Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China, she will cross the Pacific Ocean transiting through the Panama Canal before arriving in Montreal, Quebec. The [...]
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 [...]
Maersk won the IMO 2013 themed award: “Sustainable Development – IMO’s contribution beyond Rio+20” in support of the IMO’s theme for World Maritime Day for 2013, at the 25th annual Seatrade Awards ceremony held in London recently. The award ceremony was held at the historic Guildhall, London, on Friday, 10 May, with over 350 of [...]
