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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Seadrill Limited has today completed the previously announced transaction to sell the T-15 tender rig to Seadrill Partners. The agreed upon sale is for a total price of US$210 million, less approximately US$100 million of debt outstanding under the credit facility secured by the T-15. The balance of the total consideration is being financed with [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
