Tanker RFA Wave Knight sailed with one of Britain’s biggest cruise ships in the Middle East as part of the ongoing effort against piracy. The ship teamed up with MV Arcadia on the latest leg of her cruise to the Far East and back – the second time in a week the tanker escorted a [...]
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VERIPOS has recently secured an extension of its contract with Siem Meling Offshore DA, the Stavanger-based specialist shipping concern jointly owned by Siem Offshore and OH Meling. The three year contract extension is for the continued provision of precision GNSS positioning facilities to support Siem Meling Offshore’s fleet of Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). VERIPOS is [...]
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has transferred two high speed vessels, the Huakai and the Alakai, to the U.S. Navy. The Navy plans to use the vessels to transport troops and equipment to training areas from Okinawa and other locations. These vessels will help the Navy meet these unique operational requirements without [...]
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Senior Vice President Lars Reno Jakobsen has been appointed as promoter and coordinator of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group’s business expansion on the African continent with particular focus on the Sub-Sahara. The position is new and part of the Group’s efforts to expand business in growth markets in Africa. Lars Reno Jakobsen will take [...]
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd unveiled the Nichioh Maru, an energy efficient coastal car carrier which will transport completed vehicles and parts on one of Japan’s main maritime shipping routes. The Nichioh Maru, newly built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd., has installed solar power panels for the first time on a coastal ship in Japan [...]
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Wärtsilä announced today that the Scheme of Arrangement with regards to the acquisition of Hamworthy has become effective and the control of Hamworthy has been transferred to Wärtsilä as of today. The associated Reduction of Capital was confirmed at a Court hearing on 30 January 2012 in London, United Kingdom and the trading of Hamworthy [...]
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that its subsidiary MTR‐1 (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., has secured a letter of award with an international upstream oil and gas company for accommodation barge support services in Indonesia utilizing the ‘MTR‐1’. The duration of this Contract is for 150 days and has a potential value of USD 4.9 million. [...]
Maersk Line has updated its organisation and set a new team of executive managers with a blend of experienced executives and newcomers. New to the management team – and Maersk Line – is Jakob Stausholm, former Group CFO of the global facility provider ISS. Also new on the team is Vincent Clerc, currently responsible for [...]
The build of the world’s first sea going Roll On Roll Off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferries started yesterday (Monday 30th January), with the cutting of the first steel at Ferguson Shipyard. Mrs Mary Lynne Johnston, wife of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited’s (CMAL) Chairman Grenville Johnston, pushed the button to start the steel [...]
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Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, today announced two key projects, involving buoyancy systems provided by Seaflex Ltd. World’s Largest Offshore Windfarm The London Array is an offshore wind farm under construction in the outer Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom. With 1,000 megawatt (MW) capacity, [...]
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