CSL’s second of three Trillium Class self-unloading Panamax vessels, the CSL Tecumseh, set sail on May 7 on her maiden voyage from Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China to Port McNeill, British Columbia. The vessel will be commanded by Captain Sergii Luchakov and Chief Engineer Igor Pleshko, and is expected to take approximately 17 days to [...]
Port Everglades, located in Greater Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Florida, is one of the busiest ports in the US and the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations. Aside to being one of Florida’s leading container ports, with more than 4,000 ship calls annually, it has more homeported cruise ships than any port worldwide. Giant cruise ships [...]
ES Group (Holdings) Limited provided, Dec. 28th, an update on the delivery of the two bunker vessels – Sea Tanker I and Sea Tanker II. Sea Tanker I has arrived in Singapore waters and is currently undergoing local certifications and surveys. It is now expected to be delivered to the charterer by the first quarter [...]
In August, the construction works for the project Global Tech I have successfully started. Five test piles have already been executed at selected points close to the turbine location in the seabed. INNOVATION has even surpassed our expectations and is more powerful than planned. INNOVATION can be confidently manoeuvered and on first entering Bremerhaven it [...]
Maritime Technology Company Micanti has applied its patented non-toxic antifouling on the tug Willem-B Sr. Thorn-D® is an adhesive foil with fibers that creates a textured surface. Instead of killing marine growth the textured foil is preventing it from attaching itself to the hull of a ship. Thorn-D® is set to replace the generally used [...]
Governor Martin O’Malley announced that 853,818 tons of general cargo were handled at the Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals in July, setting a new record for most cargo tons in one month and eclipsing the previous record of 852,522 tons set in April of this year. General cargo includes containerized goods, autos, forest products, [...]
Ardmore Shipping Ltd has completed the Keel Laying Ceremony of the first of four MR product tankers at SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Sacheon City, South Korea. This marks a key stage in the construction of the vessel and is a landmark event for Ardmore Shipping, with the keel being the first of its new construction [...]
Following the successful repair of MV EAGLE in October, 2011, the owner decided that they would take MV FALCON to COSCO Nantong Shipyard the following month (November) for repair. Due to revised cargo schedules, the ship repair plan had to be changed many times, but the owners continually reaffirmed their plan to bring [...]
In the year of 2012, until August 10, 2012, Hantong and New Hantong have delivered 18 units of 57000dwt Bulk Carriers which takes up 72% of the whole year delivery target through renew management system, detailing shipbuilding process, enhance quality control and management, and by the passion of site workers. At present, four (4) unites [...]
India aims to attain self-sufficiency in ship-repair and emerge as a dominant ship repair centre in Asia by raising the share of Indian shipbuilding in the global shipbuilding market to 5% share by 2020. The vision document of the Ministry, “Maritime Agenda 2010-2020” aims to have a well developed shipbuilding and ship repair industry of [...]
