The Council adopted yesterday a directive on safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The new regulatory framework aims at reducing the occurrence of major accidents related to offshore oil and gas operations and to limit their consequences. Consequently, it will increase the protection of the marine environment and costal economies against pollution. It establishes [...]
Baltic Fuel Company LLC (BFC) has put into operation a conventional tanker, Valery Zelenko, for providing bunkering operations at port St. Petersburg, the company said. This 3,495-dwt tanker has inner skin and double bottom, meets the requirements of MARPOL Annex VI. The length is 92.86 m, breadth – 14.36 m. This oil tanker with the [...]
The Port of Los Angeles has awarded Ports America the contract to provide operation, management and maintenance of the Port of Los Angeles Cruise Terminal at Berth 90-43 in San Pedro, Calif., known as the World Cruise Center. The five-year agreement, commencing April 2013, includes two 5-year options. Among the services that Ports America will [...]
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“K” Line (India) Private Limited (KLIN), “K” Line’s subsidiary company in India, is further expanding its services in India by entering into coastal shipping operations. KLIN commenced its coastal transportation in India with the movement of iron ore cargo, having shipped about 55,000 Metric Tons of iron ore from the East coast to Mumbai on [...]
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A. (SAAM) for a joint harbour towage operation within the American Continent. The partnership would involve two joint ventures and is between SMIT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boskalis, and SAAM. The geographic scope [...]
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Military Sealift Command-chartered ships concluded cargo operations April 2 in Port Hueneme, Calif., for Operation Deep Freeze, the annual Joint Task Force Support for Antarctica. MSC-chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant arrived in Port Hueneme March 27 and began offloading more than 500 pieces of cargo. The cargo included containers filled with retrograde materials such [...]
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is advising that India’s Kolkata port is expecting to begin trans-loading operations from a new anchorage location within the Kanika Sands area by June 2013. The Kolkata Port Trust declared that the new trans-loading location to the south-west end of Kanika Sands is expected to [...]
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On March 9th, the crew on the Abeille Bourbon successfully completed towing operations on the CMA CGM Marco Polo, the jewel in CMA CGM’s crown and the largest containership in the world capable of carrying up to 16,020 TEUs, as part of an type approval testorganized by the Atlantic French Maritime Prefecture. The Abeille Bourbon [...]
Teekay Shipping Australia has boosted towage operations in the Port of Hedland in Western Australia, chartering three more 80+ bollard pull tonne Rotor®Tugs on behalf of BHPB Billiton Minerals. The ‘RT Rotation’, ‘RT Sensation’ and ‘RT Inspiration’, supplied under contract from KOTUG International, will join three powerful Rotor®Tugs already operating in the Port. Teekay Shipping [...]
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ABS, a leading provider of global classification services, yesterday announced it will relocate its Northern European regional marine operations office from London to Hamburg, Germany. “This relocation is part of ABS’ ongoing effort to place our frontline decision makers closer to our clients and be more responsive to their needs,” says ABS President and CEO [...]
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