On 15 May 2013, supporting blocks for the ice-resistant fixed platform (LSP1) were launched by the LOTOS Shipyard, JSC (Astrakhan Region), this being the first facility of V. Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. LSP1 plan approval was carried out by the Head Office of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). Consideration of work design [...]
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Viking Supply Ships has entered into a contract with E.ON for the charter of “SBS Cirrus” commencing in May 2013. The duration is for three months firm, plus charterer’s option to extend the contract with a total of 8 weeks. The contract terms are in accordance with present market conditions. The vessel is currently performing [...]
On April 22, the vessel named “BEI HAI JIU 203”, built by Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd for China Rescue and Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport, carried out yard trials. All the technical indexes of the main equipment reached the design requirements, and the technical performance of the vessel has proven to be [...]
After four months at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) are headed back out to sea after successfully completing a short-term upgrade and maintenance period, Dec. 1. The ship’s planned incremental availability (PIA) is key in keeping the ship in top shape for its upcoming work-ups, [...]
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Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels, announced that the Nave Cetus, a new building LR1 product tanker vessel of 74,581 dwt, was delivered on October 30, 2012 from a South Korean shipyard. Nave Cetus has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for one year at a rate of [...]
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![EU Member States Need to Carry Out Maritime Spatial Planning]()
The European Commission needs to encourage EU Member States to carry out maritime spatial planning, and co-operate on how they use their sea space, due to the growing number of users of Europe’s seas – including offshore renewable energy – a new report, co-financed by the European Commission’s Intelligent Energy Europe programme, finds. The report [...]
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TOP Ships Inc., an international maritime shipping company that provides transportation services for crude oil, petroleum products, and dry bulk commodities, announced today that it entered into a bareboat agreement to charter out the M/V “EVIAN” up to 15 December 2014 at a daily rate of US$ 7,000. About TOP Ships Inc. TOP Ships Inc., [...]
Paragon Shipping Inc. announced yesterday that it has taken delivery of the M/V Precious Seas, a 37,205 dwt Handysize vessel, from the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. in China. The vessel has been chartered out to Cargill International S.A. for a period of 23 to 26 months at a gross daily rate of $12,125. In addition, [...]
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![India: Fire Breaks Out on Board Tanker ‘Royal Diamond 7′]()
The Times of India reports that a fire broke out on Saturday, March 24, on board of Korean 9500 DWT chemical tanker ‘Royal Diamond 7′ at Mumbai harbour injuring seven people. “At 11.25 am, the Korean owned 9500 DWT chemical tanker ‘Royal Diamond 7′ reported to the Mumbai port’s vessel traffic system/control station that [...]
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![Russia: Okskaya Shipyard Launches Eight Vessel Out of 10 Multipurpose Bulk Carriers]()
On October 14 the eight vessel out of 10 multipurpose bulk carriers under RSD-44 project for Volga Shipping Company was launched at Okskaya shipyard (Navashino, Nizhegorodskaya region). Vessel was called “Captain Yurov”. Six motor vessels of this series are already working on the inner waterways, seventh vessel “Captain Afanasiev” is now being tested at [...]
