Norden A/S, an independent shipping company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, has extended its agreement with Harris CapRock Communications to provide broadband communications to Norden’s global fleet of 39 bulk carrier and tanker vessels. The agreement expands an initial contract awarded in March 2012 to support 39 vessels. Harris CapRock will provide each Norden vessel with [...]
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Five Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes are currently being erected at the Meridian Port Services (MPS) container terminal in Tema, Ghana. The cranes are part of an order placed in August 2012. MPS already operates four Konecranes RTGs, which were delivered fully-erect in March 2013. MPS’s RTGs are all-electric, 16-wheel cranes with a lifting [...]
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A flourishing fleet, a wide variety of assignments and the arrival of next generation personnel transport vessels: BOURBON continues to expand with success in the promising Antilles-Guyana area. In April 2009, an oil company called upon BOURBON to transport its personnel to the platforms it managed on the east coast of Trinidad. The Group then [...]
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Boluda Ships Agency & Forwarding, a subsidiary of Boluda Maritime Corporation, has extended logistics services contract with Tidewater, a provider of offshore services to the energy industry. After a year of alliance, the companies also decided to expand and reinforce the range of provided services, as Tidewater has increased the frequency of visits to Las [...]
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The RINA Group has entered into a framework agreement to supply certification and engineering services to UAE-based Drydocks World – Dubai (LLC). Under an MOU signed in Rome, Italy, on 9 May, Drydocks World will draw on RINA Group’s expertise to deliver assistance with project management and ship classification and certification for a number of [...]
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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is set to capitalise on the growing demand for its services in the Amazon and Brazil with the opening of a new office in Santarem, Pará State. The new office, the company’s third in the Amazon, in addition to Manaus and Belem, will enhance its [...]
Inverlussa, an island based company has sealed a multi million pound business deal creating five new jobs. The latest expansion at Inverlussa Marine Services means the firm now employs 27 people and has almost doubled its workforce in a year, during one of the worst recessions on record. The Mull company’s latest deal secures a [...]
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Astrium Services, the global innovative provider of satcom enabled solutions, has released an update for its popular SkyFile Mail software, which provides more user flexibility and cost reductions on regular maintenance in addition to offering more possibilities to ‘Bring Your Own Device’ on board. The new monthly update of SkyFile Mail Anti Virus improves security [...]
Bowhead Transport Company, LLC, and Crowley Marine Services, Inc., have announced the formation of a joint venture to provide marine services in Alaska’s Arctic. The new Alaska-based joint venture will operate under the name UIC Bowhead-Crowley, LLC. Bowhead Transport is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC), the Alaska Native Village Corporation of Barrow, [...]
German ship operator Hartmann Reederei has chosen Marlink to supply standardized Ku-band VSAT services to a diversified fleet of 74 vessels for an initial three-year duration. Hartmann Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG is headquartered in Leer, and encompasses the entire value-added chain of shipping, covering all activities in the maritime transport and logistics sector, as [...]
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