ASP Ship Management Australia has recently been appointed managers for CSIRO Australia’s new marine research vessel RV Investigator, and will provide a full range of crew and technical management services . The new vessel will replace the 40 year old RV Southern Surveyor. The contract was signed at a formal ceremony at the CSIRO Marine [...]
The passenger ship MS Serenissima that ran aground in Oban Bay yesterday, has now been re-floated. With 61 passengers and 51 crew on board, no injuries were reported. There was also no reported pollution and no signs of damage. The RNLI all-weather lifeboat from Oban, HM Coastguard’s Oban Sector Manager along with the Oban and [...]
The keel laying of the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market took place yesterday, May 15 2013, at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The P&O Cruises’ 141,000-ton cruise ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. This next-generation ship will offer a stylish and innovative new design, with an [...]
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Warsash Maritime Academy will reaffirm its place as a world-leading training platform for seafaring pilots, masters and ships officers when it welcomes the eighth scaled ship model to its fleet in May 2013. It will be the first container ship to join the existing fleet at Southampton Solent University’s Ship Handling Centre when it is [...]
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Western Marine Shipyard has signed a new agreement for newbuilding of one more container ship on 12 May 2013. This ship will be constructed for Bancan Shipping. The deal was signed by the Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Mr. Sakhawat Hossain with the Chairman of Bancan Shipping Mr. Mohammed Ilias on behalf of their [...]
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The UK Ship Register has been recognised by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for their excellent Port State Control record, listing them as one of the few shipping flag administrations to retain the prestigious Qualship 21 for 2013. This award reduces the likelihood that UK ships will be targeted for inspection by US Port [...]
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Three people have died and four have been hospitalized after a cargo ship, identified as Jolly Nero of the Italian shipping line Ignazio Messina & C., crashed into a control tower on Tuesday night at around 23:00 in the Italian port of Genoa, BBC News reports citing Italian media. Accordingly, ten people were in the [...]
Seven Cryobox® LNG nano stations, designed and manufactured by Galileo, will fuel the tanks of the “López Mena”, the world´s first high speed passenger RO-RO ship powered by Gas Turbines fed on LNG, which will daily cross the River Plate between Argentina and Uruguay. It will also be the first time that a sea transportation [...]
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Belfast-based Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries’ ship repair and conversion business has recorded one of its busiest first quarters in recent history. The shipyard, which has established its reputation as a world leader in the design and manufacture of offshore renewable energy technologies, has continued to develop its ship-building, repair and conversion specialisms and announced [...]
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Holland America Line has selected two leading firms to create the interior spaces of the line’s new 99,000-ton ship that is slated for delivery in February 2016. The first in a new Pinnacle Class of vessel, the ship will showcase decors by designer Adam D. Tihany and designer and architect Bjorn Storbraaten. Tihany will join [...]
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