Laser technology specialist Measurement Devices US, LLC (MDL) has introduced the industry’s first custom designed land and marine survey vessel. Following the success of their Dynascan mobile mapping system and the increasing market demand for a combined multi-beam sonar and LiDAR data collection system, MDL has designed and built a hydrographic survey vessel, appropriately named [...]
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The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), as part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), deployed the Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu for 54 days from April 1 to May 24 to conduct the Expedition 343 for Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project. After this expedition, repair of the D/V Chikyu’s azimuth thrusters [...]
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On behalf of the global cruise industry, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council (ECC) yesterday announced that the cruise industry has adopted two new safety policies. These policies, which address issues related to the recording of passenger nationality and the common elements of musters and emergency instructions, result from the Cruise [...]
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Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority in charge of regulating and supervising all aspects of the maritime sector in Dubai, has held on Monday, June 25, 2012, the first-ever maritime industry workshop in Dubai attended by key maritime industry partners in the emirate. The workshop was organized in line with the strategic cooperation [...]
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On 12 June, the International Labour Organisation announced that Sweden had become the 28th country to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006. DNV has further information that Cyprus has submitted its documents of ratification and the ILO has announced that the Russian Duma has adopted the Russian documents of ratification. As only two more [...]
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RORO made a successful return to Gothenburg in May, as a strong number of ro-ro professionals came through the doors of this year’s event to search for the latest innovations and hear from some of the industry’s leading figures. For the first time in RORO’s history, visitors were able to attend the extensive conference sessions [...]
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Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) yesterday announced that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee incorporated a number of recommendations from the ongoing Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review in its meetings in London, being held May 16 to 25. The committee focused extensive attention on passenger ship safety and considered a number of recommendations [...]
A record number of attendees turned out to see the latest developments in oil and gas production and development at an industry conference last week. DEVEX 2012, aimed at geologists, geophysicists and engineers from both upstream and downstream operations, took place on 9 and 10 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. The conference saw [...]
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd has decided to acquire a stake in Dalian COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. (DACOS), a shipbuilding company based in Dalian, China. DACOS is a joint venture company established in the Lushun Economic Development Zone in Dalian. It was co-founded in 2007 by COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Company (COSIC)—a wholly-owned subsidiary of the [...]
On behalf of the global cruise industry, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council today announced that the cruise industry has adopted three new safety policies which are to be implemented with immediate effect. The announcement was made by Chairman of the European Cruise Council (ECC) and Member of the CLIA Executive [...]
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