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Financing for Dudgeon Wind Farm

May 13, 2016

* 402MW project co-developed by Masdar, Statoil and Statkraft expected to start commercial operations by the second half of 2017  * First offshore wind project developed with United Kingdom's CfD incentive scheme to reach financial close…

Research Vessel Polarstern Returns to Bremerhaven

May 13, 2016

Antarctic season ends in the homeport after half a year Bremerhaven / Germany, 11 May 2016. on Wednesday, 11 May 2016, the research vessel Polarstern is expected back in its home port of Bremerhaven after a good six months of Antarctic expeditions…

BSEE, USCG Respond Oil Spill in GoM

May 13, 2016

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard are responding to a two mile by thirteen mile sheen in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 97 miles south of Port Fourchon, LA.The offshore oil and gas operator…

Senate Approves Strong Funding for USACE

May 13, 2016

The FY ’17 Energy & Water Development (E&WD) and Related Agencies appropriations bill has been approved by the U.S. Senate in a 90-8 vote, significantly increasing funding in Fiscal Year 2017 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program…

Japan in Race for Asian LNG Hub

May 13, 2016

Japan, the world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas is aiming to establish an international liquefied natural gas (LNG)  trading hub by the early 2020s, according to a statement by Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)…

Maritime Cluster Concept Blooming Across Europe

May 12, 2016

The Maritime Cluster concept is blooming across Europe, leading to the reinforcement of the ENMC Given the success of the first meeting he had in 2015 with the chairmen of the national maritime clusters forming the ENMC, Commissioner Vella…

PortFresh Expanding Savannah Port's Chilled Cargo Capacity

May 12, 2016

A new Georgia-based company called PortFresh Logistics has announced plans to build a 100,000 square-foot cold treatment facility dedicated to perishable cargoes imported through the Port of Savannah. The facility, slated to open in late summer 2016…

IMO Workshop Addresses Antifouling Systems

May 11, 2016

Flag state and port state roles in ratifying, implementing and enforcing the convention prohibiting the use of harmful antifouling systems on ships (AFS Convention) are on the agenda at a regional workshop held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 10-11…

H.O. Bostrom Wins Governor’s Export Achievement Award

May 11, 2016

Wisconsin’s H.O. Bostrom Company, Inc. is one of three statewide recipients of the 2016 Governor’s Export Achievement Award, which recognizes their success in global business development. The awards honor businesses that have achieved significant…

BIMCO to go by York-Antwerp Rules 2016

May 11, 2016

BIMCO’s Documentary Committee, who met in Copenhagen yesterday, have agreed that all new and revised BIMCO charter parties and bills of lading will now refer to general average being adjusted in accordance with the new York-Antwerp Rules (YAR) 2016…

FMC’s Doyle Addresses Intermodal Hot Topics

May 10, 2016

Speaking at the Intermodal Association of North America on May 5 in Chicago, U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle discussed several of the shipping industry’s hottest topics, including ocean carrier consolidations and alliances…

China Issues Guidance on Arctic Navigation

May 10, 2016

On April 5, China issued “Guidances on Arctic navigation in the Northwest route 2015”, which provides navigation information services for international navigation ships planned navigating in Arctic waters. The Northwest Passage, a sea route…

Wärtsilä Joins LNG-powered Bulker Project

May 10, 2016

Wärtsilä is to team up with an international group of shipping industry companies and organisations in a project to develop a concept for equipping future dry bulk carrier vessels with LNG propulsion.Project Forward is led by Athens-based Arista Shipping…

Strikes Cause Stoppage in Greek Ports

May 06, 2016

A 48-hour strike by the Seamen’s Union in Greece is expected to affect all domestic and local ferry routes as well as commercial vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi and Megara ports for cargo discharging, advises Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS)…

Coast Guard, Homeland Security Open Joint R&D Facility

May 06, 2016

Coast Guard Research and Development Center along with DHS Science and Technology Directorate officially open a new Science and Technology Innovation Center The Coast Guard Research and Development Center, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security…

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