Today, Femern A/S, a subsidiary of the Danish state-owned Sund & Bælt Holding A/S, and the Fehmarn Belt Contractors joint venture, consisting of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Van Oord, signed the previously announced contract…
On May 27, at 8:00 PM, the Queen Mary 2 docked at Blohm+Voss at dry dock ELBE 17, well-known to the ocean liner. There, the flagship of the long-established British shipping company Cunard Line will undergo the largest refit program since being brought into service…
Earlier this month, BigLift Shipping’s Happy Dynamic successfully transported two 560 mt Siwertell Continuous Ship Unloaders (CSUs) from Chioggia, Italy, to Liverpool, UK.The CSUs are 35 m high and 24 m wide and, when in service, have a discharge capacity of 1…
A joint development project (JDP) between DNV GL, Statoil and Farstad Shipping has demonstrated that offshore supply vessels (OSV) can save up to 21,000 Euros on their annual fuel bill, by running the vessel at optimal trim. The project…
There is a growing interest in the fuel efficiency of ships because of fuel prices, climate change and energy security issues. This has resulted in, amongst other things, a regulation governing the design efficiency of new ships called the Energy Efficiency Design Index (or EEDI for short)…
Singapore Shipping Corporation(SSC)'s net profit increased 7.8 per cent to US$9.6 million for the financial year ended March 31, 2016, compared to the previous year. Revenue rose 29.4 per cent to US$44.9 million, compared with the same period a year earlier…
Around 200 seafarers with Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), the country's largest shipping company, are on a hunger strike (industrial action) since Saturday over wages and arrears. According to a Press Trust of India report, these seafarers…
Elektrans Group announced the promotion of Capt. Deepak Arora to Managing Director of Elektrans Shipping Pvt. Ltd. Capt Arora has been with the Elektrans Group for 4 years during which he has served in several executive positions within Elektrans…
DNV GL’s Ellen Crivella was honored with the 2016 Rising Star Award at the Women of Wind Energy (WoWE) luncheon at the 2016 AWEA Windpower Conference and Exhibition. Each year, the Rising Star Award recognizes a woman relatively new to wind…
DNV GL has added to its registry as of March 2016 a new vessel built for Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC), a fully Sri Lanka Government-owned commercial enterprise and company with a 45-year-long tradition in shipping. Bulk carrier “Ceylon Breeze” built at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard Co…
Following the satisfaction and waiver (as the case may be) of the conditions set forth in the pre-conditional offer announcement dated 7 December 2015, CMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM), announced its firm intention to make an all-cash voluntary conditional…
Flood levels and record setting water current coming from the San Jacinto River caused a closure of the Houston Ship Channel after 12 barges broke free Sunday.The Houston Ship Channel was closed to all traffic from light 111 to light 128 from 8:49 a…
Antti Kaunonen, Doctor of Technology and MBA, has been appointed President of Kalmar, part of Cargotec, as of 1 July 2016. He will report to Mika Vehviläinen, CEO of Cargotec, and be a member of Cargotec's Executive Board. Kaunonen currently holds the position of Senior Vice President…
Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone inspection and survey, has bolstered its international presence by signing a partnership agreement with Nordic Unmanned, Norway’s leading UAV operator. The…
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port closed a section of the Neches River Saturday, after a pipeline at the Jefferson Energy Terminal released an estimated 880 gallons of Eagle Ford crude oil in the Neches River.The source of the leak has been secured…