Russia's Baltic Shipyard starts construction of the first LK-60 nuclear-powered icebreaker.The LK-60 will be the largest and most powerful icebreaker ever built, making commercial traffic along the Northern Sea Route possible all year around…
Yacht Path Marine Group were contracted to transport the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' 140-ft replica tall ship across two oceans.The 270-ton, 140-foot custom-build pirate ship 'Black Pearl', was loaded aboard a BBC heavy lift vessel in Barbers Point…
The need to reduce ship fuel consumption drives demand for marine coatings, says a new analysis.Increasingly stringent environmental regulations are boosting the prospects of high-value, eco-friendly coatings. Innovation has been the only constant…
The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson wraps up an exceptionally eventful field season.After 193 days away from home, the hydrographic survey vessel completed 14, 768.9 linear nautical miles of survey that covered 352 square nautical miles of area in Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound…
The IMO Council, meeting for its 109th session in London has endorsed, in principle, a restructuring of IMO's Sub-Committees.The Council meeting was the first “PaperSmart” meeting for the Organization, and was considered a success by delegates…
Atlantic Petroleum gains entry to Norwegian Continental Shelf energy exploration through acquisition of Emergy Exploration AS.Atlantic Petroleum has issued a voluntary offer for 100% of the shares in Emergy Exploration AS, an independent…
Aberdeen (Scotland) based global shipping and energy services firm, Craig Group, has announced healthy results for the year ending April 2012.The privately owned, family-run business has reported turnover of £123.3 million with operating profits of £14…
Multraship takes delivery of Multrasalvor 3 built by Damen Shipyards for work offshore UK.Multraship continues to invest in its diverse fleet of towage and salvage vessels to help provide the highest levels of responsive service to the international shipping industry…
Houston-based Forum Energy Technologies contracted by Cummings Consulting to supply two Sub-Atlantic Mojave Systems ROV's.Both of the Mojave ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) will be equipped with job specific tooling systems such as; electric winches…
Wärtsilä subsidiary, Shipham Valves, completes development of a range of composite single plate wafer check valves.The new valves will be introduced to the market place at the Valve World Exhibition to be held in Düsseldorf at the end of November…
Amphibious ship 'USS Anchorage' (LPD 23) transits the Panama Canal while in 4th Fleet's area of operations for the first time.USS Anchorage departed the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Shipbuilding site in Avondale, La. Oct. 30, 2012 to sail to her future homeport of San Diego…
A NAPA Group survey shows SEEMP acknowledged as an industry priority, but knowledge gaps exist, smaller owners & operators lag behind.Software house for ship design and operations, NAPA Group, finds that a majority of respondents were unaware…
Dolphin Marine, suppliers of marine geophysical services, presents Q3 and first nine months of 2012 financial resultsHighlights:· Revenues of USD 61.2 million, compared to USD 43.0 million in Q3 2011 · EBITDA of USD 28.9 million (47…
The intitiative is aimed to provide new opportunities for finance professionals and capital hungry maritime companies from around the world.To highlight more of the maritime value chain at its leading maritime event week, Nor-Shipping will enable copmanies to pair up…
Port of Los Angeles report that container volumes Increased .82% in October this year; up 4.69% compared to October 2011.Imports decreased 1.07 percent, from 368,842 Twenty-Foot Equivalent (TEU) containers in October 2011 to 364,881 TEUs this October…