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Box Ships Inc. Issue Q2 & !H 2012 Financial Report

Aug 02, 2012

Box Ships Inc, container ship owners & charterers, issues dividend on its first anniversary as a public listed company.Mr. Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Box Ships Inc., commented: “This quarter marks our one-year anniversary as a public company…

Russian Shipyard Cuts First Metal for Mistral-class Warship

Aug 01, 2012

Baltic Shipyard cuts metal for the hull of  first Mistral-class amphibious assault ship for construction in France.Russia and France signed a US$1.2-billion contract on two French-built Mistral class ships, including the transfer of sensitive technology…

Scana Wins Kleven Propulsion Systems Contract

Aug 01, 2012

Scana Propulsion to supply propulsion systems for type SALT 100 PSV for shipowners Ugland
 Offshore.The vessel is designed by Salt Ship Design and the propeller system is
developed in partnership between Salt Ship Design and Scana Propulsion…

Maersk Container Ship's Lucky Escape

Aug 01, 2012

While unloading 'Maesrk Kinloss' dockers in Iliychevsk, Ukraine, spotted several containers damaged by explosion.The container, which caused the explosion was loaded with the dangerous cargo of aluminum phosphide in a cargo hold, according to 'Longshore & Shipping News'…

Tug, Pilot Boats Strike in Argentina

Aug 01, 2012

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is warning of tug and pilot boats strike action in Argentina following a work to rule notification by the AB Union (SOMU). The union first began the work to rule action at Bahia Blanca port on 31 July with no advised completion date…

Training & Education: At the Leading Edge

Aug 01, 2012

Innovative Brown Water Programs Arguably the best equipped and most environmentally sound maritime campus in the country, Mass. Maritime also finds itself (not by accident) at the leading edge of a fundamental change in how maritime academies deliver education in a changing marketplace…

USCG Proposes Great Lakes Pilot Rate Adjustment

Aug 01, 2012

The US Coast Guard proposes rate adjustments averaging approximately 1.87% for pilotage services on the Great Lakes. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by 1 October. 77 Fed. Reg. 45539 (August 1, 2012). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking…

AWT Readies Captains with ECA Zone Calculator

Aug 01, 2012

Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) announced its BVS onboard software provides Emission Control Areas (ECAs) and calculation tools to evaluate the most cost effective voyage track.Using the latest version of BVS, captains manage their…

Energy Sector Taps Ex-Military Personnel to Bridge Talent Gap

Aug 01, 2012

Oil and gas industry offers ex-military personnel chance for a challenging second career. A former soldier has swapped foreign battlefields for the oil and gas industry, highlighting the vital role transferrable skills can play in addressing talent shortages within the energy sector…

Cavotec Wins Netherlands, Malaysia, Terminal Equipment Contracts

Aug 01, 2012

Cavotec wins two large orders for electrical power and spreader cable reels for ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes.These orders follow a recent announcement that the Group is to supply similar equipment to the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka…

Pilot Freight Wins Logistics Award

Aug 01, 2012

Pilot Freight, worldwide transportation & logistics provider, picks up its seventh 'Ryder Transportation Management Carrier Quality Award'.Every year Ryder recognizes carriers through this award who demonstrate excellence in on-time performance…

Russian President Sees Off Arctic Expedition, States Development Plans

Aug 01, 2012

The Russian spoke to members of an expedition to clean up polluted areas of the Franz Josef Land archipelagoExcerpts from President Putin's speech at an Arkhangelsk dockside follow:'This is a symbolic event for Russia. First, it confirms our growing presence in the Arctic…

Transas Installs First Russian Offshore Crane Simulator

Aug 01, 2012

Transas supples a simulator to the training centre of Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka in Russia.The system has been designed for training of personnel operating cranes offshore on the Arctic shelf.The platform intended for the operation of the…

Container Ship Casualty 'MSC Flaminia' Towed Further off Coast

Aug 01, 2012

Bad weather, a still smouldering hold, cause the tow to pull back out of the 200-mile zone.The team of firefighting experts is unable to go onboard MSC FLAMINIA due to bad weather conditions, and In the coming days a further deterioration of the weather is predicted…

Ultra-deepwater Semisubmersible Rig Delivered to Ensco

Aug 01, 2012

Keppel FELS shipyard, Singapore, delivers the seventh & final ENSCO 8500 Series® rig to EnscoThe rig is contracted to Anadarko for work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico starting in December 2012.“The construction and successful commencement of…

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