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…
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…
Cal Dive and Fugro join forces for diving support vessel, 'Toisa Paladin', charterCal Dive International has entered into a 50/50 strategic partnership with Fugro for the long-term charter of the DP2 Toisa Paladin, a 2007 purpose built, DNV classed…
Global Marine Systems Energy contracted A&P North East to ready 'Cable Enterprise' for offshore wind farm operations.The project took 110 days work to make the vessel ready for a contract on the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm, situated off the coast of Wales…
Australia-based Buccaneer Energy sees its 'Endeavour – Spirit of Independence' en route to Cook Inlet, Alaska.Buccaneer says it jack-up rig has been loaded on to the heavy lift vessel Kang Sheng Kou bound to drill for fossil fuels in waters off the coast of Alaska…
GAC Pindar is appointed official shipping and logistics services provider to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.The contract is to run from July 2012 through to December 2015.The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club will host a number of international sailing regattas over the next couple of years…
The North American Emission Control Area (ECA), under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), is in effect from 1 August 2012.Stricter controls on emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) records a loss in its recent quarterly financial report.MOL recorded a loss in its business performance over the first quarter, despite making an improvement in its bottom line compared with the same period of the previous fiscal year…
Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) teams up with New Zealand Millennium Cup for competitor yacht deliveriesDYT offers an attractive discount on southbound shipping for the 2013 as well as 2014 and 2015 editions of the popularNew Zealand Millenium Cup superyacht event…
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. said that Michael Bayley has been promoted to President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, replacing Dan Hanrahan, whose departure was recently announced. Bayley will report directly to Richard D. Fain, Chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises…
Hamburg based SevenCs has appointed Bjoern Roehlich as Sales Director.Bjoern, who started his career as a German Navy Officer, brings extensive experience in the ECDIS, VTS and simulator-markets to SevenCs. Most recently he was Managing Director of a leading European ECDIS training provider…
Senior officer shortages in China have become serious, numbering more than 50,000 vacanciesAccording to statistics from the Qingdao human resource and social security department, high-level shipping personnel’s average annual salary in China has climbed to around RMB200…
Danish scientific mission to gather data for a formal claim to areas north of Greenland up to the North PoleThe expedition will be aboard the Swedish icebreaker “Oden”, as it leaves from Svalbard with 46 Swedish and Danish scientists who will…
Fugro takes delivery of 'Fugro Equator' the third such vessel for offshore survey projects in Asia-Pacific watersDesigned to Fugro specifications and fitted with the latest survey equipment all three are among the most advanced vessels of their type…
China's Rongsheng Heavy Industries' shares tumbled after US Securities & Exchange Commission accusationShares of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries tumbled 17 percent to a record low yesterday after its chairman Zhang Zhirong was accused of…