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Peel Ports, JNPT in Historic Partnership

Jun 13, 2015

At a formal event presided by ShriNitinGadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport,Highways and Shipping in the presence of ShriAnil Desai, Member of RajyaSabhainMumbai, India’s No.1 Container Terminal Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust,  have today…

Paris Climate Summit - A Missed Opportunity

Jun 12, 2015

As the annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) closed today in the Bulgarian capital, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) called the meeting’s adoption of a resolution on climate change a “missed opportunity” to…

SDSU Scientists Track Global Warming In Ice Patterns

Jun 12, 2015

SDSU scientists analyzed a half-mile slice of  Western Antarctica ice core to help determine that climate change begins in the Arctic and moves southward, according to chemistry professor Jihong Cole-Dai of the SDSU Ice Core and Environmental Chemistry Lab…

AMSA Prosecutes Shipping Cos, Masters for Pollution

Jun 11, 2015

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has prosecuted two shipping companies and their masters for two separate marine pollution incidents within the Great Barrier Reef.Tokyo based Perses Maritima Ltd and the master of its Japan…

Helm Report Says Workboat, OSV Safety Compromised

Jun 10, 2015

Some 50% of crews working on offshore support vessels are willing to compromise safety rather than say ‘no’ to clients or senior management, while nearly 80% believe commercial pressures could influence the safety of their working practices…

Marine Institute Maps Atlantic Sea Bed

Jun 10, 2015

A team of international scientists, led by the Marine Institute in Ireland, has completed a transatlantic sea bed mapping exercise, which has revealed previously uncharted seabed features including mountains and ridges taller than Carrauntoohil…

Inmarsat Names Global Xpress as VAR

Jun 09, 2015

Inmarsat the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has signed an agreement with Globecomm, appointing the specialised managed satellite services provider as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Global Xpress (GX)…

Ocean Rig UDW Announces Closing

Jun 09, 2015

DryShips Inc. a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes, and through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc. of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced today that  Ocean Rig closed the previously announced offering of 28…

Unique Group Debuts Seaflex SAVE System

Jun 08, 2015

Unique Group’s Buoyancy & Ballast division has announced the official launch of an integrated system designed to neutralise the risk to life and possessions from the potential capsize or sinking of smaller vessels. The Seaflex Auto-Inflating…

SNAME Graduate Scholarships Award Winners

Jun 07, 2015

SNAME announced the recipients of the Graduate Scholarships awarded for year 2015-16. The winners are:Wilbur N. Landers Scholarship Award goes to Alyssa M. Bennett, 2015 Ocean Engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, to study at the University of Michigan…

SoCal Beach Stretch Reopens After Tar Ball Problem

Jun 06, 2015

Officials reopened a stretch of Southern California coastline on Friday after closing it because of tar balls that washed ashore, in a phenomenon authorities are examining for any possible link to an oil pipeline spill.Officials had closed the 4-mile (6-km) stretch of shore in Long Beach…

Fugro Bags ExxonMobil Alaska's G&G Job

Jun 05, 2015

Fugro has been awarded a large geotechnical and geophysical (G&G) programme by ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC (AKLNG - a consortium of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, British Petroleum, TransCanada and the State of Alaska). The 2015 G&G programme…

BOURBON Installs Submarine Cable for Sabella D10 Project

Jun 04, 2015

BOURBON is participating in a tidal turbine connection project off the island of Ushant (Brittany, France), a first in France. A pioneer in the towing and installation of the first floating wind turbine off the coast of Portugal, BOURBON is…

Aker Solutions Wins Offshore Mexico Order

Jun 03, 2015

Aker Solutions won its first order for a project offshore Mexico as it secured a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Pemex-operated Lakach deepwater natural-gas field.Aker Solutions will deliver electro-hydraulic steel tube…

‘TWIN X-STERN’ – A Stern at Each End

Jun 03, 2015

Is a bow really a necessity for large ships? When the vessel’s main function is walk-to-work (W2W) services in the offshore renewable sector, a heightened sterncan operateeither way,thus facilitating on-siteDP positioning.This is the idea behind the TWIN X-STERN concept vessel from ULSTEIN…

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