Danish shipper and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk expects to do better this year than last despite a 2 percent drop in Q2 2012 earnings.Extracts from the interim financial report for the 2nd quarter 2012:“We deliver a fairly satisfactory result for the second quarter…
Singapore-based offshore energy group Swiber Holdings issues its Q2 & HY 2012 financial report.Swiber Holdings provide offshore construction, offshore marine, subsea & offshore development services.2Q 2012 highlights: Net Profit surges 66…
Jensen Maritime, subsidiary of Crowley Maritime, opens an office in New Orleans giving to access U.S. Gulf, West and East Coasts.Seattle-based Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., is a naval architecture and marine engineering firm owned by Crowley Maritime Corporation…
Veson Nautical announce IMOS7, an update to its maritime business software.US-based Veson Nautical, founded in 1979, is a provider of maritime commercial management and trading software solutions.The new version delivers client-driven features…
STX Europe report increased operating revenues, but cruise & ferry sector showed lower than expected activity in Q2 2012.STX Europe achieved operating revenues of NOK 5 651 million in second quarter 2012, an increase of NOK 782 million compared…
Naval Radar Experts Meet to Share Experiences and Suggest ImprovementsUsers of the Saab Sea Giraffe naval radar are meeting this week in San Diego to share their experiences with the operation and support of the Sea Giraffe family of naval surveillance radars…
Joins More than 30 International Maritime Industry Speakers. Clay Maitland, managing partner of International Registries, Inc., which administers the Marshall Islands Ship Registry, the third largest registry in the world, will be the keynote…
Panama Canal expansion will bring higher volumes, larger vessels, new trading patterns, trends analysed in a new report.As the completion of the Panama Canal expansion nears, a number of concerns have surfaced regarding the ability of U.S…
BiblioLabs & the British Library make hundreds of historic works from the popular 19th Century Historical Collection available.BiblioBoard is a free iPad® app that offers a platform to explore places, events, people and themes from across the centuries…
Aker Solutions ASA: Second quarter results 2012.Aker Solutions' operating revenues were NOK 11.9 billion in the second quarter and NOK 21.7 billion for the first six months of 2012. The latter is 33 per cent higher that the same period in 2011…
GIE Nouméa Port & Vale NC go live with Tideworks’ TOS at two South-west Pacific ports.Tideworks Technology®, Inc., a provider of full-service terminal management and planning software solutions, announce that both Vale New Caledonia, at Prony Port in New Caledonia…
Victoria D. Harker joins Huntington Ingalls Industries board of directors.She is currently the chief financial officer for Gannett, an international media and marketing solutions company, having recently joined the company on July 23. She…
Megayacht 'Nirvana' is spending her first summer season in the Mediterranean & will debut at this year's Monaco Yacht Show.At 88.50m (290.35ft) LOA, Nirvana is the seventh of the new generation Oceanco yachts to be launched earlier this year…
Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group to team up with event organizer The Oriental Pro-Energy Consulting Organization (Topco).Sinopacific announce its cooperation with the leading event organizer The Oriental Pro-Energy Consulting Organization (Topco)…
Container ship traffic: Chennai Port in SE India is going all out to regain top position.Work on the Chennai Port Mega Terminal Project is expected to start shortly and the first ship would be berthed in three years at the new terminal, according to Atulya Misra…