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Severn Provider Ready for Offshore Markets

Mar 30, 2015

The naming ceremony took place today for Severn Offshore Services Ltd.’s new multipurpose wind farm vessel, Severn Provider, built at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands. Following sea trials next week, the Damen FCS 2610 will be available for charter based out of Rotterdam…

Ravenna Port to Test Faster ICT-Based Controls

Mar 30, 2015

The EU's TEN-T Program will back with over $976,000 a study and pilot deployment of automated road and rail gates in the Port of Ravenna in Italy. The new ICT-based solutions will speed up the commercial, operational and customs controls of trucks and trains entering and exiting the port…

BHP Billiton Submission on Workplace Relations

Mar 30, 2015

BHP Billiton today welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Productivity Commission as it considers improvements to the workplace relations framework in Australia.BHP Billiton’s submission includes recommendations for a number…

Holsether Appointed Yara CEO

Mar 30, 2015

The Board of Directors of Yara International ASA has appointed Mr. Svein Tore Holsether as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed acting CEO Torgeir Kvidal within October 2015.Holsether currently serves as President and CEO of Sapa Group…

Drydocks World, Maritime World Win Excellence Awards

Mar 30, 2015

Drydocks World and Maritime World have won the Excellence Award given by the International Maritime Club at the Golden Bells Awards 2015 - Middle East. Drydocks World Group has won the Best Maritime Conference Award in recognition of their successin organizing the “2nd Mare Forum Dubai 2015…

Ocean 3 launched at the AGCT, Rijeka

Mar 30, 2015

China Shipping Container Line’s (CSCL) Xin Qin Huang Dao recently made its maiden call at the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) container handling facility in the Port of Rijeka…

USCG Commissions Key West's 6th Fast Response Cutter

Mar 29, 2015

The Coast Guard commissioned the Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., March 28, 2015. Mayo is the sixth Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter to be homeported in Key West.Each FRC is named for an enlisted…

Columbus Transit: the Sum of Experience & Professionalism

Mar 29, 2015

Columbus Transit is a forwarding company that has been growing for 21 years at the Port of Barcelona, is among the latest companies to obtain Port of Barcelona Efficiency Network quality certification.The company was founded by a group…

Austal Graduates 48 4-Yr Apprentices

Mar 28, 2015

Austal USA combined two classes to graduate a total of 48 members of Austal’s cutting-edge four-year apprenticeship program yesterday at a formal ceremony held at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. The graduates received their…

BAE Systems to Expand San Diego Shipyard

Mar 27, 2015

BAE Systems announced it will invest approximately $100 million to expand drydocking capabilities at its San Diego shipyard. The investment, which will include the purchase of a new drydock and a range of infrastructure improvements at the yard…

TDDCL Seeks Input for New Repair Yard

Mar 27, 2015

Trinidad Dry Dock Company to develop new ship repair yard at Port of Spain; company requests Expressions of Interest for Environmental Impact Assessment and Geotechnical Investigation The Trinidad Dry Dock Company Limited (TDDCL) has invited…

Russia May Allow More Firms to Offshore Oil

Mar 27, 2015

Russia may allow more oil companies to access its offshore projects, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. 'In general, the access can be extended,' Novak told reporters in Moscow. An existing law stipulates that only state…

Garamendi Introduces Bipartisan GPS Backup Bill

Mar 27, 2015

Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, introduced the bipartisan National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Resilience and Security Act of 2015…

Lack of Ship Definition is a Threat to Investors

Mar 27, 2015

AKD says the lack of an unambiguous term to describe a ‘ship’ in several jurisdictions represents a potential threat to asset security for financiers, particularly in the offshore and renewable energy sectors.AKD partner Haco van der Houven van Oordt says…

Bibby Offshore: Paving the Future for Youth Employment

Mar 27, 2015

With an eye on the future, subsea services provider Bibby Offshore said it understands the importance of valuing and investing in the workforce of tomorrow, as highlighted by its successes at the 2014 Oil and Gas UK Awards, where it won in the…

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