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Barge-Rail Effective, Draws Additional Trains to Portland Port

Apr 08, 2016

Coordinated efforts create outlet for Oregon agricultural producersPiggybacking on the success of the Upriver Container Barge-Rail Shuttle program, Northwest Container Service announced they would increase rail service from twice a month to weekly starting in April…

Production of First EnergySail Begins

Apr 08, 2016

Automated rigid sail set to bring back wind-assisted propulsion for shipping.Onomichi, Japan – 8th April 2016 – In another important step towards bringing its rigid sail technology onto ships Eco Marine Power (EMP) has commenced work on the production of an EnergySail in Onomichi…

US Military Christens Self-piloting Ship

Apr 07, 2016

The U.S. military on Thursday christened an experimental self-driving warship designed to hunt for enemy submarines, a major advance in robotic warfare at the core of America's strategy to counter Chinese and Russian naval investments.The 132-foot-long (40-metre-long) unarmed prototype…

Exceed, Weatherford Join forces

Apr 07, 2016

Well management and performance improvement specialist Exceed has bolstered its decommissioning credentials through a strategic alliance with international oil and gas service company, Weatherford. The collaboration will offer an end-to-end solution for well decommissioning…

Cegal Launches Blueback ODiSI

Apr 07, 2016

Cegal today announced the release of Blueback ODiSI - an innovative One Dimensional Stochastic Inversion method. Blueback ODiSI produces high-quality images of reservoir property estimates and associated uncertainties. According to Sara Grant…

Development on BWM highlights - IMO's R&D Forum

Apr 07, 2016

Ballast water management experts, meeting at the recent IMO-GloBallast R&D Forum in Canada, have showcased the latest developments in ballast water management and highlighted the areas where further research is needed, in order to prevent the spread of potentially harmful species in ballast water…

Saving with Jotun’s Hull Performance Solutions Guaranteed

Apr 07, 2016

Jotun has analysed the first ever five year dry-docking of a vessel treated with its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) system. The data revealed that Gearbulk’s Penguin Arrow, coated with Jotun’s SeaQuantum X200 in September 2010, recorded a…

New DNV GL’s Nauticus Hull & Sesam GeniE offers Versatility

Apr 07, 2016

The introduction of the IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (CSR BC & OT) makes support from advanced rule calculation tools more important than ever. The latest releases of DNV GL’s integrated calculation tools Nauticus…

BOEM's Public Meetings Rescheduled

Apr 07, 2016

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding meetings to seek public input on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement that analyzes potential impacts of oil and gas activities that could result from lease sales scheduled…

A New Paradigm in Crew Connectivity?

Apr 06, 2016

Service providers have spent decades delivering services on the basis of a demand model that is in danger of being overtaken by events Despite some recent suggestions to the contrary, demand for crew connectivity remains a strong driver of the maritime communications market…

Tideworks' TOS Goes Live at Haiti Container Terminal

Apr 06, 2016

Tideworks Technology Inc., a full-service provider of terminal management and planning software solutions, announced that GB Group has gone live with Tideworks’ terminal operating system (TOS) at its facility near the Port-au-Prince industrial zone in Haiti…

Kennedy Joins Bibby Offshore Board

Apr 06, 2016

Bibby Offshore Holdings Limited, a provider of subsea installation, inspection, repair and maintenance (“IRM”) services to the offshore oil and gas industry, announced the appointment of Archie Kennedy to the Board of Bibby Offshore as a Non-Executive Director…

DEA becomes Operator in Denmark

Apr 06, 2016

The Danish Energy Agency has awarded DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG two licences in Denmark. The concession area of about 530 square kilometres is located in the southern Central Graben in the western part of the Danish North Sea.The German upstream company DEA…

Europort to Partner IRANIMEX

Apr 06, 2016

Leading maritime exhibition offers gateway to maritime and offshore opportunities in Iran Europort has become the official and exclusive international partner of IRANIMEX, the leading maritime & offshore exhibition in Iran. The agreement…

Singtel, Inmarsat Join Forces to Boost Maritime Cyber Security

Apr 06, 2016

Singapore and London, 6 April 2016: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance maritime cyber security using Trustwave’s Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution…

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