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LNG Tender: Torrent Power seeks 38 LNG Cargoes

Oct 25, 2016

Indian private-sector power utility Torrent Power is seeking 38 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery over four years beginning April 2017, in what is likely to be the firm's first import tender. The firm is seeking offers…

OSC Holds Mumbai Seafarers’ Conference

Oct 24, 2016

Oman Ship Management Company (OSC) hosted a high-level conference in Mumbai for senior officers following a rapid rise in crew numbers. The ‘Seafarers’ Safety Conference’ was a platform for Oman Shipping Company’s subsidiary Oman Ship Management…

South Carolina Ports Report Cargo Growth

Oct 20, 2016

South Carolina Ports Authority reported year-over-year growth during the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal year.  SCPA handled 162,858 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September. First quarter TEU volumes were up 1.4 percent over the same period last year…

Nakilat Transitions LNG Fleet from Shell

Oct 19, 2016

Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NSQL) signed an agreement with Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell) to begin the planned phased transition of the management of Nakilat’s LNG fleet from Shell to NSQL. Shell has…

Vard Extends SCHOTTEL Propulsion Order

Oct 17, 2016

Having already secured the contract in early summer to fit 15 Vard design 9 21 module carriers, propulsion specialist SCHOTTEL has now also received a follow-up order to fit three further Vard design 9 28 vessels with 12 main and auxiliary units…

CBMM Welcomes New Shipwright, Apprentices for Edna Lockwood Restoration

Oct 17, 2016

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has recently welcomed Michael Rogers of Trappe, Md. as a shipwright, along with three professional shipwright apprentices to work on the 2016-2018 log-hull restoration of the historic 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood…

BSM Appoints Two Managing Directors

Oct 11, 2016

Shipmanagement company, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has announced the appointment of two new Managing Directors: Neil McNeil will head BSM British Isles based in the Isle of Man, and Mingfa Liu will be his BSM China counterpart in Shanghai…

GAC Bunker Fuels Joins Forces with REV LNG

Oct 10, 2016

GAC Bunker Fuels (GBFL), the GAC Group’s bunker trading and brokerage arm, has entered a strategic partnership with REV LNG and REV LNG Marine to deliver LNG bunkering services to ship owners and operators trading in North America.     The…

Samskip Completes Reefer Acquisition

Oct 10, 2016

Silver Green AS, owned 50% by Samskip, is changing its name to Silver Sea AS to mark the finalization of a series of ownership changes. The new name reflects a consolidation by Samskip of its position in the reefer vessel segment, including…

Kiel Posts Its Best Ever Cruise Shipping Season

Oct 10, 2016

This year’s cruise shipping season ended in Kiel on Saturday (October 8th) with a call by the “AIDAvita”. Overall, the port of Kiel was visited 147 times this year by 26 different cruise ships of more than 9.3 million GT, compared to 133 cruise ship visits in 2015…

US Boatbuilding: Exports Buoy Bottom Lines

Oct 04, 2016

Market conditions dampen some future prospects, but domestic yards have proven that they can compete overseas, and will do so again when the time is right.  These are ‘interesting’ times for U.S. shipbuilders. The tail end of one of the…

PBES Lithium Energy Storage for HH Ferries

Oct 03, 2016

Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) said it has secured the energy storage supply contract for the two largest battery-powered ferries in the world. Each of the two Scandlines Helsingborg-Helsingör ferries will have 4.16 MWh batteries to provide power for primary propulsion…

Maersk Line Implements BigOceanData Vessel Tracking

Oct 03, 2016

BigOceanData and Maersk Line have entered into a two-year agreement whereby BigOceanData will deliver vessel tracking services to Maersk Line. The initial system went live on August 1, 2016 and is already in use in operation centers around the world on both desktop and mobile devices…

New LNG Bunkering Solutions to Be Developed for Singapore

Oct 03, 2016

ExxonMobil and Pavilion Energy Pte Ltd are collaborating to develop solutions for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering and other downstream developments in Singapore. With LNG growing in significance as part of the marine fuel mix, ExxonMobil…

Nor-Shipping Crowd-Sources to Turn Industry Problems into Profit

Sep 30, 2016

Nor-Shipping invites the next generation to find solutions to this generation’s challenges through its unique ‘Problem to Profit’ initiative. The leading global maritime event week, taking place in Oslo and Lillestrøm, Norway, from May 30 to June 2…

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