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Swire Pacific Offshore wins Industry Award at IMA

Apr 23, 2015

Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) won the SRS Shipowner of the Year award at the Singapore International Maritime Awards (IMA) 2015 ceremony held on Tuesday, 21 April 2014 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millennia Singapore…

Twelve Cranes Unload Mega Box Ship

Apr 22, 2015

The 398-meter-long containership CMA CGM Kerguelen made its first call at the Port Klang Port Terminal in Malaysia, arriving to a very unique arrangement, the CMA CGM Group announced. No less than 12 cranes were used simultaneously to match the vessel's exceptional length and capacity (17…

Bibby Ship Management Philippines Receives FAME Award

Apr 22, 2015

Bibby Ship Management Philippines, Inc, has been recognized by the Filipino Association for Mariners’ Employment Inc (FAME) for its role in the development of the Philippine maritime industry.The company, part of the Bibby Ship Management Group Ltd…

Kleven Delivers Construction Vessel to Olympic Shipping

Apr 22, 2015

Offshore construction vessel Olympic Bibby, build no. 371 from Kleven Verft, has been delivered to Norwegian shipowner Olympic Shipping. The vessel has a long term charter with Bibby Offshore, and its first job will be on the British sector of the North Sea…

SCA Stresses US Shipyards' Role to National Security

Apr 22, 2015

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), a national trade association representing the nation’s shipbuilding and repair industry is hosting a fly-in beginning today. More than 85 members of SCA will participate to share the strength of America’s shipbuilding and repair industry…

VOS BWTS to Be Tested on APL Containership

Apr 22, 2015

Shipboard testing to be conducted on the vessel APL England as NEI takes the next step towards full USCG Type Approval for its Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS) Ballast Water Treatment System.NEI Treatment Systems announced that the container…

Banks: Vessel Financing Increasingly Based on Energy Efficiency

Apr 22, 2015

Banks are beginning to recommend efficiency retrofits to shipowners, and are using energy-efficiency data in deciding which vessels they finance—and which they won’t, says a survey conducted by  Carbon War Room.  If this trend continues…

Cheaper Fuel to Boost Container Shipping

Apr 21, 2015

Lower oil prices are sharply reducing the cost of shipping merchandise from Asia to the United States and Europe as the cost of bunker fuel tumbles.Container shipping companies deal with the volatility in fuel prices by adding a separate…

Shipping Industry Calls for Urgent Action in Migrant Crisis

Apr 21, 2015

Following the meeting of EU Foreign and Interior Ministers in Luxembourg yesterday (20 April) the European and global shipping industries have welcomed the increased attention that all EU Member States are giving to the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean…

Anthem of The Seas Christened in Southampton

Apr 21, 2015

Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Anthem of the Seas, was named in Southampton, U.K.,  in a spectacular ceremony. U.K. travel agent godmother  Emma Wilby named the 4,180-passenger ship with the words: 'I name this ship Anthem of the Seas. May God bless her and all who sail on her…

Towboat Delivered to Tidewater Transportation & Terminals

Apr 20, 2015

Tidewater Transportation & Terminals takes delivery of new towboat Crown Point from Vigor Industrial to be deployed in Tidewater’s Columbia and Snake River service mid-April Tidewater Transportation and Terminals, headquartered in Vancouver…

ICS Dismisses Claims of Worsening Ship Efficiency

Apr 20, 2015

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has dismissed the recent claim by the European environmental lobby group Transport and Environment (T&E) that modern ships are somehow less CO2 efficient than those built over 20 years ago as ‘fanciful’…

ABS Executive Chairs Forum at Sea Asia

Apr 20, 2015

ABS Executive Vice President of Corporate Energy Development Ken Richardson says managing Big Data is critical to the future of offshore.(Singapore) ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global marine and offshore industries…

Drydocks World Secures New ISO Certificate

Apr 20, 2015

Drydocks World the international service providers to the shipping, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors won the ISO 3834-2: 2005 certificate for quality requirements on fusion welding of metallic materials. This certificate validates Drydocks…

EGS Names RV ‘Geo Resolution’

Apr 20, 2015

The EGS management has gathered in Singapore to conduct the christening and blessing ceremony of the RV Geo Resolution, the latest addition to EGS’ fleet of deep water capable hydrographic and geophysical survey vessels, said a press release from the company…

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