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MacGregor's Pusnes bow loading systems for Suezmax Tankers

Apr 17, 2015

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured contracts to supply Pusnes bow loading systems for three newbuild shuttle tankers intended for operations in Brazilian waters. The order was booked into first quarter 2015 order intake. South Korean…

Steelhead Introduces a New Yacht Crane

Apr 17, 2015

Steelhead Marine, a North American crane manufacturer, has expanded its product offering with the launch of the new E Series 1000 crane.Suited for commercial and recreational vessels, the E Series crane is available primarily in a 1,000-lb model with a 1…

Ancasta to Launch Prestige 680

Apr 17, 2015

Ancasta International Boat Sales is in the process of launching the Prestige 680, the newest luxury motor yacht from Prestige, which will have its world premiere at Cannes in September 2015. A 21m flybridge cruiser, the Prestige 680 boasts…

NAO, Vard Push Back PSV Deliveries

Apr 16, 2015

Nordic American Offshore Ltd. (NAO) informs that it has agreed with the Norwegian based Vard Aukra shipyard to extend the delivery of two platform supply vessel (PSV) newbuildings, originally scheduled to be delivered in mid-2015. Under the new agreement…

Thomson Cruises Names New Ship

Apr 16, 2015

Thomson Cruises’ newly acquired Splendour of the Seas will be renamed Thomson Discovery when it joins the company’s fleet in summer 2016 and it will homeport in Palma. Before setting sail under the Thomson name, the ship will undergo a re-brand and refurbishment…

Mission ‘Row Around Singapore Island’ 2015

Apr 16, 2015

With only 7 days to go to the big Singapore charity row, Row Around Singapore Island (RASI) the intrepid volunteer rowers from the maritime community of Singapore have been undertaking their final practice weekend at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club…

Caterpillar Acquires ESRG Technologies Group

Apr 15, 2015

Caterpillar Marine has announced  it has completed the acquisition of ESRG Technologies Group, LLC, a vessel monitoring and data analytics leader in the marine industry. The acquisition includes ESRG’s comprehensive software suite for the…

Submarine Sighted near Stockholm was Civilian Boat

Apr 15, 2015

The unknown foreign vessel the Swedish Navy searched for near Stockholm last autumn was actually a “workboat,” Sweden's Armed Forces have now said. The story of the suspected submarine spotted in the Stockholm archipelago a week after Sweden's…

Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Workshop

Apr 14, 2015

Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Workshop – Southampton – May 13 & 14, 2015 In May 2015 U.K. based Shock Mitigation will bring together a group of experts armed with the latest knowledge that will assist the sub IMO professional sector to…

Box Ship Freight Rates Fall on Declining Chinese Exports

Apr 14, 2015

Since February, freight rates on the three key container shipping lanes has left the erratic up and down movements behind only to slide week after week.On Friday April 10, 2015 the freight rate including ocean freight and surcharges, i…

Sakhalin-1 Sets Another Extended Reach Drilling Record

Apr 14, 2015

Rosneft as part of Sakhalin-1 Consortium has successfully completed drilling of the world’s longest well at the Chayvo field.O-14 production well was drilled with Orlan drilling platform in direction of the field’s south-eastern point…

Cuban Port Eyes Pact with Panama Canal expansion

Apr 14, 2015

The Port of Mariel, Cuba, aims to become the best choice transshipment in the region from the Panama Canal expansion. According to the Mariel terminal sources, 'The port has possibility to connect with everyone from the Panama Canal expansion'…

Incat Crowther Opens Europe Office

Apr 13, 2015

Incat Crowther reported it has opened an office in Europe.Located in Southampton, United Kingdom, the office has been created to support a growing European client base and meet the demand for Incat Crowther’s products and services in the region…

New Cruise Ship Terminal Plan for Cockenzie

Apr 13, 2015

To take advantage of the global increase in on-board touring holidays, the Firth of Forth is planning a new cruise ship terminal. Developers hope to secure permission for the first purpose-built terminal on the Scottish mainland at site…

Six Greenpeace Activists Leave Arctic-bound Oil Rig

Apr 12, 2015

Six Greenpeace activists rappelled down from an oil rig in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after spending six days living on the structure to protest against drilling in the Arctic, the environmental organization said.The multinational team climbed aboard Polar Pioneer…

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