BIMCO and the WCO renewed their relationship through the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to enhance and strengthen their co-operation to adopt mutually relevant and useful guidance and advice within the shipping industry…
Transport Intelligence, a leading logistics research and consultancy specialists, have published a new report which reveals the full extent of the increasing divergence between the air and sea freight forwarding markets. Although the overall market grew by 3…
Braemar SA, the multi-disiplinary Marine Surveying and Technical Consultancy arm of Braemar Technical Services (BTS) has announced a key appointment to further strengthen its yacht services capability. The Company’s latest recruit, Stefano Scarpa…
Dubai Maritime City LLC (DMC), the world-class mixed-use maritime cluster, announced the signing of long term partnership agreement with Mubarak Marine LLC. The agreement is for the development of an industrial complex project for maritime services…
The Port of Galveston ranks as the fourth busiest cruise port in the U.S. based upon embarkation according to a recent study prepared by Business Research and Economic Advisors (BREA) for the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). In 2012…
Thomas Gunn is delighted to announce that Korea Lines, the marine transportation services company, is the latest ship owner to choose new Voyager 4 for its navigation requirements. It will be upgrading four LNG gas carriers from Voyager…
A Hong Kong Marine Department (MARDEP) enquiry into damage & passenger injuries caused when a local fast ferry hit the anchor cable of a vessel, found that 5 crew members were making their 15th voyage.of the day. The MARDEP report reads as follows:'While the ferry was sailing at a speed of 22…
Shell’s massive Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) sets sail from Ingleside, Texas for a 425 mile trek to its final home on the Mars Field in the Gulf of Mexico.For 10 days, tugboats will pull the over 120,000 ton platform to location where work will begin to secure the platform in place…
A 2013 survey conducted by Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI) reveals why some seafarers cannot access shore leave while in the United States.Far from a luxury, shore leave significantly contributes to a mariners’ health and the safe and efficient operation of a vessel…
The Kingdom of Norway has become the first State to sign the Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the 1993 Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977…
Charles R. de Cuir to lead Coalition’s efforts to develop offshore wind technology in Virginia. Rutherfoord, one of the nation’s most respected risk management and insurance brokerage firms, is proud to announce that Charles R. de Cuir, Director of Rutherfoord’s Maritime Division…
American Cruise Lines (www.americancruiselines.com) has announced that Captain Andrew White has joined the company as Director of Marine Operations.Captain White joins American Cruise Lines after his recent retirement from twenty-seven years of service in the U…
CNOOC Limited said that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed production sharing contract (PSC) with BP for deepwater Block 54/11 in Pearl River Mouth Basin in the South China Sea.Block 54/11 is…
US exports have been relatively robust in a backdrop of a moribund global economy, but slowing growth means that President Obama’s ambitious plan to double outbound trade in five years will fall short.In his first State of the Union speech in January 2010…
Two new chief operating officers and an offshore support services director have been appointed at Bibby Offshore to support the company’s significant future development plans. Current managing director Fraser Moonie, who has been in the role for three years…
