Finnish ship designer Foreship's new company, Foreship Bluetech, announce an economical bulk ship design series.Foreship BlueTech Ltd. is a company founded by Foreship Ltd. and key employees of BlueTech with Foreship Ltd. as the largest shareholder…
Maersk Container Industry calls for tougher enforcement of European environmental legislation regarding reefer containers.'We urge the European Commission to ensure enforcement of existing EU legislation regarding insulation foam in reefer containers…
'Ciudad de Cadiz' blown off the berth to ground near Mostyn Harbour on the Salisbury Bank, River Dee in North Wales.The vessel had been berthed alongside in Mostyn Harbour when the mooring lines parted in 60 knot winds. She then drifted onto a sandbank…
Scorpio Tankers contracts with Korea's SPP Shipbuilding for the construction of 4 MR product tankers.The cost of each tankship is about US$32.5-million.These vessels will be delivered in the third and fourth quarters of 2014 and are a continuation…
Technip, in a consortium with Afcons and TH Heavy Engineering, awarded offshore India contract.The contract, worth in total about 50-million Euros, awarded by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), is for the Heera Redevelopment (HRD) process platform project in the Arabian Sea…
Evergreen Seafarer Training Center (ESTC) earns ClassNK certification for its training courses.Classification society ClassNK announced that it has certified the Bridge Resource Management (BRM), Electronic Chart Display Information Systems…
Europort 2013 issues a call for papers for its Advanced Technology Conferences, November 5-8, 2013 in Rotterdam.Organisers have invited leading national and international players to showcase the global industry’s cutting edge ideas, which…
German shipping company to implement GL condition monitoring survey arrangement for engine piston performance.German shipping company NSC Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Cie. KG (NSC) has decided to implement a Condition Monitoring (CM) survey…
Cargotec subsidiary, MacGregor, contracted to deliver electrically-driven RoRo equipment for two new car carriers.The two RoRo ships are under construction at Shin-Kurushima’s main facility,Onishi Shipyard,in Japan. Each ship will be supplied witha stern ramp…
The Navy has determined that 23-year old 'USS Guardian' will be dismantled & removed in sections from the reef.'Guardian is badly damaged and with the deteriorating integrity of the ship, the weight involved, and where it is grounded on the reef…
Keppel FELS complete two rigs early for Transocean and Asia Offshore Drilling, earning a combined US$1.5-milliion bonus.Over two consecutive days Keppel FELS held naming ceremonies for twin jackup rigs built for Transocean, and another jackup rig built for Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD)…
Long noted for the quality of their steel vessels, the Sarawak Slipways have recently launched an aluminum crew boat.Built to a design by Singapore-based Naval Consult Pte. Ltd., the 38 by 7.85-meter vessel has a molded draught of 1.75 meters…
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) notes pirate attacks off Nigeria, Indonesia & Mauritania in past week.Off the coast of NigeriaA product tanker under way noticed three skiffs approaching it at high speed. A suspected mother vessel was observed on radar at a distance of around 1…
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service Director George H. Cohen has issued the following statement:'I am extremely pleased to announce that the parties have reached a tentative agreement for a comprehensive successor Master Agreement.…
U.S. Navy awards General Dynamics Electric Boat a US$42-million for 'USS Hartford' maintenance and modernization.The contract modification is for routine work on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine. Under the terms of the contract, Electric…
