Bureau Veritas (BV) will present Its 'Guide on Offshore Wind Farm Project Certification' at the upcoming EWEA Exhibition.Bureau Veritas will participate in the EWEA Exhibition, in Vienna, from February 4 to 7, 2013. With over 10,000 professionals attending from around the world…
The U.S. 7th Fleet Commander expressed regret over the grounding of 'USS Guardian' on Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea. 'As a protector of the sea and a sailor myself, I greatly regret any damage this incident has caused to the Tubbataha Reef…
Pole Star, fleet managers, ship security & vessel monitoring providers, appoint Andrew Peters as compsny Chief Executive Officer.The appointment follows the retirement of interim CEO, Colin Hook, who will continue to serve as a non-executive director of the board…
Armed men hijack a tankship carrying 5,000 tons of oil from an Ivory Coast port and force it to sail to offshore Ghana.The precise whereabouts of the tanker are presently unknown to government authorities and maritime officials, reports the Maritime Security Review…
Subsea 7 wins US$135-million contract from Shell U.K. for work on the Fram oil & gas development in the Central North Sea. The contract scope encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 4.5km in-field pipeline bundle of approximately 44-inch diameter…
Latest version of the SurvitecZodiac MIS MES escape slide & liferaft system is fitted to the new ferry 'Uraniborg'.The Uraniborg, owned by Ventrafiken, was recently completed at the Hvide Sande shipyard in Denmark and has just entered service…
First female Chairman, two new Port Commissioners, to release Port Industry Capital Investment Survey at the meeting.During the commission meeting, results of a major survey on capital and maintenance investments made by manufacturers for…
Lone Star Geophysical Surveys buys a 4000-node ZLand seismic system from FairfieldNodal for US & Canada projects.The company previously leased ZLand system nodes for environmentally sensitive work in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Montana…
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. (MES) wins crane order from Yilport Container Terminal & Port Operators Inc. (Yilport). Yilport Container Terminal and Port Operators Inc. (Yilport) is a 100% subsidiary company of Yildirim Holding Inc…
Wärtsilä to supply the main engines and auxiliary generating sets for a new Scottish-owned ferry.The RoPax vessel, designed for transporting both wheeled cargo and passengers, was ordered by Lloyds Banking Group and leased by Caledonian Maritime Assets…
Unique Wellube successfully completes 28' to 58' Hot Tapping Project for Chiyoda Almana Engineering in the Middle East.Unique Wellube FZC (UWFZC) , a Unique Maritime Group Company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea…
The Ports of Indiana named Rick Heimann Port Director for the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor effective January 16. Heimann recently served as Sourcing Manager, specializing in rail and water transportation, for ArcelorMittal USA in East Chicago…
ITF says affiliated international unions will support colleagues in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in a rapidly escalating multi-port labor disagreement. Published International Transport Federation (ITF) reports…
Star Information Systems (SIS) has announced that Erik Sarmento Staubo has joined the company as head of oil & gas. SIS is a world-class provider of tightly integrated software solutions and services that allow the safe and efficient operation of ships and rigs…
Iceland's On-Waves selects Delaware's IMSWorkX feature rich service delivery platform for its cruise & merchant ship mobile telephone service.Maritime mobile operator On-Waves Ehf, a subsidiary of Icelandic global telecom service provider Siminn (formerly Iceland Telecom)…
