Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) contracted by a large oil company for its 5500 bhp AHTS 'Nor Tigerfish'. The duration of the contract is for one year firm, and with two by three months options. The new contract will commence during August 2012…
US Dept of Homeland Security develop a 'Container Security Test Bed' to facilitate research on container surveillance.The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) in Atlantic City, NJ, have…
Navy destroyer 'USS Porter' and a Japanese-owned tanker collide near the Strait of Hormuz.The impact tore open the destroyer’s starboard side but left both crews unharmed, 5th Fleet said in a news release.The circumstances of the collision — whether the collision was in the channel…
BAE Systems' Alabama Shipyard contracted to build Platform Supply Vessels for GulfMark Americas.GulfMark Americas, Inc. has selected BAE Systems’ shipyard in Mobile, Alabama to build two new platform supply vessels that will serve offshore drilling operations…
LNG Exports: 'Not Huge, Not Soon,' but with geopolitical impact forecasts market analyst.Ken Medlock, a Baker Institute energy fellow at Rice University in Houston, said the United States will be 'lucky to see more than 1 Bcf/d' of exports 10 years from now…
Government of Panama approves canal tolls increases effective Ocober 2012.The Government of Panama has approved the proposal to restructure and apply selective increases in the Panama Canal pricing system, effective from 1 October 2012 to 1 October 2013…
Global Marine & Container Terminal Operation Industry market research report available.Extracts the IBISWorld report follow:Over the long term, IBISWorld projects that trends towards globalization, complex international supply chains…
Topaz signs over $65 million of new charters and announces the acquisition of two AHTS.Renaissance subsidiary, Topaz Energy and Marine (“Topaz”), a UAE-based oil field services company, has been awarded two new long term charters, totalling over $65 million…
Oil Search awards Kumul Marine Terminal pipeline IRM contract to Fugro-TSMFugro-TSM, a division of Fugro Subsea Services, has been awarded the Kumul Marine Terminal Pipeline IRM (Inspection Repair Maintenance) contract by Oil Search Limited…
Bollinger announces the appointment of Charles 'Skip' Bowen as Vice President Government Relations.Mr. Bowen joined Bollinger in April 2011 as Program Manager for the FRC “Sentinel” Class Patrol Boat building program at Bollinger’s Lockport facility…
Ship operator's latest report says fire remains under control although hotspots still exist.The ship's geographical situation remains unchanged, some 200 miles off the nearest land.Helmut Ponath, CEO of Reederei NSB comments: “I consider…
China's largest RoRo 'Bohai Emerald Bead' with the longest reach leaves Yantai Port in East China.Different from ordinary ships, the 36,000 displacement civilian passenger and roll-on/roll-off ship was constructed in accordance with national…
UK-based Stephenson Clarke Shipping goes into liquidation after nearly 300 years trading.Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd is the oldest British shipping company. King George II had been on the throne of England for just three years when the…
US Coast Guard Cutter Juniper deploys to far Arctic region for joint operations. The Newport, R.I., based Coast Guard Cutter Juniper is deploying to the Arctic to conduct maritime safety and security exchanges with the Canadian navy and coast guard along with elements of the Danish navy…
US salvage company Resolve has taken over the salvage contract of the wreck on the Astrolabe Reef, New Zealand.The salvors have started cutting up internal sections of the bow of the container ship which ran on to the Astrolabe reef off Tauranga…
