Swiss shipping operators confirm they employ armed security guards to protect their ships off Somalia & Gulf of Aden.Landlocked Switzerland plays a surprisingly prominent role in the commercial shipping scene. The Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company operates 422 vessels…
Head of Naval Surface Forces says officials looking closely at Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) manning in order to alleviate crew exhaustion.Recent disclosure of a closely held Navy study of LCS operations, indicated among the many issues identified…
German-owned 998-ft container ship 'Ilse Wulff' repaired in CIC Changxing Shipyard after touching bottom in the Panama Canal earlier in the year.Owners of the Ilse Wulff decided to combine the repair of bottom plating and a deformed propellor…
A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square km is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya.Pechora Sea (Russian: Печо́рское мо́ре, or Pechorskoye More), is a sea at the northwest of Russia, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea…
Low water levels in Bulgarian sections of Europe's River Danube threaten navigation safety, ship commerce.Water levels continue to go down and threaten a full stop of any navigation, the Maritime Administration Executive Agency in Ruse warns…
A Singapore stock exhange error was at first suspected as shares in STX Pan Ocean Co. plunged 64%.The Singapore Exchange said there was no trading error behind the recent 64 percent plunge by shares of STX Pan Ocean Co. (STX), South Korea’s biggest dry-bulk carrier…
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship 'R/V Falkor' locates the wreck of historic exploration ship off the coast of Greenland.During routine functional performance testing of the mutibeam mapping echosounders on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor…
Korea's leading shipbuilders post declining profits in second quarter 2012, as well as a growing inventory of unsold vessels.Shipbuilders here have put unsold ships up for resale at below-market prices but are struggling to get them off the hands…
Hapag-Lloyd holds naming ceremony for 13,200 TEU flagship “Hamburg Express” at Hamburg Container Terminal (CTA).Hapag-Lloyd has recently held a naming ceremony for the “Hamburg Express”, first of ten new vessels in its new 13,200 TEU class…
IADC Criticizes BSEE Policy for Citing Drilling ContractorsThe International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) say they are gravely concerned with the Interim Policy Document issued this week by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)…
Caterpillar introduce a remote tracking, monitoring, & notification system, 'gplink' for Cat® powered yachts & other vessels.gplink protects vessels by monitoring engine operating parameters and engine diagnostic codes as well as on-board critical systems such as bilge levels…
Fincantieri launches 'Royal Princess' the new flagship of Princess Cruises's fleet at its Monfalcone shipyard.'Royal Princess', at 141,000 gross tons, 330 metres long and 38 metres wide, is the largest ship ever built by Fincantieri. It has 1…
BiblioBoard offers 'Titanic: A Historical Collection' with 50+ books, images and articles to read on the iPad.Titanic: A Historical Collection offers early accounts of the Titanic sinking, works by and about Titanic passengers and more documents about the Titanic tragedy…
Retired Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Philip H. Greene, Jr., has been named vice president of TOTE, Inc. Greene will join TOTE, Inc. in early September 2012, leading efforts to further serve government and military accounts in the organization’s maritime…
Ron Huibers, currently President of Sales & Marketing North America within Volvo Trucks Americas, will assume his new position on September 1, 2012. Huibers has been with Volvo Group for 20 years. He has held various North America and International…
