New Location Strategically Positions Jensen along U.S. Gulf, West and East Coasts.Seattle-based Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corporation company, announced today that it has expanded its presence to the U.S. Gulf with the establishment of a third office in New Orleans…
Hempel is launching high-solids versions of their Globic, Oceanic and Olympic antifoulings, which offer optimized features and stronger ROI, according to the company.The new versions, Globic 9000, Globic 6000, Oceanic+ and Olympic+, have been optimized to offer the benefits of high-solids…
On Wednesday, August 15, 2012, Hamburg Süd celebrated the christening of its container ship “Santa Barbara” at the Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen (People’s Republic of China). Sponsor of the “Santa Barbara” was Johanna Oetker…
Shangai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding contracted by Grimaldi Group to build 5 large RoRo container ships.The new generation of 3,800-teu Ro-Ro container ships will replace ACL's existing fleet of such types of ship operating in the company's…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 'Healy' begins the first of three Arctic missions scheduled during 2012.Healy departed its homeport of Seattle July 30, for a deployment that will include three missions that support scientific research in the Arctic…
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) says it has had advanced talks with a European shipbuilder so far.Despite the travails of the lack of orders at home one of China’s shipbuilding majors is looking at taking advantage of the downturn…
Hapag-Lloyd substantially increases rate, revenue & result in a successful Q2 2012 turn-around.Following a seasonally weak first quarter, Hapag-Lloyd achieved a turnaround in the second quarter of 2012, improving its result by more thanEUR 125 million compared to Q1…
Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. report their progress on work on 'SS Gairsoppa' & 'HMS Victory'.The chartered vessel working on the SS Gairsoppa project, the Seabed Worker, will make a scheduled port call in Cork, Ireland, beginning August 15…
Danish shipper and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk expects to do better this year than last despite a 2 percent drop in Q2 2012 earnings.Extracts from the interim financial report for the 2nd quarter 2012:“We deliver a fairly satisfactory result for the second quarter…
Tritech offers a 360° real-time anchor-chain & riser integrity system for Floating Production Storage & Offloading Units (FPSOs).A field-proven technology, RAMS™ offers continuous monitoring of the presence, integrity and position of mooring…
Laysky Shipyard in Archangel, Russia, launches the 'Iskander' tugboat for delivery to Ecotek-Bunker after sea trials.The new tugboat will transport barges laden with coal, firewood, construction materials to remote areas of the Arkhangelsk region: Mezen…
EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR) Operation Atalanta & NATO disrupt 2 pirated dhows in the Gulf of Aden & free hostage crew.A suspicious dhow, reportedly pirated in Bosaso – Somalia, was located off the coast of Oman by the Spanish EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA)…
Construction of a chain of rescue centers on the shores of the Northern Sea Route has already started. Russia is upgrading infrastructure along the Northern Sea Route. Three large and seven smaller emergency centers will be built from Murmansk in the West to Chukotka in the East…
A surplus of tankships seeking Persian Gulf cargoes curbs earlier charter rate increases.There are 20 percent more very large crude carriers for hire over the next 30 days than there are cargoes, according to the median estimate of seven shipbrokers and owners (TANKER) surveyed by Bloomberg News…
Kongsberg Maritime awarded two contracts by SMD to supply cameras for subsea trenching & mining vehicles.The first contract is for cameras and accessories for a new generation high powered deep water Trencher, recently delivered and currently undergoing sea trials…
