The Coast Guard on Monday July 15, 2013, released the final report on the investigation into the November 8, 2010, fire onboard the cruise ship Carnival Splendor.The vessel suffered a major mechanical failure in the number five diesel generator…
DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., announced that Ocean Rig, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Drillships Financing Holding Inc. (“DFHI”), and Dr illships Projects Inc., entered into a $1…
FSL Trust has today successfully taken redelivery of its second crude oil tanker, Action, previously leased to the subsidiary of Geden Holdings Ltd. The vessel will be renamed FSL Shanghai and will operate under the technical management of Thome Ship Management Pte…
Leading provider of private maritime security says it is training more than 100 operatives to meet new standards for German Flagged vessels. Protection Vessels International (PVI), part of Protection Group International and the world’s leading provider of private maritime security services…
Dr Tony Hayward has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology (Hon DTech) by Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Tony Hayward is the Chief Executive of Genel Energy plc, an Anglo-Turkish exploration and production company…
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is pleased to announce the signing of a co-operation agreement with Bourbon, a major provider of marine services to the oil and gas industries in over 45 countries worldwide. The ITF states…
ICS issues free advice to shipowners. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners’ associations negotiated the text of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), has issued advice to shipowners to help…
The 170 million GT, ‘A’ rated North P&I club achieved another ‘stable’ result in a difficult financial year, says chairman Pratap Shirke in the club’s newly published Management Report 2013. ‘This has been a challenging year for the shipping industry as a whole…
Robert Allan Ltd. has designed a new generation of more capable High Endurance Self-righting Search & Rescue Lifeboats for the Canadian Coast Guard.This new design was developed from the successful similar vessels known as the “Severn” Class…
Some 1,600 metric tonnes of fuel oil and 2,400 containers onboard the 'MOL Comfort' sank to the ocean floor when the remaining forward part of the container ship sank.'There is an oil film at the site, but no large volume of oil leakage has…
A BBC TV documentary screened recently, featured The Mission to Seafarers' Anglican chaplain, the Revd Colin Still, as he travels around the globe aboard Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' flagship 'Balmoral''s 112-night 'World Cruise', giving advice…
The Global Oil & Gas Workforce Survey, recently released by Oilcareers.com, outlines expectations for hires and pay rates in the oil and gas industry and emphasizes that heightened safety concerns, economic instability and a strong oil price…
A Change of Command Ceremony was held at Reservation Point aboard Base San Pedro, Wednesday for the Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Los Angeles-Long Beach (MSST LA-LB). During the ceremony Lt. Cmdr. Taylor Lam assumed the duties…
The ILO Maritime Labor Convention will enter into force on 20 August, 2013.The convention applies to all ships other than warships, naval auxiliaries, fishing vessels, vessels of traditional build such as dhows and junks and vessels operating solely in inland or sheltered waters…
Harkand said it is pursuing its investment strategy in Asia Pacific with the addition of a multi-million dollar new build ROV support vessel and the appointment of a new general manager to lead future growth.In the first of two major milestones for the group…
