Ocean Signal presents its SafeSea GMDSS product range at 'Navalshore Brazil' for the first time.Communications and safety at sea provider, Ocean Signal, created the SafeSea range following extensive research and development by the company's…
Island Offshore, renews Veripos's 3-year contract for precision GNSS positioning services for DP vessels.Island Offshore awards Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of precision GNSS positioning services for 16 DP…
U.K. based Marine Software Ltd delivers Marine Project Manager (MPJ) software to P&O's cable installation ship 'European Supporter'.The MPJ vessel version will enable refit planning specifications to be compiled on board, which is then uploaded…
The National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) names Candace Holowwicki as committee chairwoman.NASSTRAC provides education, advocacy, and provider relations for professionals involved in all modes of transportation. Ms…
ISO 280007 conference puts spotlight on Maritime Security Companies & 'Open Ocean' advocates an holistic approach.(Open Ocean, a comprehensive maritime security system, was launched last month in London, and enthusiastically received by the global maritime community)…
Completion of this transaction expands General Dynamic's capabilities in ship-repair market.General Dynamics has completed its acquisition of the Ship Repair and Coatings Division of Earl Industries, a leading East Coast ship-repair company that supports the U…
Box Ships Inc, container ship owners & charterers, issues dividend on its first anniversary as a public listed company.Mr. Michael Bodouroglou, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Box Ships Inc., commented: “This quarter marks our one-year anniversary as a public company…
Baltic Shipyard cuts metal for the hull of first Mistral-class amphibious assault ship for construction in France.Russia and France signed a US$1.2-billion contract on two French-built Mistral class ships, including the transfer of sensitive technology…
Scana Propulsion to supply propulsion systems for type SALT 100 PSV for shipowners Ugland Offshore.The vessel is designed by Salt Ship Design and the propeller system is developed in partnership between Salt Ship Design and Scana Propulsion…
While unloading 'Maesrk Kinloss' dockers in Iliychevsk, Ukraine, spotted several containers damaged by explosion.The container, which caused the explosion was loaded with the dangerous cargo of aluminum phosphide in a cargo hold, according to 'Longshore & Shipping News'…
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is warning of tug and pilot boats strike action in Argentina following a work to rule notification by the AB Union (SOMU). The union first began the work to rule action at Bahia Blanca port on 31 July with no advised completion date…
Innovative Brown Water Programs Arguably the best equipped and most environmentally sound maritime campus in the country, Mass. Maritime also finds itself (not by accident) at the leading edge of a fundamental change in how maritime academies deliver education in a changing marketplace…
The US Coast Guard proposes rate adjustments averaging approximately 1.87% for pilotage services on the Great Lakes. Comments on the proposal should be submitted by 1 October. 77 Fed. Reg. 45539 (August 1, 2012). ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking…
Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT) announced its BVS onboard software provides Emission Control Areas (ECAs) and calculation tools to evaluate the most cost effective voyage track.Using the latest version of BVS, captains manage their…
Oil and gas industry offers ex-military personnel chance for a challenging second career. A former soldier has swapped foreign battlefields for the oil and gas industry, highlighting the vital role transferrable skills can play in addressing talent shortages within the energy sector…
