A 34m Catamaran Passenger Ferry, Ava Pearl, designed by Incat Crowther and built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding , was delivered to Rhode Island Fast Ferry, where it will contribute to an expansion of operations.As a long-time operator of Incat Crowther ferries…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents all sectors and trades and over 80% of the world merchant fleet, has called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address some critical issues concerning the imminent…
Fire-fighting experts are onboard to inspect the situation, while towage ceases as vessel waits 100 miles off the British coastA team of firefighting experts has again boarded MSC FLAMINIA. It is as yet unsure when a one-by-one inspection of containers can commence…
Ithaca Energy (UK) awards Technip an EPIC subsea Greater Stella Area (at depth of 90 meters) development contract The Greater Stella Area (GSA) development is located in the North Sea, 280 kilometers East-Southeast of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of approximately 90 meters…
Japanese export ship orders fell 8.5 percent in June from a year earlier, reveal figures by the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association (JSEA).Japanese export ship orders fell 8.5 percent in June from a year earlier to 499,370 gross tons, according…
Angola, Africa, maritime authority draws attention of masters to its ballast water management requirementsAll vessels coming from outside Angola must follow Angolan Executive Decree 12-05, article 10 regarding ballast water management. It…
'RFA Lyme Bay', the fifth ship to have a multi-million pound refit as part of the Cluster contract at A&P Falmouth, arrrives in FalmouthLyme Bay returned to Falmouth after three years in the Persian Gulf supporting coalition naval operations and as 'mothership' to the UK Mine Countermeasure Fleet…
Captain wrote to German president to oppose owner's plans to hoist Maltese flag – ordered to leave his ship Captain Andreas Jungblut, 59, had captained the luxury cruise ship - made famous as the setting for the long-running Traumschiff television soap opera – for 13 years…
The Lake Providence Port is high and dry through drought after U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abandoned efforts to dredge its access channel.Louisiana farmers scramble to find other avenues to ship as much as 1 million tons of corn and soybeans out of the region…
UK-based Port Evaluation Management (Port-Evo) propose US$ 1-billion investment to redevelop Mongla Seaport & to operate long-termBritish Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Northern Ireland William Hague made the proposal…
Chief Inspector of the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch renders year 2011 reportThere was a wide variety of accidents to merchant vessels investigated during 2011. For the second year in succession there were no UK registered ship losses and the number of accidents…
PKL Flote to expand its Riga Port fleet , contracting Chernomorsky Shipbuilding Yard to build a 5,000 hp azimuthal tugboatThe vessel is due to be delivered to PKL Flote in the summer of 2013.It is planned to operate the new tugboat in Riga port…
Chinese shipyards register a 49% plunge in first half 2012 orders.'Gulf News' informs that China has 1,536 shipyards with annual sales of more than five million yuan ($780,000), according to the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry…
A coalition of maritime related interests writes to US Senate pledging support for uniform national standard for regulation of ballast water & other vessel discharges.The text of the letter addressed to The Hon. John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman Committee on Commerce…
Vietnam will allow Russia to set up a ship maintenance faciltiy at Cam Ranh Port says Vietnam's President SangSang, speaking to the Voice of Russia radio station ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, stressed that the port would not be a Russian military base…
