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Euroseas Two-Year Time Charter for Aristides NP

Dec 27, 2009

Euroseas Ltd., (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced that a subsidiary of the company has entered into a two…

Wilhelmsen Liferaft Exchange Reaches 10,000

Dec 24, 2009

Manufacturers’ approvals of a number of Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s liferaft stations have now taken the number of approved stations to 30. Since Wilhelmsen Ships Service launched its Liferaft Exchange Programme one year ago, the programme has made approximately 10…

Severn Trent Serves Oil Refinery in Pakistan

Dec 24, 2009

Severn Trent Services recently provided multiple water treatment technologies, including reverse osmosis and electrodeionization (RO/EDI) systems, for Bosicor Oil Pakistan Limited, a private sector crude oil refinery under construction in Pakistan…

Euroseas Charter for M/V Aristides NP

Dec 24, 2009

Euroseas Ltd., (NASDAQ: ESEA) an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerized cargoes, announced that a subsidiary of the company has entered into a two-year period time charter agreement for the M/V Aristides NP…

Royal Navy Frigate Upgrades with Thales Sonar

Dec 22, 2009

One of the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) most advanced Type 23 frigates has re-entered operational service, fitted with Thales’s Sonar 2087 system, following a period of sea trials.HMS Sutherland has been declared fit for operational service after trials of its major sonar and defensive systems…

KVH’s Mini-VSAT Broadband Gov’t Approval

Dec 22, 2009

KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted permanent “Earth Station onboard – Vessel” or ESV license authority for KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service. This…

GDF Suez Expands LNG Fleet apacity

Dec 22, 2009

According to a Dec. 17 report from www.UPI.com, French energy giant GDF Suez took delivery of its Neptune regasification vessel that can discharge natural gas directly into regional ports. The GDF Suez Neptune is fitted with technology for the…

New Wilhelmsen Office in Australia

Dec 22, 2009

Wilhelmsen Ships Service has opened its twentieth port office in Australia.  The new office is in the remote port of Broome.  Over 2000km from Perth and almost 2000km from Darwin, Broome is in close proximity to the rapidly growing oil and…

MOL Develops CO2 Reducing Additive

Dec 22, 2009

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced development of a carbon-dioxide-reducing, efficiency-boosting fuel additive for merchant ships, in conjunction with Taihokohzai Co., Ltd., Japan’s largest fuel additive manufacturer. MOL will use the new additive…

Hiller Senior VP for MOL Transpacific Trade

Dec 22, 2009

MOL announced that Rich Hiller has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Transpacific Trade, effective January 1, 2010. Hiller, currently the Vice President for the Transpacific Trade, joined MOL in November 1995 and held a number of positions…

Cox Heads Crowley Sales and Marketing, Anchorage

Dec 20, 2009

Crowley announced that Bob Cox has assumed sales and marketing responsibility for the company's petroleum distribution group in Alaska. This is in addition to his role as general manager of the company's supply and distribution functions. Cox…

Perdido, Energy Construction Project of the Year

Dec 20, 2009

Shell’s Perdido Development, the world's deepest offshore oil platform, won the ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year award at the Platts Global Energy Awards Ceremony on December 3, 2009. In addition, Shell was a finalist in three other categories…

IMCA Moves to Larger Headquarters

Dec 20, 2009

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies, has moved to new and larger offices.Their new address is: IMCA - International Marine Contractors Association, 52 Grosvenor Gardens…

Marlink Announces U.S. Contract

Dec 20, 2009

Marlink, global provider of satellite communications to the maritime industry, announced the signing of a new contract with U.S. company, Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC (NYSE: HOS) for the supply of communications for two of its Multi Purpose Support Vessels…

Int’l Register of Shipping New Norway Office

Dec 18, 2009

International Register of Shipping has opened an office in Norway as it continues to expand its international presence in the world’s main maritime centers.The office in Bergen will be run by Noralf Lekva and Kjell Jensen, a master mariner…

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