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Record Number of Vessels Serviced at Drydocks World-Dubai

Aug 17, 2015

Drydocks World, a provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, informs it has serviced a record number of 40 vessels in its Dubai yard. With 40 vessels simultaneously in Drydocks World facilities—more than ever before in Drydocks World’s history—the 9…

ClassNK Opens New Survey Office in Brunei

Aug 17, 2015

Classification society ClassNK has opened a new exclusive survey office in Brunei with operations beginning today. Brunei is located in Borneo which faces the South China Sea. Together with its neighboring Malaysia, Brunei is a key port on the maritime transportation route due to its location…

MacGregor RoRo Access Systems for Grimaldi Car Carriers

Aug 17, 2015

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been contracted by Chinese shipbuilding group Yangfan to deliver comprehensive RoRo access equipment packages for a series of five post-Panamax 7,800 CEU pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs). The vessels are under construction for Italian operator Grimaldi Group…

Havyard Group Restructuring to Stay Profitable

Aug 17, 2015

Havyard Group ASA is taking further measures to adapt to the market situation and maintain the Group's profitability, thereby securing jobs for the futureAll business areas in Havyard Group have been affected to a varying degree by the general downturn in the market in the oil industry…

KONGSBERG Awarded IVCS Package for Nautilus Newbuild

Aug 17, 2015

Nautilus announces that the contract for the vessel integrated control system (including dynamic positioning and navigation systems) to be used on the Company's Production Support Vessel (PSV), has been awarded to Kongsberg Maritime, located in Norway…

Programmed Multikopter Flies Autonomously Through Arctic

Aug 17, 2015

How do you get an aircraft in the far reaches of the Arctic Ocean to the goal, if the compass does not provide reliable location data? Engineers aboard the research icebreaker Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute programmed a Multikopter so that he can navigate near the North Pole…

Maersk Line 1H 2015 Profit Up 22%

Aug 17, 2015

Maersk Line reported a first half-year 2015 (H1) result that is USD 220 million higher than H1 2014. This was achieved due to lower costs.Revenue in H1 was USD 12,517 million, which is 6.8% lower than H1 2014 (USD 13,365 million). Volumes were 1…

China’s Currency Devaluation Good for Shipping

Aug 17, 2015

The depreciation of the Chinese currency will help both international and domestic shipping operators in the region that have been stuggling of late with growing costs and rising competition, says Maersk. Xinhua quoted Tim Smith, chairman…

Migrants brawl on Greek island as refugee ship lies empty

Aug 16, 2015

Migrants desperate to get off the Greek island of Kos fought each other on Saturday while nearby a passenger ship chartered to house and process refugees lay empty 24 hours after it had arrived.Outside the island's main police station…

Russians Explore Sunken USN Ship

Aug 16, 2015

Northern Fleet divers salvage weapons and equipment from the American ship “Thomas Donaldson”, which sank after a German submarine attack outside Murmansk in 1945.Divers from the Northern Fleet’s search and rescue department in 2014 started…

40 Migrants Suffocate Crossing the Mediterranean

Aug 16, 2015

At least forty people suffocated in an overcrowded boat carrying around 400 migrants while crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe on Saturday. Many of the migrants were saved as the boat issued a distress call and was intercepted off the Libyan coast…

Robotic SAR: New ICARUS Ready by 2016

Aug 16, 2015

The NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation played a crucial role in developing the maritime component of the ICARUS European project, including enhanced autonomy and integration between Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles On 9-10 July 2015…

Ulstein Implements Organizational Changes

Aug 16, 2015

Naming and organizational changes are underway in the Ulstein Group companies in the Netherlands. As of August 1, 2015, the ship design company Ulstein Sea of Solutions has been renamed Ulstein Design & Solutions BV (UDS BV), while the equipment…

Alberta Panel to Review Climate-change Policy

Aug 15, 2015

The Canadian province of Alberta, the biggest source of U.S. oil imports, announced the members of its climate change policy review panel on Friday, part of its pledge to implement new rules on greenhouse gas reductions.Environment Minister…

Major Board Changes at Golar LNG

Aug 15, 2015

Pursuant to today's Notice of AGM, Shareholders are advised to note certain changes to the proposed Board.Chairman, Sir Frank Chapman, has decided not to stand for re-election at the forthcoming AGM, to release the two days a week he currently commits to Golar to focus on other interests…

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Port Houston Surpasses 2 Million TEUs in June, Looks Ahead to Maritime Conference

Port Houston Surpasses 2 Million TEUs in June, Looks Ahead to Maritime Conference

Greek-Managed Tankers Divert Around Africa to Avoid Red Sea Attacks

Greek-Managed Tankers Divert Around Africa to Avoid Red Sea Attacks

Global Shipping's Q3 Outlook Centers on Geopolitical Instability (again)

Global Shipping's Q3 Outlook Centers on Geopolitical Instability (again)

Tideworks Technology’s Traffic Control Solution Deployed at Florida International Terminal

Tideworks Technology’s Traffic Control Solution Deployed at Florida International Terminal

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