Fugro and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, have signed two contracts to investigate the Borssele wind area, off the Zeeland coast. The workscope includes measuring meteorological and oceanographic…
Seventeen NATO and partner nations will participate in the 43rd iteration of the multinational maritime exercise BALTOPS 2015 in Poland, Sweden, Germany, and throughout the Baltic Sea, June 5-20, 2015.BALTOPS is an annually reoccurring…
Victoria International Container Terminal Ltd (VICT) has chosen to implement the wide range of port community solutions that 1-Stop Connections (1-Stop) have to offer. 1-Stop is already the system of choice at the Port of Melbourne, where…
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will stop dismissing employees through voluntary retirement plans and pay each of their workers a special bonus of 1 million won ($910), the company CEO said. The Korea Times quoted a statement addressed…
Rotterdam-based law firm AKD says a recent revision of the Brussels I Regulation makes it possible to quickly attach assets anywhere in the EU if parties include in their contracts a choice of forum clause conferring jurisdiction on the Rotterdam court…
Is a bow really a necessity for large ships? When the vessel’s main function is walk-to-work (W2W) services in the offshore renewable sector, a heightened sterncan operateeither way,thus facilitating on-siteDP positioning.This is the idea behind the TWIN X-STERN concept vessel from ULSTEIN…
BIMCO has today announced that it has taken ownership of the unique Shipping KPI System that allows shipowners and managers to compare their ships’ efficiency against the performance of the industry and sector averages.The Shipping KPI…
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Jeffrey Theisen, is resigning from his position later this month to pursue other career opportunities outside of shipbuilding and shipping. Art Whittemore…
Ten major environmental groups filed a lawsuit on June 2 challenging the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) approval of Royal Dutch Shell's exploration plan for drilling in the Chukchi Sea this summer. The lawsuit seeks…
Radio Holland, part of Imtech Marine, has concluded a service agreement with leading tanker, gas and offshore maritime group BW Fleet Management (BWFM). The two-year agreement covers all the navigation and communication equipment onboard 13 LPG vessels…
The Alaska LNG project marks another significant milestone with today’s announcement by the United States Department of Energy that it has conditionally authorized the Alaska LNG Project LLC to export liquefied natural gas to non-Free Trade Agreement countries…
As a result of the recent successful completion of sea trials on-board the high speed car and passenger ferry, Blue Star Delos, Eco Marine Power (EMP) has now cleared the Aquarius MAS + Solar and Aquarius Marine Solar Power solutions for commercial release…
Clyde & Co has announced that Conte Cicala, a maritime attorney, has joined the firm as a partner in its market-leading maritime group. Cicala will be based in the firm's San Francisco office, further deepening and expanding the firm's shipping practice along the West Coast…
AML Ship Management GMBH, a German company, was sentenced in federal court today to pay a total of $800,000 in fines and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by intentionally discharging 4…
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed leading litigator Bruce Craig to join its 30-strong oil and gas team in Aberdeen.He will head up the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Europe’s oil capital, focussing on contentious issues in the oil and gas…
