Monday, May 19, 2008 Maritime News

A Tidal Wave of New Regulations

May 19, 2008

  Ballast Water Management The management ballast water discharges began with the enactment of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act

Controlling Maritime Security Cost

May 19, 2008

It is expected that the USCG will begin stepping up compliance measures and holding companies more accountable to the codes and regulations of the Maritime Security Act of 2002 (MTSA).

Euroseas Buys a Containership

May 19, 2008

The company also signed a memorandum of agreement to purchase the M/V Maersk Noumea, an intermediate containership of 34,677 dwt and 2,556 TEU built in 2001 in South Korea.

Goldman Sachs Reported Out of Daewoo Sale

May 19, 2008

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is out as co-adviser of the sale of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., according to a report on Bloomberg. According to the Bloomberg report,

Safe Bulkers Plans IPO

May 19, 2008

anticipation of a planned initial public offering of its common stock. Safe Bulkers is an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, transporting bulk cargoes,

Aker Solutions Wins FPSO Deal

May 19, 2008

"We are very enthused by winning the front-end design work for the Goliat Development Project; Goliat is considered a strategically important project for Aker

Ulstein Design Wins Order for 12

May 19, 2008

Ulstein Design AS agreed with Guangdong Machinery Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. (GMG) to provide design services for 12 vessels of ULSTEIN A801 type. Ulstein Design has sold 60 ship designs since 2000.

Braemer Rebrands Business Divisions

May 19, 2008

Braemar Shipping Services plans to rename companies within its group to create greater awareness of the breadth of its maritime services. The move will result in

The “Near-Zero” Emission Tug

May 19, 2008

For the development of the Hydrogen Hybrid Harbor Tug, WorldWise Marine worked with Dutch tug operators Iskes from IJmuiden and Smit from Rotterdam, which are

Superyacht Tech Set for SMM 2008

May 19, 2008

A number of the leading superyacht builders will be present at the SMM 2008. Lürssen is rated by the British trade magazine “The Yacht Report” as the world’s number one yacht builder,

Hitachi Completes Wärtsilä RT-flex CR Engine

May 19, 2008

Hitachi is the eleventh engine builder in the Wärtsilä family of engine licensees to manufacture Wärtsilä RT-flex electronically-controlled common-rail marine engines.

TOTAL Increases Le Havre Options with New Barge

May 19, 2008

  Total Marine Fuels has increased its bunkering capacity at the port of Le Havre and at the Port 2000 container facilities with the delivery of its new bunkering barge, FS Sara.

SCI hosts MLC Roundtable

May 19, 2008

roundtable discussion on the U.S. progress toward ratifying the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC). The MLC consolidates more than 65 labor conventions and

ECO Orders 150-ton Offshore Crane

May 19, 2008

The three cranes are identical and belong to MacGREGOR’s well-known HMC 3568 series, with a 150-tonne single-line winch capable of working in depths down to 3,000m.

$29m in Grants for Port Security in Washington

May 19, 2008

The funding for these grants was included in the Fiscal Year 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations bill.  Senator Murray, a senior member of the Senate Homeland

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