USG to Sell 2 GTL Ships for $42m
North American building products company United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) announced that it has entered into agreements to sell two gypsum carrying ships.
Dubai's DP World Eyes Dollar Bond
DP World, one of the world's biggest port operators, wants to issue a dollar-denominated bond and could announce plans to market the deal to fixed-income investors as soon as next weekā¦
Eni CEO Drafts in Former Boss to Pave Way for Saipem Sale
Stefano Cao has been brought back by Eni to turn around the oil service subsidiary Saipem that he spent nearly 25 years working for and prepare it for a sale, accordingā¦
Chinese Warship Warns Philippine Patrol Plane in Disputed Sea
A Chinese warship stationed near a reclaimed reef in a disputed part of the South China Sea aimed a "powerful light" at a Philippine military plane on a maritime patrolā¦
Rolls-Royce to Power Ice-class MPV
Rolls-Royce informs it has secured a contract to supply a power and propulsion package for an ice-class multipurpose vessel under construction at Keppel Singmarine for Singaporean ship owner New Orient Marine Pte Ltd. The propulsion package includes a 1,650kW and two 3,000kW tunnel thrusters, two US ARC 0.8 main azimuth thrusters and a single 3,000kW retractable thruster. As well as four Bergen B32ā¦
AMI Maritime, BMT SMART Sign Partnership Agreement
BMT SMART (BMT), the specialist fleet and vessel performance management company of BMT Group, announced that Singapore-based AMI Maritime Pte Ltd has become an accredited service partner. The agreement will provide both organizations with the opportunity to enhance their proposition in helping to optimize shipping operations worldwide. As part of a two day workshop, a number of engineers from AMI Maritimeā¦
GE Gas Turbines Earn LR Design Appraisal to Marine NVR
GE Marineās LM6000 aeroderivative marine gas turbine PC and PG models have received Lloydās Registerās Design Appraisal Document to the Marine Naval Vessel Rules (NVR). According to Ge, the fuel-efficient LM6000 simple-cycle gas turbine delivers over 40% thermal efficiency. The GE LM6000PC marine produces 42 megawatts (MW)/59,900 shaft horsepower (shp) and the more powerful PG model has an output of 52 MW/70,275 shp.
Newcastle Coal Port Reopening as Storm passes
Australia's Newcastle port, the world's biggest marine coal export terminal, will reopen later on Thursday after shutting down earlier this week due to a heavy storm, according to the port.
āBeware the Big Ship Hypeā -TT Club
TT Clubās Phillip Emmanuel has put into perspective some of the āsensationalismā surrounding the recent growth trend in containerships. Speaking during a plenary session of the TOC Asia Conference in Singapore on Tuesday, he advised ports and terminals to take a measured approach to the risk management of their operations, looking carefully at the ramifications to their own facilities of potential larger ship calls.
Italy: 200,000 Migrants Could Come by Sea in 2015
Ships carrying rescued migrants arrive in Italian ports; Eight more suspected of human trafficking detained in Sicily. As many as 5,000 migrants a week could arriveā¦
UN Pushes EU on Migrant Rescue Mission
The European Union must urgently set up a rescue operation for migrants at sea and commit to receiving significantly higher numbers of refugees, top U.N. officialsā¦
Bulk Carrier in St. Lawrence Seaway Refloated
Vessel previously grounded in St. Lawrence Seaway refloated, navigational channel open. The vessel ran hard aground after suffering a steering casualty, and at thisā¦
Indian Cabinet Okays Shipping Pact with Jordan
The Union Cabinet of India has given its approval for signing of a shipping agreement between India and Jordan. The Union Cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Marathassa Released After Vancouver Bunker Spill
The Cyprus-flagged cargo ship M/V Marathassa ā which has been blamed for spilling several thousand litres of bunker fuel into English Bay ā has been released by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Abu Dhabi to Invest $25 Billion Offshore to 2020
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) plans to invest around US$25bn over the next five years in a bid to boost oil production from offshore fields. The investmentā¦
GSF and BIMCO Publish Standard Box Freight Document
The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has joined forces with the Baltic International Maritime Council Organisation (BIMCO) to launch the BIMCO/GSF SERVICECON container shipping contract.
MISC may Sell AET Tanker Holdings
MISC Bhd is selling AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd, which owns a fleet of 74 crude oil and product tankers, to US-listed Teekay Tankers Ltd, reports local media. AETā¦
Montrose Port Authority Appoints New Executive
Nicholas Scott-Gray has been appointed as the head of UK-based Montrose Port Authority (MPA) ā bringing with him more than 26 yearsā experience within the port and shipping sectors.
Swire Pacific Offshore wins Industry Award at IMA
Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO) won the SRS Shipowner of the Year award at the Singapore International Maritime Awards (IMA) 2015 ceremony held on Tuesdayā¦
USCG Medevacs Man from Tanker 12 mi off Galveston
A Coast Guard boatcrew medevaced a 46-year-old man from an oil tanker in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage Wednesday evening. At approximately 3 p.m., Coast Guardā¦
