New Tug, Barge Enter Service for Vane Brothers
Marine transportation provider Vane Brothers has added two newly constructed vessels to the company’s growing fleet: the 4,200-horsepower tugboat Philadelphia and the purpose-built asphalt barge Double Skin 510A. Primarily tasked with towing petroleum barges engaged in the North Atlantic coastwise trade, the Philadelphia is the fifth of eight 4,200-horsepower, model bow tugboats contracted by Vane Brothers through St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, Fla. The first in the series…
Sardines Boost Murmansk Port Turnover
In January 2016 turnover of the Murmansk Marine Fishing Port reached 22 thousand tons of cargo, including 15 thousand tons of fish. This is higher than last year, when the port is received and processed 17,800 tons of cargo, from the bottom of 9500 tons of fish. As explained in the press-service of the port, such a difference in volume is due to not only the growth rate of the catch basin in the North, but also by the fact that in the Murmansk delivered 4,200 tonnes of mackerel, sardines and sardine caught by Russian fishermen in African waters. Fish brought back to port-Lithuanian transport refrigerator "Capella" (home port - Klaipeda). "Such cargo as sardine and sardinella, not unloaded in Murmansk in 2003.
Concordia Maritime Charters Out P-MAX Tanker
Concordia Maritime announced it has chartered out a P-MAX tanker to a Chinese shipping company for two years, effective in late January or early February 2016. Kim Ullman, CEO of Concordia Maritime, said, “We are now taking advantage of the strong market and chartering out one of our P-MAX tankers over a longer period. The vessel will be mainly used to transport heavy oil products between Korea, Japan and China. Several of the ports in the region are relatively shallow, and the P-MAX tanker, With her shallow draft and high load capacity, is well suited for this. “The goal for the P-MAX fleet is precisely to concentrate employment on trades and chartering systems where the unique properties of the tankers come into their own…
Greenbrier Announces New Marine Orders
The Greenbrier Companies announced today that its Gunderson Marine division in Portland, Oregon has received an order from Sause Bros. for a 100,000 barrel double-hull oceangoing oil barge. The order is the fourth in a series of barges currently on order from Sause Bros., also headquartered in Oregon. Coupled with other recent orders from Alaska Marine Lines, a Lynden company, Greenbrier's marine backlog is now valued at over $30 million, and extends into mid-2004. Gunderson, through its marine and railcar divisions, currently has over 1,100 employees, 15% of which are dedicated to marine. Gunderson is actively seeking 60 new employees due to an upturn in both the marine and railcar marketplace. The Sause Bros.
Spills of Nonfloating Oils: Risk and Response
In the USCG Authorization Act of 1996, the USCG was directed to assess the risk of spills for oils that may sink or be negatively buoyant, to examine and evaluate existing cleanup technologies, and to identify and appraise technological and financial barriers that could impede a prompt response to such spills. The USCG requested the National Research Council (NRC) perform these tasks. In response to this request, the NRC established the Committee on the Marine Transportation of Heavy Oils. Maritime accidents resulting in oil spills are high on the list of public environmental concerns. These spills are difficult to control and can contaminate the marine environment.
