Maritime Industry Top News
SCHOTTEL Strengthens Presence in Nordic Region
As of November 2018, SCHOTTEL Norway AS and Frydenbø SCHOTTEL Nordic AS have been merged under SCHOTTEL Nordic AS. The German propulsion company is now able to provide both newbuilding advise and after sales services in the Nordic region. The company's headquarters for service products will continue to be located in Gardermoen, with workshop facilities for the overhaul of thrusters as well as warehousing.
GTMaritime Signs Agreement with Marinesat
GTMaritime has signed Marinesat as a value-added reseller to deliver its maritime-optimized communication solutions to vessels in China and other markets. The agreement with Marinesat is GTMaritime’s first partnership within the Chinese market.GTMaritime provides a range of technology solutions to the maritime industry that serve to enable effective communications over satellite, including maritime-optimized products for email…
First Steel Cut for Karish and Tanin FPSO
Energean Oil and Gas announced that first steel was cut on the Karish and Tanin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the COSCO yard in Zhoushan, China, on Monday. The FPSO is scheduled to be delivered to the Karish field offshore Israel in late 2020, ahead of first production in the first quarter of 2021.The FPSO, which will be installed 90 kilometers offshore, will be the first FPSO to operate in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Installs 400th Wind Turbine
Denmark-based offshore wind farms service provider Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has marked a milestone in offshore wind turbine installation as it installed the 400th…
GTT Wins Tank Design Order of a New LNG Carrier
French specialist in liquified natural gas (LNG) containment systems Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has received a new order notification from a Korean shipyard for the tank design of a new 174…
Skangas Becomes Gasum
Skangas, the leading Scandinavian distributor and producer of small-scale LNG, said it is changing its name to that of its owner, Gasum.The Finland-based integrated…
TEN Finds Work for Suezmax Tanker
Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has announced the charter with profit sharing provisions of one suezmax tanker for 18 months to a major oil concern.The Greek shipping…
Hapag-Lloyd, KLU Launch New Research Centre
Germany's Kühne Logistics University (KLU) and the container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd announced the launch of the Hapag-Lloyd Center for Shipping and Global Logistics…
Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Raises Security Concerns
Shrinking ice cover is making the Arctic more accessible to various countries, commercial entities and researchers, among others."While Arctic sea ice continues to shrink…
CEVA Logistics Acquires CMA CGM Log
CMA CGM is selling its freight management company CMA CGM Log for $105 million to the Swiss company CEVA Logistics. Recently CMA CGM has acquired a 30% stake in Ceva Logistic.
Seaspan Corporation Secures Credit Facility for Six Vessels
The charter owner and manager of containerships Seaspan Corporation has prepaid a credit facility which was secured by six of its vessels.Hong Kong-based shipping…
Scorpio Bulkers Updates on New TC
Scorpio Bulkers announced that it has entered into a time charter-out agreement one of its Ultramax drybulk carriers for a period of between five and seven months.The…
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Completes Acquisition of M/V Fellowship
Seanergy Maritime Holdings reported the successful completion of the previously announced sale and purchase agreements.The Greece-based shipping company with specialization…
Safe Bulkers Buys Japanese Post-Panamax Class Dry-Bulk Vessel
Safe Bulkers has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with an unaffiliated seller to acquire a Japanese-built, dry-bulk, Post-Panamax class, resale, newbuild vessel.
Shipyards: FMG & its Quest to Build USCG Icebreakers
As the U.S. Coast Guard moves to rebuild its icebreaker fleet we spoke with RADM Bruce Baffer (Ret.), head of Fincantieri’s effort to win the contract to build the Polar Security Cutters.The case for the U.S. to build a new class of icebreakers is strong. While news of global climate change and the shrinking ice caps at both poles is daily headline fodder, maritime navigation in and around the Arctic and Antarctic remains one of the most difficult and dangerous operating arenas on the high seas.
ChartCo Moves Ships’ Logbooks to the Cloud
ChartCo and Klappir Green Solutions signed partnership agreement where the companies will market digital logbooks and software solutions for the global commercial maritime sector, within the ChartCo OneOcean platform. These will focus on the provision of reporting, monitoring, compliance and validation services.This move reflects ChartCo’s ongoing strategy of simplifying the operation and management of commercial shipping.
Metal Shark to Showcase New Products in New Orleans
Shipbuilder Metal Shark will be showcasing an array of new products and technology at this year’s International Workboat Show in New Orleans.Perhaps most notably, Metal Shark has selected this year’s Workboat Show to give the public it’s first look at the U.S. Navy’s newest patrol boat, the imposing “40 PB.”“In 2016, the Navy’s PBX Industry Day was one of most talked-about events of the Workboat Show,” said Stickles.
Shipyard: Chantiers de l’Atlantique Enlarges Shipyard by 30%
Chantiers de l'Atlantique and the public works company Charier on November 26, 2018 opened the extension of the pre-assembly area which allows a significant increase in the production capacity of the shipyard.With the work started in July 2017, the yard floor area is now expanded by 17,000sqm, meaning a 30% gain. By lengthening the rail of the 1,400-tonne gantry crane - which is assembling the hull…
LNG Carrier Pskov Completes First Open Water STS Transfer
On 24 November 2018, the LNG carrier Pskov successfully completed the first LNG ship-to-ship transfer operation for the Yamal LNG Project. Pskov loaded some 170,000 cu. m. of liquefied gas, which was delivered from the Port of Sabetta (Yamal Peninsula) to the transshipment point by one of the Arctic LNG carriers chartered by Yamal LNG.The cargo transshipment was carried out at the safe anchorage off the port of Honningsvåg, Norway.
SCHOTTEL: Control Upgrade Extends Lifecycle on Harbor Tug
Schottel GmbH has carried out a control upgrade on a seagoing and harbor tug equipped with azimuth thrusters from another manufacturer. Instead of replacing the entire propulsion system (including mechanics and hydraulics), only the controls were swapped out. In order to comply with the latest class requirements, the German vessel owner was forced to modernize the “WULF 9”, a 30-year-old ASD tugboat.
