Maritime Industry Top News
WASSP Goes Wireless with New Remote Mapping System
Award winning multi-beam sonar manufacturer WASSP Ltd. debuted its latest system ā now for super yacht applications. WASSP-Wireless has been designed to address superyacht captainsā concerns about underwater obstacle avoidance, hull damage or grounding the vessel. Suited for use when navigating in unknown waters or where marine charts lack sufficient detail, WASSP-Wireless aims to take the risk out of the equation for the captains of these very large and very expensive vessels.
Ferguson Appoints Team of Industry and Product Experts
The Ferguson Group announced the appointment of industry experts to be based at its Aberdeen headquarters. The newly appointed team will offer technical support to the groupās international bases and provide advice and guidance to partners and customers alike. The new team, with a wealth of specialist knowledge and experience in fluid management, waste solution management and International marketsā¦
Three Crewmen Rescued from Vessel Blaze
Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea. Humber Coastguard coordinated the rescue operation after the crew abandoned the ECC Topaz 10 nautical miles east of the town. The vessel had been heading out to service a windfarm when the blaze struck just before 1 p.m. The crew, who were wearing lifejackets, managed to get into a liferaft while they waited to be rescued by the Search and Rescue helicopter from RAF Wattisham.
Windfarm Service Ship Burns, Sinks; Three Crewman Saved
Three crewmen have been rescued off Lowestoft this afternoon after their vessel caught fire in the North Sea, the Humber Coastguard reported. Humber Coastguard coordinatedā¦
New Wärtsilä X72 Powerplant Passes Crucial Test
Wärtsilä said that the first ever Wärtsilä X72 mid-bore, low-speed engine has successfully passed the factory acceptance test. This milestone verifies that the engineā¦
Hyundai Heavy Adds Trans Marine Propulsion to Service Network
Seattle and Florida based Trans Marine Propulsion Systems, Inc. (TMPS) has been added as a member of heavy industries company Hyundai Heavy Industries - EMDās (HHIā¦
Statoil Awards Siemens Wind Farm Service Contracts
As operator, Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The wind turbine generator (WTG) supply contract will cover engineering, procurement, assembly and offshore commissioning. Each turbine (6 MW) consists of a tower section, a nacelle and three separate rotor blades (154-meter rotor diameter).
Tsakos Declares Limited Dividend
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited Declares Dividend on Its 8.00% Series B and 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares. Tsakos Energy Navigation Limitedā¦
ClassNK Issues New Welding Guidelines
Classification society ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) announced that it has released new Guidelines on the Welding of Duplex Stainless Steels. The guidelines have been developed to help shipyards safely and effectively make use of new duplex steels that are increasingly being used in the construction of cargo tanks for chemical carriers. As part of its work to support the safe construction of ships, ClassNK has released the guidelines for free via its website.
Teekay Announces Senior Management Change
Teekay Corporation and Teekay Tankers Ltd. announced that Bruce Chan, Chief Executive Officer of Teekay Tankers and President of Teekay Tanker Services, has informedā¦
Shipping Majors Expand Cooperative Setup
The CMA CGM Group announced a new cooperation setup with current partner Maersk Line, APL and OOCL on three existing Far East to Indian Subcontinent services (CIMEX 2/FM3, CIX, CIX3), starting in February 2014. In a Slot Sharing Agreement that also includes partners as Emirates Shipping Line, Hamburg Süd and Regional Container Lines, 18 vessels with a total capacity of about 17,500 TEUās will be deployed on the three Far East-Indian Subcontinent services.
OWS First to Order New Damen Crew Vessel
Dutch company Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS), a specialist in providing crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind industry, is the first to order the next generation Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier 2610. With the contract signed end-December 2013, the construction of the new vessel began immediately and is set to be delivered in October this year. According to Damen, Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier 2610ā¦
Diana Shipping Announces New Loan Terms and Time Charter
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Signing and Drawdown of a US$18 Million Term Loan Facility With Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Crystalia With Glencore.
Russian Trawler's Arrest: A Law of the Sea Test Case?
The Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov was recently arrested and escorted in to the Port of Dakar by Senegal navy vessels. If found guilty it faces a doubling of the usual fine, and the arrest has also sparked an appeal by African coastal nations for an opinion from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. A French military plane flying over Senegal's Exclusive Economic Zone detected some of the same vessels that had been stripped of their licences continuing to fish in these waters.
PIL's New ANW Service to Call Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle says it will welcome Pacific International Lines (PIL) to its harbor in February. PILās new Asia Pacific Northwest Service (ANW) will call Terminal 30 in partnership with China Shipping Container Linesā (CSCL) and United Arab Shipping Companyās (UASC) existing joint service. The service will have a port rotation of Nansha/ Hong Kong/ Yantian/ Ningbo/ Shanghai/ Pusan/ Seattle/ Vancouver/ Nansha.
Despite Rising US Production, Saudi Crude Still Flows In
Reported spot market activity from the Arabian Gulf remains on an upward trend since 2010 in spite of rising US crude production, reports Poten & Partnersā in their latest āTanker Opinionsā. Over the past few years US domestic crude oil production has supplanted foreign crude oil imports. To the extent that they possibly can, domestic refiners have shifted to local grades that have trended at an often significant price discount.
Container Ship Owners, Costamare, Plan NY Bourse Stock Offering
The offering is of Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share. In connection with the offeringā¦
Final Sea Trials for "Chemical Weapon Destruction" Ship
The US Military Sealift Command ship 'MV Cape Ray' has left Portsmouth, Va., to conduct final sea trials in preparation for its upcoming mission to destroy Syrian chemical weapons. During the sea trials, the crew and the Field-Deployable Hydrolysis System operators are evaluating the ship and the system at various sea states. The ship is expected to return shortly for final outfitting before deployingā¦
Chemical Tanker Adrift Off Irish Coast: Tugboat Despatched
The tanker, carrying a 15,000-tonne cargo of caustic soda with 22 crew on board, lost power to its main engines 100 nautical miles off Loop Head while bound for Aughinish in the Shannon Estuary, reports 'The Irish Times'. The tanker, Hellesport Charger, registered in the Marshall Islands, was on a voyage from Corpus Christi in Texas in the western Gulf of Mexico to Aughinish in the Shannon Estuary when it lost power.
TMPS Joins Korea's HHI Marine Engineering Service Network
Seattle and Florida-based Trans Marine Propulsion Systems, Inc. (TMPS), known worldwide for its diesel service and engineering department, has been appointed a memberā¦
