Maritime Industry Top News
Pemex Resumes Light Crude Sales to U.S. West Coast
Mexico's Pemex has quietly begun shipping light Isthmus crude to a variety of West Coast refiners this year, according to U.S. and Reuters data, resuming such sales after a six-year hiatus.
South Korea's Park Apologizes for Ferry Disaster
South Korean president apologizes, vows tough punishment. South Korean President Park Geun-hye, tears rolling down her cheeks, formally apologized on Monday for…
Korean Coast Guard to be Broken Up
South Korean President Park Geun-hye formally apologized on Monday for a ferry disaster last month that killed about 300 passengers, mostly school children, and…
German Shipyard Welcomes Cunard's QE to Dry-Dock
The cruise ship 'Queen Elizabeth', has arrived at the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, for her first scheduled dry-docking since she entered service in 2010, inform Cunard Line.
Evergas Order Wärtsilä Systems for New Multigas Carriers
The integrated Wärtsilä solution, comprising the main propulsion equipment, the gas fuel supply system, and the cargo handling system, has been ordered for 3 new state-of-the-art 27…
UK Declares Strategy for Maritime Security
The strategy released by the Ministry of Defence, outlines, for the first time, the UK’s approach to delivering maritime security at home and internationally, setting…
‘On the Way to Work’ Coast Guard Hero Honored
The Secretary of Homeland Security's Award for Valor has been presented by Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Charles Johnson, to Chief Petty Officer Jesse Meerscheidt…
Crowley Joins 'Caring for the Crew' Program
Crowley Maritime Corporation says it has entered a partnership with Future Care, Inc. to ensure that the company’s active mariners are receiving the best possible health care while at sea.
UK's Portsmouth Pilots Choose SevenCs Navigational Tool
The providers of the system, SevenCs inform that after a series of trials with different Portable Pilot Units (PPU) the Portsmouth Pilots have selected ORCA Pilot…
Virtual D-Day Created Seventy Years On
Advanced 3D design and simulation software was used to recreate the technological and engineering innovations of WWII as a part of the seventieth anniversary of D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy…
Transocean Agrees US$3.0 Dividend
Shareholders have approved a dividend of $3.00 per share (or approximately $1.1 billion in the aggregate (based upon the number of currently outstanding shares)…
LNG Bunkering: First Italian Truck- to-Ship Operation
The Port of Civitavecchia has become the first port to perform Truck to Ship bunkering of LNG to a seagoing vessel within an Italian coastal port or any port in…
Great Lakes Shipping Industry Urges Fast WRRDA Approval
The Great Lakes shipping industry is calling on Congress to quickly pass the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) approved by the House/Senate conference committee.
VSTEP Appoint New Head of Sales
International developer of simulators and virtual training software, Rotterdam-based VSTEP, says it has appointed Joost van Ree as head of sales with responsibility…
Port Hueneme & Port Bolivar Sign Twinning Agreement
The Port of Hueneme, California, and the Port of Bolivar, Ecuador, have formalized their friendship by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding declaring their…
US Coast Guard Medevacs Man From Fishing Boat Off Virginia Coast
The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old crewmember Saturday from a fishing boat approximately 40 miles east of Chincoteague, Virginia Coast. The master of the fishing…
Money To Burn: OPEC's Wasteful Energy Subsidies
Fossil fuel subsidies cost governments in emerging markets more than $500 billion every year and are a major contributor to climate change, according to the International Energy Agency…
State Won't Pay For Nuclear Decommissioning - Germany
Germany's economy minister has joined Angela Merkel in rejecting talk that utilities might hand over responsibility for decommissioning Germany's nuclear power plants to a new public entity…
SPE Awards DNV GL For Its Contribution To Asset Integrity
DNV GL has been recognised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) as the organisation that has contributed most to asset integrity in the Middle East at the…
Algerian Reggane Nord Gas Project entering execution phase
A project consortium that includes RWE Dea has signed a major contract for the construction of a natural gas processing plant and infrastructure in the Algerian Sahara for the Reggane Nord project.