Suezmax Tanker completes Northern sea route in a week
Suezmax tanker ‘Vladimir Tikhonov’ passed Cape Dezhnev on August 30 to complete her transit along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the high-latitude route from Europe to Asia through the Arctic, in a record time of less than 7.5 days.
STX Finland and Eide Marine Semi, a subsidiary of Eide Marine Services, have signed a contract for the outfitting, completion and delivery of two well intervention vessels with an aggregate contract value exceeding €300 million (US$415 million).
Fairmount’s FPSO
Fairmount Marine’s tugs ‘Fairmount Sherpa’ and ‘Fairmount Summit’ have delivered the floating production storage and offloading unit FPSO ‘Skarv Idun’ to its final position in the northern Norwegian Sea, having already towed the unit from South Korea earlier this year.
Malaysia-based shipbuilder Nam Cheong has landed a US$13.9 million contract with with offshore marine company Omni Marissa for an anchor handling tug/supply vessel, reports the Malaysia Star.
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Seaports in the Southern Africa are facing significant growth amid increasing international trade, but at the same time they are struggling with major security problems stemming from a range of criminal activities.
Ports of Auckland today announced an increased normalised profit (after tax) for the 2010-11 year of 20.6 million, up 2.1 percent on the previous year’s result of 20.2 million.
Ships to run on solar power
Eco Marine Power based in Fukuoka, Japan, has begun work on the detailed design of its Aquarius System wind and solar sail panel.
A US court has issued Liberian company Epps Shipping with a US$700,000 fine and five years probation for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and making false statements to US Coast Guard inspectors.
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Yuexin Shipbuilding Company on August 16 delivered the anchor handling tug/supply vessel ‘Redfish 3’ to its owner Otto Offshore of Malaysia.
Netherlands-based Transport & Offshore Services has announced the delivery of five tugs for Svitzer. The tugs are newbuilds from Qingdao in china and all are bound for Africa.
ICS urges NZ to retain anti-trust immunity for liner trades
The International Chamber of Shipping has urged the New Zealand government to consider practices in other parts of the world when it considers making changes to its maritime competition regime.
The subject of carbon dioxide dominated the latest of Germanischer Lloyd traditional forums to recap the most recent session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.
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Jumbo Offshore has been awarded the transport and installation contract for all 111 transition pieces (TP’s) for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm off the Danish coast.
Colombo Dockyard has landed six new shipbuilding projects with clients from Singapore and India.
ICS releases guidance on armed guards on board vessels
The International Chamber of Shipping has compiled a reference document collating the policy and rules of Flag States on the carriage of arms and private armed guards on board vessels.
Drewry Maritime Research has warned that, while demand in the shipping markets has not recovered, commodity price rises are putting pressure on ship operating costs.
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