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USA: MMLP Buys Marine Equipment from Florida Marine Transporters

USA: MMLP Buys Marine Equipment from Florida Marine Transporters

Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (“MMLP”) and Florida Marine Transporters, Inc. (“FMT”) announced on Thursday that MMLP has purchased from FMT affiliates six

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Holland Shipyards to Convert Two Ferries into Accommodation Vessels

Holland Shipyards to Convert Two Ferries into Accommodation Vessels

Holland Shipyards has commenced conversion work on two ships owned by Chevalier Floatels, The Motorship informs.

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First Triple-E Class Vessel Launched (South Korea)

First Triple-E Class Vessel Launched (South Korea)

The first Triple-E class vessel was launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Shipyard on February 27, 2013. The vessel will be named Maersk Mc-Kinney

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Wärtsilä opens new workshop in Brazil

Wärtsilä opens new workshop in Brazil

Wärtsilä is opening a new services workshop in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today. It says that the new facilities will strengthen its presence in Brazil

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 Obama visits NNS to warn of sequester dangers

Obama visits NNS to warn of sequester dangers

With shipyards and shipyard workers likely to take some heavy hits as a result of looming sequestration cuts to defense spending

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Shell pauses Alaska drilling program

Shell pauses Alaska drilling program

Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska's Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of activity at a later stage.

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Size matters, sure; but in a turbocharger, power matters more

Size matters, sure; but in a turbocharger, power matters more

World’s most powerful turbocharger how? Do they mean size? Most powerful because they are used on the biggest engines in the world?

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Oceanic Announces Shipping Optimization Study

Oceanic Announces Shipping Optimization Study

Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. announces that it has commissioned a Shipping Optimization Study to be led by AMEC and involving end user shipping and stevedoring companies.

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Perisai Orders Second Jack-Up Rig from Sembcorp (Singapore)

Perisai Orders Second Jack-Up Rig from Sembcorp (Singapore)

Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a repeat order to build a second Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig worth

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Passengers Cabins Available Onboard World’s Largest Containership

Passengers Cabins Available Onboard World’s Largest Containership

CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping Group and France’s leading, has announced that passengers

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Germany: Norwegian BREAKAWAY to Leave Meyer Werft’s Building Dock II

Germany: Norwegian BREAKAWAY to Leave Meyer Werft’s Building Dock II

On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 the 145,000 gt cruise ship Norwegian BREAKAWAY, whose construction has taken merely 17 months, will float out of MEYER WERFT’s covered building dock II.

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Waterborne Tourism, Marina Development Tabled for Abu Dhabi Event (UAE)

Waterborne Tourism, Marina Development Tabled for Abu Dhabi Event (UAE)

Maritime industry experts speaking at the third annual edition of the World Ports & Trade Summit will turn their attention from seaborne trade issues to cruise and marina development,

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Bandar Abbas Port Authority Initiates Construction of Khamir Port

Bandar Abbas Port Authority Initiates Construction of Khamir Port

The feasibility study for construction of Khamir port has come to an end, an official of the Bandar Abbas port authority said.

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Work Begins on Updating Inventory of GHG from International Shipping

Work Begins on Updating Inventory of GHG from International Shipping

International experts are meeting at IMO Headquarters this week, in the form of an Expert Workshop, to begin work on updating the inventory of greenhouse gases

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Drewry: Capesize Misery Continues

Drewry: Capesize Misery Continues

Drewry’s latest Dry Bulk Insight report shows that the Drewry Hire Index suffered a further decline in the first month of the New Year. The main culprit was the Capesize segment, where lower demand eventually led to a decline in their freight rates.

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Canadian Government to Boost Shipbuilding Industry

Canadian Government to Boost Shipbuilding Industry

The Harper Government, on February 22, announced a series of preliminary contracts valued at a total of $15.7 million for the joint

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Teekay Tankers Plans to Expand Its Fleet

Teekay Tankers Plans to Expand Its Fleet

Teekay Tankers Ltd. on Thursday reported its results for the three months ended December 31, 2012. During the fourth quarter of 2012

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HVS Names Biggest Ship in Lloyd’s Register Class (Vietnam)

HVS Names Biggest Ship in Lloyd’s Register Class (Vietnam)

Last month saw the naming ceremony for the 82,000 DWT Kamsarmax bulk carrier Nissaki, owned by St Michael Shipping of Greece. This vessel marked a significant milestone in

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CSI, CSISC Sign Ship Repair Cooperation Agreement (China)

CSI, CSISC Sign Ship Repair Cooperation Agreement (China)

China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. and China Shipping International Ship Management Co., Ltd. held, Jan 25th, a signing ceremony for the ship repair cooperation of 2013 in China Shipping Industry (Shanghai Pudong) Co., Ltd.

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