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Peel Ports, the UK’s second largest ports group, is backing the UK’s only Low Carbon and SuperPort University Technical College, which has just entered into its consultation period.

V.Ships Turkey announced that it has recently agreed an offshore crewing contract with Polarcus, a pure play marine geophysical company with principal office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Hotchya Marine Design Company signed a contract with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the development of the initial design requirements and the conceptual design of a modern large tuna seiner.

Current measurements of the ESA ice thickness satellite CryoSat-2 have shown that the total mass of the Arctic sea ice was 36 per cent smaller

Gardline, one of the leading vessel service providers for the offshore renewables sector, has been awarded a year framework agreement to charter vessels to Dong Energy in Germany.

Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry

Drewry’s latest Dry Bulk Forecaster report suggests that cash-strapped shipowners will scrap younger and younger ships this year as the dry bulk

Inocean has developed an Arctic Drillship – based on the companies’ modern and effective INO-80 concept. The new unit has been named IN-ICE.

Nautilus, an international trades union and professional association representing seafarers and allied workers in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland

The Government of Finland and Greece became the 33rd and 34th International Labour Office ILO member State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

The International Shipping Federation (ISF), which represents maritime employers globally, is calling on port states to facilitate the right of seafarers to shore leave,

Statoil and its partners Total and Det norske have awarded DSME a contract to build the topsides for the Dagny platform

GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement with Kleven Verft to build a new 22 streamer 3D seismic vessel with ice-class

On January 30, 2013, China Classification Society (CCS) and Wärtsilä Services (Shanghai) Co., Limited signed a framework agreement in Shanghai on technical cooperation.

Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) has approved the Permanent Business License of ‘Myanmar MOL Limited.’, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOL Liner Ltd.

Classification society ClassNK has announced it has earned authorisation from Germany’s BG Verkehr to carry out surveys on behalf of the German

DOF Subsea USA has entered into a long-term charter agreement with Harvey Gulf International Marine for the new build DP II Multipurpose

Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), the manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, announced today that it has reached

Palfinger Dreggen AS has been awarded a contract for the delivery of 28 cranes to Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte.

On 1 February 2013, Emma Maersk, Maersk Line’s largest container vessel, experienced ingress of water into the engine room.