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Norway: NOCC Acquires Large and Fuel Efficient Car Carrier

Norway: NOCC Acquires Large and Fuel Efficient Car Carrier

Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has signed an agreement with an undisclosed party to acquire a large and fuel efficient 6,430 CEU car

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Philippines: Keppel Subic Shipyard Starts Construction of ‘Floatel Endurance’

Philippines: Keppel Subic Shipyard Starts Construction of ‘Floatel Endurance’

On 25th October 2012 strike steel took place in Keppel Subic Shipyard in Philippines. This is the commencement of the construction work of Floatel International’s fourth new-building ordered

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Denmark: MAN to Provide Engines for Chevron’s New Vessels

Denmark: MAN to Provide Engines for Chevron’s New Vessels

MAN Diesel & Turbo has received an order from Chevron Corporation, the American multinational energy company, for two lightering newbuildings with each vessel to be powered by an MAN B&W 6G70ME-C9.2 prime mover.

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International Shipholding Corporation Acquires Pure Car Truck Carrier (USA)

International Shipholding Corporation Acquires Pure Car Truck Carrier (USA)

International Shipholding Corporation yesterday announced the purchase of a 1999-built Pure Car Truck Carrier (PCTC).

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Norway: Naming Ceremony for PSV Vestland Mira Owned by Vestland Offshore

Norway: Naming Ceremony for PSV Vestland Mira Owned by Vestland Offshore

Last Friday “Vestland Mira”, owned by the shipping company Vestland Offshore, was named in Balestrand in the Norwegian county of Sogn and Fjordane.

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Rolls-Royce to Design and Equip Four PSVs for Bravante Group (Brazil)

Rolls-Royce to Design and Equip Four PSVs for Bravante Group (Brazil)

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £24 million order to design and equip four platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Brazilian ship owner Bravante Group, former Navegação São Miguel Ltda.

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The Netherlands: Offshore Energy 2012 Kicks Off Today

The Netherlands: Offshore Energy 2012 Kicks Off Today

Today Joep Athmer, the Director of Van Oord Offshore and Member of Offshore Energy Committee of Recommendation wished a warm

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Offshore Energy 2012: Maritime by Holland Catalogue 2013 Published

Offshore Energy 2012: Maritime by Holland Catalogue 2013 Published

Today, the Maritime by Holland Catalogue 2013 was presented at the Maritime by Holland Pavilion at Offshore Energy 2012. A valuable reference book for

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Bahrain Hosts World Maritime Day Parallel Event

Bahrain Hosts World Maritime Day Parallel Event

The Kingdom of Bahrain has hosted the 2012 IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event, on 17 and 18 October 2012, with a seminar and other

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Wartsila Launches Efficient New Aframax Tanker Design (Finland)

Wartsila Launches Efficient New Aframax Tanker Design (Finland)

Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has launched a new, highly efficient Aframax tanker design that offers solutions for current and forthcoming emissions legislation.

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RSHI Establishes New Offshore Engineering Base in Singapore

RSHI Establishes New Offshore Engineering Base in Singapore

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited announced the establishment of Rongsheng Offshore & Marine Private Limited, the Group’s new offshore engineering base, in Singapore.

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KSA: Bahri, Saudi Aramco Reach Agreement on Merger of Velas Fleet

KSA: Bahri, Saudi Aramco Reach Agreement on Merger of Velas Fleet

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia ‘Bahri’ announces that it has reached an agreement with, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company

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ClassNK Donates Technical Library to International Maritime College of Oman

ClassNK Donates Technical Library to International Maritime College of Oman

ClassNK Chairman and President Noboru Ueda signed an agreement to provide a new technical library of reference books to International Maritime College Oman (IMCO) during a visit to the college’s campus in Sohar, Oman

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INTERTANKO Endorses BIMCO’s GUARDCON (Denmark)

INTERTANKO Endorses BIMCO’s GUARDCON (Denmark)

INTERTANKO’s Documentary Committee provided valuable input to the work done by BIMCO on a standard contract for Private

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GL North American Committee Discusses Current Maritime Industry Topics

GL North American Committee Discusses Current Maritime Industry Topics

The introduction of sulphur limits in emissions control areas (ECA) off the coastal waters of the US and Canada and the ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006

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Singapore Based AVIC to Buy Deltamarin

Singapore Based AVIC to Buy Deltamarin

The majority of the shares of Deltamarin Ltd are to be sold to AVIC International Investments Limited. After the closing of the acquisition, Deltamarin’s

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Charter Agreement for ‘Subsea Viking’ (Norway)

Charter Agreement for ‘Subsea Viking’ (Norway)

Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the energy industry, has today declared its option for

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ASV Pioneer to Work on Costa Concordia Salvage Operation (Italy)

ASV Pioneer to Work on Costa Concordia Salvage Operation (Italy)

Ferguson Group’s accommodation service vessel, ASV Pioneer, has been deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on a six-month contract with Titan-Micoperi in support of the Costa Concordia Salvage operation.

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Japan: NYK Orders Four Next-Generation Type PCTCs

Japan: NYK Orders Four Next-Generation Type PCTCs

Two of the vessels will be built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. at its factory in Marugame city in Kagawa prefecture with technical assistance

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Two More Ramform Titan-Class Vessels for Norwegian PGS

Two More Ramform Titan-Class Vessels for Norwegian PGS

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has exercised its options to order another two Ramform Titan-class vessels at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Two vessels were ordered in 2011.

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