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Bermuda: Golar LNG Enters Charter Agreement

Bermuda: Golar LNG Enters Charter Agreement

Golar LNG Limited announced yesterday that it has entered into a ninety day Vessel Charter Option Agreement with LNG Partners

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The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards to Build Revolutionary Lifeboat

The Netherlands: Damen Shipyards to Build Revolutionary Lifeboat

Working with a group of some of the best Dutch marine experts – TU Delft, TNO, Marin, Damen Shipyards and De Vries Lentsch Naval Architects

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USA: Bollinger Shipyards Secures Contract for Six OSV Conversions

USA: Bollinger Shipyards Secures Contract for Six OSV Conversions

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) to convert six (6) 200 class DP1 offshore supply vessels (OSV’s), to 240 class DP2 OSV’s.

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Norway: Directorate of Fisheries Revokes Fishing Licences for Three Vessels

Norway: Directorate of Fisheries Revokes Fishing Licences for Three Vessels

Aker Seafoods ASA has received the decisions of the Directorate of Fisheries regarding alleged lack of compliance of the regulations

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Singapore: Sentinel Marine Exercises Option for Two PSVs

Singapore: Sentinel Marine Exercises Option for Two PSVs

Sentinel Marine announced that the company has exercised its option for two Khiam Chuan designed PSVs to be built in China.

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Nakilat Showcases Qatar’s Marine Industry at Gastech 2012 (UK)

Nakilat Showcases Qatar’s Marine Industry at Gastech 2012 (UK)

Nakilat is flying the flag for Qatar’s marine industry at the Gastech exhibition in London this week, showcasing its world-leading

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SCCT Handles World’s Largest Vessels with Ease (Egypt)

SCCT Handles World’s Largest Vessels with Ease (Egypt)

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) had two successful navigational trials to test the port access and turning basins for 15,500 TEU vessels.

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Norway: Aker Solutions Sells ‘Lewek Connector’ to Ocean Yield AS

Norway: Aker Solutions Sells ‘Lewek Connector’ to Ocean Yield AS

AMC Connector AS, a joint venture between Aker Solutions and Emas Offshore Limited, has agreed to sell subsea construction

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IMO: Safety of Fishing Vessels Conference Opens in South Africa

IMO: Safety of Fishing Vessels Conference Opens in South Africa

A diplomatic conference to consider a new agreement aimed at implementing the provisions of an international treaty on fishing

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Celebrity Cruises Takes Delivery of Its New Vessel in Dutch Port of Eemshaven

Celebrity Cruises Takes Delivery of Its New Vessel in Dutch Port of Eemshaven

Yesterday MEYER WERFT delivered the 126,000-gt Celebrity Reflection to Celebrity Cruises (Miami, USA) in the Dutch port of Eemshaven.

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Ports of Rotterdam and Gothenburg Enter LNG Alliance

Ports of Rotterdam and Gothenburg Enter LNG Alliance

The largest port in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam, and the largest port in Scandinavia, the Port of Gothenburg, have entered a new alliance. The aim is to speed up the establishment of liquefied natural gas as a maritime fuel.

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Norway: Siem Announces Order of Installation Support Vessel

Norway: Siem Announces Order of Installation Support Vessel

The contract is for the construction of one Installation Support Vessel, with option for one additional vessel. The associated gross project cost for the first vessel, ready for operation, is approx. USD 55 million.

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MEPC Designates Saba Bank as Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

MEPC Designates Saba Bank as Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

The Saba Bank, in the north-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was formally designated as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

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Norway: PGS Inks Loan Agreements to Finance New Ramforms

Norway: PGS Inks Loan Agreements to Finance New Ramforms

In April 2011, PGS ordered two new generation Ramform Titan-class vessels, with options for another two vessels, from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

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Greece: Star Bulk Receives First Carbon Emission Measurement Certificatio

Greece: Star Bulk Receives First Carbon Emission Measurement Certificatio

Global shipping company Star Bulk has been awarded the first Certificate of Measurement from the Carbon Positive Programme for Ships (CPPS) after successfully monitoring its emissions for 12 months.

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SCI Buys Oil Tanker Ordered by Irano Hind Joint Venture

SCI Buys Oil Tanker Ordered by Irano Hind Joint Venture

After the South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) refused to deliver an oil tanker to Irano Hind Shipping Company (IHSC), its

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Japanese Business Council Visits Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, UAE

Japanese Business Council Visits Jebel Ali Port in Dubai, UAE

DP World, UAE Region, the region’s premier marine terminal operator, received a delegation from the Japanese Business Council

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UK: IMO Acknowledges Problems with Ballast Water Convention

UK: IMO Acknowledges Problems with Ballast Water Convention

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by

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P&O Maritime Expands Its Operations to Mozambique

P&O Maritime Expands Its Operations to Mozambique

P&O Maritime FZE, a specialist provider of marine services, is expanding its operations to Mozambique.

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LPG Carrier ‘Kantika’ Catches Fire Offshore Phuket, Thailand

LPG Carrier ‘Kantika’ Catches Fire Offshore Phuket, Thailand

A fire broke out aboard a rust-covered 80-meter long liquid petroleum gas (LPG) carrier Kantika on Sunday morning at about 8.30am offshore Phuket, Thailand

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