EPA has completed its third Five-Year Review Report on the remedy implemented at the Gallup’s Quarry Superfund Site, located in Plainfield, Conn. EPA’s review concluded that while the remedy at Gallup’s Quarry is protective for pathways of exposure to contaminants, changes in Federal and State clean
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. announced today the sale of the Clipper Grace, a 30,548 dwt Handysize drybulk vessel, built in 2007, at a gross price of US$11.25 million. The vessel was delivered to its new owners on October 15, 2012. The Company will use the sale proceeds to reduce debt and for wo
Afai Southern Shipyard (Panyu Guangzhou) Ltd. has signed construction contract for two 40m aluminum high speed catamaran ferries with Shenzhen Pengxing Shipping Co.,Ltd. in Shenzhen. The basic design and detailed design of this type of ferry will be made by CoCo Yachts Holland B.V., the supplementar
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) the world’s leading maritime services provider, has celebrated the tenth anniversary of its operation, ISS Brazil, with a special event for customers and staff as business continues to expand. After ten years of development, ISS Brazil now has a total of nine offices
Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, has made his first visit to the UK’s largest container port. Whilst at the port, Mr Hammond also visited the container ship Ever Leading, an 8,452 TEU container ship operated by Evergreen Marine under the Bri
Plans to research, manage and document underwater historic treasures in the Sea of Oman are set by Ministry of Heritage and Culture (MoHC). As Muscat Daily reports, the senior government officials discussed various aspects of research, as well as financial costs that will be reviewed and approved by
ClassNK was selected as the best classification society in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent by receiving the Classification Society Award at Lloyd’s List Middle East & Indian Subcontinent Awards 2012, which was held on 16 October 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai. The Lloyd’s List Middle
Ahead of the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference, the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre confirms that pirate attacks off the Somali coast have declined by more than 54%, leading to a softening of insurance premiums for the global shipping comm
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from Total E&P Angola for additional subsea equipment for the Pazflor field. The contract has an estimated value of $33 million in revenue. The Pazflor field is located in Block 17 offshore Angola. The initial subsea systems delivered to
Tetra Tech, Inc. announced that it has acquired coastal and oceanographic consulting firm Applied Science Consultoria Ltda. (ASA Brazil) based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With the acquisition, ASA Brazil has changed its name to Tetra Tech. The firm has about 50 employees and provides oceanic modeling and
GMS Saudi Arabia’s self elevating and self propelled jack up barge Kudeta has been chartered to Saudi Aramco to provide cover for Aramco barge drydocking programme commencing in December of 2012. This is the third GMS SESV contracted to Saudi Aramco in the second half of this year. GMS Saudi Arabia
The maritime-shipping industry has also been forced to contend with the key issues of energy efficiency and sustainability. Optimizing the trim of a ship is a good way to achieve lasting reductions in fuel consumption. In fact, trim optimization has been an object of investigation since the 1990s. B
SAM Electronics of Hamburg, an L-3 company, has been awarded a major contract for supply and installation of a comprehensive IT network and associated equipment aboard Pieter Schelte, the €1.3 billion dynamically-positioned platform installation-decommissioning and pipelay vessel being built by Daew
Following the CSO change in A2SEA, the company has appointed Sascha Wiesner as new Country Manager of Germany, to replace Martin Huss, who has just taken over the position as new CSO of A2SEA. Sascha Wiesner comes from a position as Offshore Sales Manager Europe for Samsung Heavy Industries, where h
