ABS Nautical Systems, the world’s fastest-growing provider of integrated fleet management software for the maritime industry, today announced it has experienced record growth in the second half of 2009. During that period, which began with the launch of the Newbuild Program, ABS Nautical Systems has
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and in the global maritime market) has been awarded a design & build contract for the high-tech climate technology aboard the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers being built for the British Royal Navy. The order represents a value of more than 11
The Belgian dredging companies are already booked. By the end of February they will deepen the Westerschelde on Dutch territory. [mappress] Source: De Standaard, January 14, 2010
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Corps of Engineers is proposing an 18-year construction project that would cost more than $400 million to rehabilitate eroding jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River. [mappress] Source: Seattle pi, January 13, 2010;
Denmark’s North Sea sector has revealed a new gas and condensate discovery after drilling on the Luke1X well. The Danish Energy Authority said the Luke 1X well drilled as a vertical well in the 8/06 licence area hit hydrocarbons in a Byrne formation in a Middle Jurassic reservoir zone after the well
The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre’s (IMB PRC) annual report on piracy has revealed that their were 406 incidents of piracy and armed robbery on shipping throughout 2009. This is the highest number since 2003. According to the IMB PRC’s figures, some 153 vessels were boa
Port congestion is at its highest for the first time since July 2009. The number of Capesize bulkers waiting to berth at Chinese iron ore ports hit a high at 45 vessels in July 2009, but this month, the number has risen to 60. According to SSY Consultance and Research, congestion is most severe at [
Marine Group Boat Works, a boat and superyacht repair facility located along the San Diego Bay, was recognized by the San Diego Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics for its outstanding business practices and by the Workboat Environmental Award for its contribution to gre
With just two years in Washington under his belt, Rep. Rob Wittman is emerging as a progressively strong advocate for the Navy’s shipbuilding programs, with an added emphasis on vessels built in his congressional district in Newport News.
Shell is partnering with Olgoonik Corp., the Native village corporation for the Chukchi Sea coast village of Wainwright, and Ukpeaegvik Inupiat Corp., the Native village corporation for Barrow, to operate logistics bases in Wainwright and Barrow this summer, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said.
A Netherlands court has finally given its approval for the Scheldt deepening project on the Dutch side, removing a thorn in the side of neighbour Antwerp who has already completed its dredging works. The news was welcomed by the Port of Antwerp, which has long bemoaned the lack of progress by the Du
Fincantieri Monfalcone has laid the first block of the ‘Carnival Magic’, ordered by Carnival Cruise Lines for delivery in 2011. The 130,000GT, 306 metre-long and 37 metre-wide ‘Carnival Magic’ is a sister ship of the ‘Carnival Dream’ which was delivered by Monfalcone yard last September.
Further evidence has emerged that shippers are looking for all-in rates as opposed to freight rates which list supplementary charges. Gary Mansell, CEO of UK technology company Trade Extensions, which has developed an on-line tendering and procurement system for shippers, told IFW that during last y
RollDock, the Dutch heavy lift shipping company launched a couple of years ago, has taken delivery of the first of the innovative new ships that it has on order at L&T Shipping in India. When the order for four, plus two, newbuilds was originally placed in 2006, it marked the formal launch of L&T’s
