The EU Commission has no plans to restore the bloc exemption from competition rules for liner conferences, Hubert de Boca from the Commission’s Competition Directorate told the European Maritime Law’s annual conference, Lloyd’s List reports. Calls for a temporary respite have come from some shipowne
Subocean Group has pioneered what it claims is “a renewable industry milestone” by becoming the first company to use a DP vessel equipped with ploughing technology to install cables in the windfarm market. The subsea construction company’s innovative approach has cut cable installation time by 50 pe
Local news sources in Bangladesh report that dredgers are to be built in the Asian by a local shipbuilding company following a joint venture agreement with a Dutch firm. The joint venture, Vosta LMG-Karnafuly Joint Venture Consortium, a Netherlands-Germany-Bangladesh Joint Venture, will undertake th
A new Danish study has shown that shipping accounts for much less air pollution than originally supposed. Shipping was thought to be responsible for 68 percent of the world’s sulphur emissions, but the new study found that the figure was actually only about 37 percent.
Climate change patterns over the next three to four decades will cause dramatic changes to the productivity of fish catches, a new study has found. According to Daniel Pauly, a fisheries expert at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the catch potential will decrease by 40 percent in the tropic
MAN Diesel has developed two new engine variants targeted at the Chinese coast and river segment that represents some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. The new, state-of-the-art S35MC-C9 and S40MC-C9 variants are based on the experience gathered from MAN Diesel’s existing range of well-proven,
Crowley Maritime Corporation christened the seventh of 10 new 185,000-barrel Articulated Tug-Barge (ATB) tank vessels that the company will take delivery of in 2010 and 2011. The vessels christened were the tug Pride and barge 650-7.
Sydney Ports Corporation is installing 216 concrete slabs for the new wharf at Port Botany as part of its $1bn expansion project. Chief executive Grant Gilfillan said that 10 of the 20-metre high counterfort units have been lowered into place for the 1.85km-long wharf where ships will berth when the
An Aberdeen-based energy company is to develop offshore wind farm projects in Taiwan. SeaEnergy announced it had reached agreement with the Taiwan Generations Corporation (TGC) for the work.
At the heart of Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest passenger vessel, beneath an original carousel, an array of restaurants, surfing simulators, rock-climbing walls, a tropical living park and guests and crew on board, are two sets of three Wärtsilä engines, powering everything on the ship. Today
A Japanese warship and a commercial vessel have collided off southern Japan. AP news agency quotes the Japanese defence ministry as saying the destroyer Kurama and the other vessel were both engulfed in flames.
A search is being carried out for a British couple who are feared to have been taken captive by Somalian pirates while sailing near the Seychelles. Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 58 and 55, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were heading for Tanzania in their yacht, the Lynn Rival.
Telemar Yachting, the Viareggio-based Integrated Marine Electronics Specialists, has reached an agreement to buy Telemar Yachting’s US agent, Al T Marine Electronics LLC and the establishment of a permanent US operation in South Florida. The transaction is subject to due diligence by Telemar and is
The arrival of the German Cruise Liner AIDA CARA on Sunday morning marked a new beginning for Kochi Port to emerge as a turnaround port in this part of the world. Mr N Ramachandran chairman of the Port Trust said the anchoring of this tourist vessel can be seen as a new step in the […]
