Due to the expansion of the shipyard capacity in low cost countries in the Far East, the competitive situation for the shipbuilding industry has become increasingly difficult in recent years. Regardless of the major efforts to improve the competitiveness at Odense Steel Shipyard with investments in
The re-established Finnish shipping company Dennis Maritime Ltd has taken over the operations of the 1,280 DWT cargo vessels Josefine and Nathalie after the bankruptcy of their former owner Wega Shipping. The Josefine is owned by Dennis Maritime Ltd and the Nathalie by Rederi Ab Nathalie. The owners
The third jack-up drilling rig has arrived at Esbjerg for an extensive refit, coordinated by Semco Maritime. The drilling rig is the American owned Noble Byron Welliver, built in 1982 in France.
BC Ferries, Canada, is hosting an open house and public meeting on Thursday, August 20, on Denman Island to announce the review of the feasibility of operating a cable ferry between Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island and Denman Island.
Larger vessels will be able to berth at Fremantle Port’s inner harbour following a multi-million A$ infrastructure programme.
Serica Energy has announced it has struck the first find offshore Ireland for almost 30 years after revealing the results of its Bandon offshore exploration well.
Hamilton, Bermuda: A Dockwise subsidiary has completed a US$13 million contract for the transport and float-over installation of a 19,000-tonne offshore production platform for CPOC. The contract was awarded in August 2007 and involved the usage of Dockwise’s vessel, ‘Black Marlin’.
A fire broke out on the main diesel production line at Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery this morning. The fire, which started most likely from a leak from a heat exchanger, lasted a little over an hour, and the unit has been shut down for inspection and repairs. The extent of the damage is being investig
The crew of an Italian tugboat held for four months by Somali pirates have been freed, Italy’s foreign minister says.
A campaign is under way to save a threatened Tyneside charity base which supports ships’ crews. The Mission to Seafarers charity said it planned to introduce a mobile ministry at South Shields as it confronts financial pressures.
Hundreds of wellwishers have welcomed the arrival in Port of Leith of Scotland’s entry in this year’s Clipper Round The World Yacht Race.
A cargo ship with a Russian crew has disappeared off the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, the Russian maritime journal Sovfracht reports.
According to the leading Hamburg daily Hamburger Abendblatt (HA) the northern German port will this year lose some one million TEU of container feeder traffic destined for of originating in the Baltic. According to a quoted, unnamed, expert already half of the amount went, in the direction of Rotter
Major developments in the first half of 2009 · The net result for the first six months of 2009 increased by 2.8% to EUR 112.4 million (first half of 2008: EUR 109.3 million). · Revenue in the first half of 2009 increased by 4.3% to EUR 1,035.3 million (first half of 2008: EUR 992.9 million). [&helli
