The Indian Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, this week announced during a two-day national conference that the Indian Government would provide full assistance to the states for the modernisation of important fishing harbours and landing centres. Mr Pawar added that assistance for minor fishing har
Ulstein Verft has won the contract with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SR-bank on completing the construction of a large anchor handling vessel for Solstad. The ship comes from the bankrupt Karmsund Maritime Service AS and is an important component in filling up Ulstein Verft’s production capacity. “Solstad w
Piracy attacks around the world more than doubled to 240 from 114 during the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2008, the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB) said yesterday. “As in the last quarterly report, the rise in overall numbers is due
The UK could be a global leader in offshore wind energy component manufacturing in the next decade with new support promised by the government. In its recently released Low Carbon Industrial Strategy, the government said it will provide £120m to fund the development of a British-based offshore wind
During a number of weeks, Lloyds List, the only and most authoritative global daily for shipping and transport, was the platform for discussion on the so called ‘Rotterdam Rules’ (*). The critics, especially the Brussels’ association European Shippers Council (ESC) were given ample opportunity to co
To further its long-term relations with local clients and partners, MAN Diesel inaugurated its new hub in Marseille, on Thursday 9 July, 2 Bd des bassins de Radoub. Dr. Timmermann, Member of the Executive Board of MAN Diesel SE and Rémi Leport, Site Manager of this new hub, cut the red ribbon togeth
Germanischer Lloyd’s new Guidelines for the Analysis of Alternative Ship Design and Arrangements (V-2-1) come into force in mid-July. Alternative ship design and arrangements are solutions which deviate from the prescriptive requirements of SOLAS regulations. Nevertheless they are suitable to satisf
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has secured a new €350 million credit facility. The main purpose of the new facility is to finance the reinforcement and expansion of activities. Peter Berdowski, CEO: “Boskalis’ financial position continues to be strong. We are net debt free, have a solid cash positi
A federal court had thrown out a Bush-era leasing plan on environmental grounds. But it’s not clear whether the ruling applies to tracts in the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration will auction off a new batch of oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico next month, in spite of a court ruling th
Brazilian police are investigating after 64 containers with more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous UK waste were found in three of the country’s ports. The authorities say that among the material which was brought in illegally they discovered batteries, syringes, condoms and nappies. Since the initial
Trelleborg Offshore Boston, Inc., the world’s most advanced manufacturer of high- performance syntactic foams for the marine, offshore, defense and aerospace markets, has appointed Ed Urquhart as President. Ed is targeted with leading concerted mid- and long-term growth for the company (formerly kno
Shanghai International Port, mainland China’s largest port operator by volume, has introduced a system whereby its largest clients are able to store their empty container boxes at its ports with virtually no charges in a bid to maintain the appearance of keeping container volume high. In this enviro
Taiwan’s largest shipbuilder, CSBC, has agreed to delay delivery of 14 containerships to All Oceans Transportation, a unit of shipowner Yang Ming Marine. Among the newbuildings, five 8,240TEU ships have had their delivery dates postponed 15 months on average. A further four 6,600TEU vessels have bee
Industry sources have indicated that the Samsung Heavy Industries/Technip consortium is close to winning a multi-billion dollar deal to build three LNG-FPSOs for Shell. “Shell started final negotiations in June and [Samsung and Shell] have almost finalised everything,” reported Norwegian energy maga
