The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) made progress on a packed agenda when it met for its 56th session from 9 to 13 July in London. Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) addressed the openin
France. SeaMobile Europe, a division of SeaMobile Enterprises and leading provider of satellite based broadband communications and networking services, announced at the NAB show in Las Vegas a significant product update to its popular Media ClipWay software that allows journalists to cost effectivel
The skippers of two Cornish fishing boats involved in a collision did not maintain an effective lookout, an official report has said. It was initially thought the Lady Hamilton of Helford hit a submerged tree trunk before sinking off the coast of Falmouth in October last year.
Work will begin next week on the largest single capital project undertaken at Lerwick Harbour, with £12m being spent providing improved vessel access and deeper berths in the Shetland base. There will also be opportunities through land reclamation for future development. Almost 490,000 cubic metres
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that MOL has signed a time charter agreement with Gulf LPG Transport Company W.L.L. (‘Gulf LPG’) of Qatar for the first, in a series of four Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) carriers currently being built at the Hyundai Heavy In
A Canadian navy frigate was watching over a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship that was without power and adrift in the North Atlantic late Thursday following an engine fire. Cmdr. Alex Grant of HMCS Toronto said his vessel arrived at the scene about 1,900 kilometres east of Cape Cod after receiving t
The wellhead platform for OMV New Zealand’s Maari oil project arrived in New Zealand waters today, and the project is on track to be onstream in the third quarter of this year. The Maari wellhead platform on April 11 sailed into New Zealand on board Dockwise heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin. The 1
Team Russia has announced five key crew members for their 2008-09 race campaign. The crew is shaping up as a blend of Whitbread/Volvo veterans and Olympic and leading internationals sailors. Besides team founder Oleg Zherebtsov, the search continues for additional Russian crew members.
Oceanteam ASA announced today that it has received approval from the Mexican Foreign Investments Commission to complete the purchase of 90% of the shares within Compania Naviera de Transporte Maritimo, SA de CV (‘CONAT’) based in Cuidad del Carmen, Mexico.
Dockwise Ltd., the parent company of The Dockwise Group of companies, announces that Dockwise Yacht Transport’s (DYT) newest ship, the 687.5-foot (209 meter) Yacht Express, left Ft. Lauderdale today with a full load of cargo: $154 million worth of private luxury yachts. Headquartered in Ft. Lauderda
By improving Gerinimo’s previous reference time by almost 4 days on the San Francisco / Yokohama record course, Gitana 13 and her crew offer to Multiplast a new item to its head lines, in 11d 00h 12‘ 55‘’. And one could not deny that considering the course Yokohama / San Francisco, Geronimo is still
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and the global maritime market) announces that it has expanded its maritime service network with two new branches in Canada. On the maritime market, Imtech is a major international player with almost 70 international service points and branches in Europe
A beloved national proverb in the Netherlands notes, ‘God created the world, but the Dutch created the Netherlands’—a reference to the industrious North Sea land reclamation begun as early as the ninth century to form what now constitutes about 20 percent of that country’s total territory.
Fergus Torrance of Titan, Hyde & Torrance reports a busy month with THT representing the buyers of the 42.5m Oceanco Blacksheep and the 39m Picchiotti Alta, as well as the confidential sale of a large classic motor yacht.
