Tuesday, July 5, 2011

MarEx Newsletter | 2011 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea to Go to Piracy Survivor,Ohrid Court Finds Ship Captain, Technical Expert Guilty of Ilinden Sinking

 
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2011 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea to Go to Piracy Survivor

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has unanimously endorsed the decision of a Panel of Judges that the 2011 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea should go to Captain Seog Hae-gyun of the Republic of Korea, Master of the chemical tanker Samho Jewelry. Captain Seog was nominated by the Government of the Republic of Korea for his heroic actions to keep his vessel and crew safe, while suffering vicious assaults, following a hijack by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

The Council agreed that Captain Seog displayed truly extraordinary bravery and concern for his crew after his ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean in January 2011, going far beyond the call of duty, at great risk and danger to himself. With the pirates onboard, Captain Seog...
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Ohrid Court Finds Ship Captain, Technical Expert Guilty of Ilinden Sinking

A panel of three judges in the court of the Macedonian resort town of Ohrid has found the two defendants in Ilinden sinking trial guilty, Bulgarian National Radio reported.

Ship captain Sotir Filevski and Branko Baic, an inspector with Germany’s Lloyd’s,...

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China Investigates Oil Leak at ConocoPhillips’ Offshore Field

An oil leak in early June at Penglai 19-3 oilfield off China’s Bohai Sea operated by ConocoPhillips has been cleaned up with little interference to production, a Chinese official from China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) reports.

 

Penglai is...

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Stranded Cargo Ship off India Finally Sent to Scrapyard

A cargo ship that ran aground at on one of Mumbai's most popular beaches has finally been refloated after three previously failed attempts.

The 9,367 ton MV WISDOM was safely refloated at 12:45 local time by SMIT International, a Singapore-based salvage company. The...

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Cargill Reveals the World's Largest Kite-Powered Vessel

Cargill has signed an agreement with Greek ship owner/manager Anbros Maritime S.A. (Anbros) to install the world's largest kite on its Aghia Marina dry bulk cargo vessel.  The Aghia Marina typically transports cargoes of agricultural and industrial raw materials.  The 170...

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BOEMRE Completes Draft Supplemental EIS for Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

Comment Period to Include Four Public Hearings

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 216/222 in the Central Planning Area in the...

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Ms Linda Johnson to get 2010 International Maritime Prize

The IMO Council has unanimously agreed to award the prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2010 posthumously to Ms Linda (Lindy) Johnson of the United States of America, for her significant contribution to the work of IMO, in particular with regard to the protection of the marine...

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Oil Giants Shell & BP Join World Ocean Council

Industry Leadership Alliance on Ocean Sustainability Continues to Grow

Oil and gas industry majors BP and Shell have joined the growing number of leading companies from a range of ocean industries that are distinguishing themselves as members of the World Ocean Council...

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Air Products' Leading Technology Selected for World's First Floating LNG Facility

Air Products, the leader in providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment to the world, today announced it has been selected to supply its proprietary cryogenic coil wound LNG heat exchanger for the world's first Floating LNG (FLNG) facility to be located in the Browse...

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Damen Shipyards Gorinchem Reach Important Milestone in ASD Tug Development

Damen Shipyards have delivered the ASD tugs ‘Karloo’ and ‘Kalarka’ to Half Tide Marine Pty Ltd of Australia. The tugs were built to the highly successful ASD Tug 3111 design, which in common with most Damen vessels, has been the subject of constant research and...

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Chevron Awards GE Oil & Gas High-Tech, Offshore Gulf of Mexico Contract

GE Oil & Gas will supply three customized aeroderivative gas turbine-generator modules to provide reliable electric power for a new Chevron floating production unit that will produce oil and gas from the Jack and St. Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 280 miles south...

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Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies Acquires Seagear AS

Stavanger based design and engineering firm to integrate with Seaflex business unit 

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (KOGT), a wholly owned company of KONGSBERG, has acquired 100% of the shares in the Stavanger, Norway based Seagear AS. The acquisition,...

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Committee of Recommendation: "Amsterdam Raises Offshore Energy to a Global Level"

On 29 June, Offshore Energy's Committee of Recommendation convened in Rotterdam for a diner pensant. The members, among others CEO's and managing directors of Dockwise, Chevron, Van Oord, Mercon and Tullow Overseas Holding, discussed the ambitions, market position, program and...

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Market Overview from Nor-Shipping 2011 Pt. 4: Future Enhancements to Maritime Satellite Communications

During Nor-Shipping 2011, Marlink conducted Market Overview interviews with key industry people while they answered questions about the state of the industry, key trends and developments, their predictions for the future and their opinion on the key focus areas for 2011 in the maritime...

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The Maritime Academy of Toledo to Purchase Former AMO Building

Renee Marazon, Superintendent, The Maritime Academy of Toledo, announced today that the school and GenoaBank will meet Friday, July 1, 2011 at 2 p.m. when the school is expected to purchase the former American Maritime Officers (AMO) Building at 803 Water Street in Downtown...

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Seadrill Acquires Ownership Stake in the Jack-up Rig Company Asia Offshore Drilling Ltd.

Seadrill has participated in a private placement in Asia Offshore Drilling Limited and has been allocated shares for US$54 million which corresponds to a 33.75 percent ownership stake.

Asia Offshore Drilling was established by Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited in...

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Qatargas Celebrates Historical Milestone: 20 Years, 5 MTA of LNG Supply to Argentina

Qatargas, the largest LNG producer in the world, has achieved a new historical milestone, as it announces the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HOA) for the long term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Energia Argentina Sociedad Anonima (ENARSA), an Argentinean oil and gas...

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Globus Maritime Limited Announces Completion of Follow-On Offering

Globus Maritime Limited ("Globus" or the "Company"), GLBS +3.64%, a dry bulk shipping company, announced today that it completed its follow-on public offering of 2,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $8.00 per share. The proceeds of the...

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Teekay Awarded Contract for Knarr FPSO Project

Teekay Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with BG Norge Limited (BG) to provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Knarr oil and gas field located in the North Sea.

The contract will be serviced by a newly-built...

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Northern Lights, Inc. Representative in Northern Europe

Northern Lights is pleased to announce that as of 1 July 2011, we have appointed Koen Maronier of MarPower as our official factory representative for Northern Europe.  Based in The Netherlands in the city of Lemmer, Mr. Maronier has worked with Northern Lights for several years as an...

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MITAGS-PMI To Hold Tankship LG TPIC Course

Tankship LG TPIC Course
July 11-22, 2011

 

Scope:

This course is intended to provide specialized...

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