 | Three Durban Women Become Africa's First Black, Female Marine Pilots to Obtain Open Licence
Ship size and type no problem for history making marine pilots Three Durban women have made history by becoming Africa’s first black, female marine pilots to obtain an open licence that enables them to navigate ships of any size and type into South African waters. Not only are Precious Dube, Bongiwe...
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 | Nine People Die in Moscow River when Riverboat Collides with Barge
Early on Sunday, a riverboat sailing the Moscow River collided with a barge, leaving 9 people to drown and the second major maritime disaster to hit Russia in the past month. The Lastochka was a party boat for a birthday celebration. The boat was overcrowded and crashed into a docked barge on the Moscow River around 1am...
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 | Another Ship Runs Aground at Mumbai's Juhu Beach
An unmanned Panama-flagged merchant tanker, the MT Pavit, runs aground near Seven Bungalows, India yesterday and was suspected to have drifted from the Persian Gulf, according to police. The vessel was abandoned by its owners off the coast of Oman on June 29th due to engine failure and ingress of water in the engine room. Its...
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 | MOA Outlining Roles for Offshore Renewable Energy Installations Signed by BOEMRE and Coast Guard
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and the U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to identify and clarify their respective roles and responsibilities with respect to offshore renewable energy installations (OREIs) on the Outer Continental Shelf...
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 | New Offshore Gas Field in the Arabian Gulf Launched
A new chapter has opened in the company’s history of managing and executing mega-projects, with the start-up of the Karan offshore gas field. The first gas from Karan — the company’s first offshore non-associated gas field project — started flowing earlier this month and is being transported by subsea...
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 | Oman Shipping Accepts New VLCC
Oman Shipping Company has accepted a delivery of the SAMAIL, a VLCC, from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation of Kawasaki, Japan. The 300,000-dwt SAMAIL is the 29th vessel to be operated by Oman Shipping, and waves a Panamanian flag. It is the first VLCC to be managed by Oman Shipping’s subsidiary, Oman Ship...
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 | Antarctic Fuel Oil Ban and North American ECA MARPOL Amendments Enter Into Force
Amendments to IMO’s MARPOL Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships enter into force on 1 August 2011, banning heavy fuel oil from the Antarctic and creating a new North American Emission Control Area (ECA). Use or carriage of oil in Antarctic Area A new MARPOL regulation to...
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 | Marorka Signs Fleet Contract with Thenamaris Ships Management Inc on Marine Energy Management Systems
The Greek ship management company Thenamaris has decided to implement Marorka’s energy management systems for their fleet of Tankers, Bulk Carriers and Container ships. The two companies entered recently into a contract that will bring the leading Marorka energy management systems on board all Thenamaris ships. Further to system...
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 | Motorways of the Sea Project to Improve Transport Infrastructure in Germany and Denmark to Receive EU Funding
A Motorways of the Sea project to improve the ports of Rostock (Germany) and Gedser (Denmark) and bring improvements to the Danish road network will receive almost €25 million in EU support as part of the 2010 TEN-T Multi-Annual Call. The infrastructure improvements will have a positive effect of various TEN-T Priority Projects by...
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 | Ocean Industries Coordinate on Marine Spatial Planning
Business Community Initiates Leadership and Interaction on Ocean Use
The World Ocean Council (WOC) convened the first-ever meeting of ocean industries at the National Business Forum on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), Washington D.C., 13-14 July 2011, to foster, facilitate and plan for cross sector business involvement in...
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 | Jensen Completes Environmentally Friendly Tugboat Design for Harley Marine
Vessel One of the First to be Equipped with Environmentally Friendly Tier III Engines Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., recently completed the custom design work for the Bob Franco, a new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboat for Harley Marine Services. The vessel - measuring 120 feet in length and 35 feet in width - is one of the...
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 | Taiwan CPC Purchases 2 Million Barrels of West Africa Crude
Traders report that the Taiwanese state oil refiner, CPC Corp, has purchased at least 2 million barrels, or 1 VLCC, of Nigerian and Angolan crude and possibly even more via tender. CPC bought one cargo shipment of Nigerian Antan crude from China International United Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Unipec, as well as another...
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 | Foss Celebrates More Than One Full Year Without a Lost Time Injury at Shipyards
Foss Maritime Company has surpassed one full year without incurring a lost time injury. For Foss' marine operations, it has been two million man-hours and nearly a year and a half, since the last lost time injury. For Foss' shipyards, more than a year has passed since the last lost time injury.
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 | Petronas Hits On Two Gas Finds Offshore Sabah
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, the exploration and production arm of PETRONAS, recently made two significant gas discoveries in the shallow water areas offshore the west coast of Sabah. - The first discovery was via the Zuhal East-1 well, located in the Samarang Asam Paya Block about 130km southwest of Kota Kinabalu. The...
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 | Subsea 7 Announces $440m Subsea Contract Offshore Australia with Chevron
Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $440 million from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, offshore Western Australia. The work scope includes installation and tie-in of heavy lift structures in...
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 | OSX Announces Execution Plan for 2011-2015
OSX Brasil S.A. (“OSX”) (Bovespa: OSXB3), a Brazilian publicly held corporation focused on the supply of equipment and services to the offshore oil and gas industry, through integrated operations in shipbuilding, chartering of exploration and production (E&P) units, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services, informs...
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 | Boskalis Acquires €200 Million Contract in Brazil's Açu Superport
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has won a contract for the construction of a new port terminal TX2 at Superporto do Açu. The Açu Superport industrial complex in the north of Rio de Janeiro state is the largest port-industry enterprise in Latin America and is expected to become one of the largest port complexes in...
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 | US Coast Guard Publishes Supplemental Proposed Rule on STCW 1978
The U.S. Coast Guard today announced the publication in the Federal Register of a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978, and changes to domestic endorsements. This...
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 | Phil Allen, Port Director of Port Everglades, FL Selected as 2011 South Florida Business Leader
Seafarers' House Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Phil Allen, Director of Broward County's Port Everglades as 2011 South Florida Business Leader of the Year. At a shipboard luncheon scheduled for November 4, 2011, members of the South Florida business community will gather to recognize the many...
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 | Thrustmaster Contracts to Deliver Z-Drives and Retractable Thrusters for Two PSV's
Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. has been awarded the propulsion system for two 92.4 Meter Platform Supply Vessels to be built by Fincantieri Marine Group's Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for Tidewater Marine LLC. The main propulsion system will consist of two Thrustmaster model TH2500MZ Z-Drives rated at 2700...
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 | Great Lakes Towing Christens New 770-ton Marine Travelift
The Great Lakes Towing Company and its Great Lakes Shipyard will christen its new 770-ton Marine Travelift in a ceremony at its yard at 4500 Division Avenue in Cleveland at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2011. The Travelift will be christened by Dr. Rebecca N. Starck, wife of Joseph P. Starck, Jr. President of The Great Lakes Towing...
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 | Port Botany's Expansion Project in Australia Nears Completion
One of the most ambitious port expansion projects in Australia’s history is now just months away from completion. NSW Ports Minister Duncan Gay today handed over the site of Sydney Ports Corporation’s $1 billion Port Botany Expansion project third container terminal to Hutchison Port Holdings for operator...
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