The Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the US-based manager of the Liberian Registry, has appointed Kostas Ladas as general manager of its London office. Kostas Ladas joins LISCR from London-based ship and insurance broker and agent Victoria Steamship Co, where he was Vessel Operations Manager. Prior to that, he spent over 25 years […]
Gibdock has secured a breakthrough exhaust gas scrubber retrofit project covering five vessels operated by shipmanagement major Norbulk Shipping and owned by global shipping group Vroon. The contract represents a sizeable debut in specialised EGS work. With all five ships also undergoing special survey drydocking, the job is the Gibraltar yard’s largest single assignment in […]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has created a new division ‘Advanced Offshore Solutions’ by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain synergies and improve the operations as well as customer service. Høye G Høyesen has been appointed […]
Over 50 staff and guests from SOHAR Port and Freezone hit the golf course in Muscat last weekend, as part of the SOHAR Golf Together 2015 event. The Golf Together day, now in its second year, took place at Ghala Golf Club. The event is a networking opportunity for staff, senior managers of Port and […]
Sembcorp Marine has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Sembcorp Marine Rigs and Floaters has secured a contract to design and build a new floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore), a subsidiary of MODEC, Inc. Scheduled for delivery in 1Q2018, the FSO unit will be SCM’s first FSO newbuilding […]
2015 has been a year of growth for Mackay Communications, a turnkey provider of communications and maritime electronic solutions and global service. Mackay says its acquisition of Canadian CMC Electronics’ marine business, coupled with adding service stations in Asia and the US Gulf, is consistent with its goal to provide seamless 24/7 marine service globally […]
Stowaways onboard ships can often be a cause of significant costs for ship owners. “With the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean and the media attention this continues to receive, it is often easy to forget that the problem of stowaways is still a very real problem for shipowners. The majority of these stowaways are finding […]
Attendees of BIMCO’s Annual Conference in Hamburg will today (Wednesday) hear the very latest findings on the potential vulnerabilities of ships to cyber attacks. In a session dedicated to the topic, BIMCO and industry experts will show three scenarios showing the possible risks and the methods of prevention for a cyber attack on ships’ systems. […]
The construction of a deepwater berth at the NUTEP terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk will allow Russia to offer regular year-round ice-free calls for vessels up to 10,000 TEU for the first time. NUTEP, a subsidiary of DeloPorts and sister company to multimodal transport specialist Ruscon, is already the largest container terminal […]
IRClass has announced the release of new technical software, IR-CSR, for verification and compliance of oil tankers and bulk carriers against recently mandated Common Structural Rules (CSR) by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). The CSR applies to all relevant vessels contracted for construction on or after 1st July 2015. The IR-CSR software has […]
The International Bulk Journal (IBJ) IT Solutions Award was received by ClassNK for its 3D modelling software ClassNK-PEERLESS. The IBJ Awards that are held annually salutes companies and individuals for their contributions to the bulk cargo sector and wider maritime industry. The Awards’ independent panel of judges selected ClassNK-PEERLESS from a number of nominations for the […]
Crowley Puerto Rico Services has announced that it has broken ground on a $48.5 million construction project for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The project includes the development of a new 900ft long, 114ft wide concrete pier and all associated dredging needed to accommodate Crowley’s two new […]
