The first of 10 Stan Tug 1907 ICE vessels has been delivered by Great Lakes Shipyard to its sister company The Great Lakes Towing Company, both based in Ohio, US. Named Cleveland, she is a significant milestone in a licensing programme agreed between Damen Shipyards Group and Great Lakes Shipyard following discussions that began in […]
The Netherlands-based company DSM has announced that Olivier Janin is joining the company as its Vice President of Marketing and Sales DSM Dyneema as of 1st September 2017. He will become a member of the Strategic Leadership Team of DSM Dyneema and will report directly to Golnar Motahari Pour, President DSM Dyneema. DSM Dyneema is […]
The STM Validation project has successfully installed the first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors. All available functions are working flawlessly, including route optimisation and synchronised port calls, as well as sending and receiving route segments ship to ship. The ships equipped are Stena Germanica and […]
A major feat of engineering took place yesterday (Monday) as the stern section of the new polar research ship for Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, left A&P Tyne’s Hebburn shipyard, part of A&P Group, for Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. The stern will form part of the new ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, which is […]
The FONASBA Young Ship Agent or Broker Award 2017, co-sponsored by International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC), has been awarded to Niklas Soltow of SCA Logistics of Kiel, Germany. Katy Aldrick of Seaforth (Kenya) also received a special ‘highly commended’ award for her paper on the threats and opportunities facing small independent shipping agents in East […]
