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APRIL 23, 2013 — Odfjell has entered into a contract for the purchase of MT Bow Engineer, a 30,086 dwt chemical tanker (IMO II) with 28 stainless steel cargo tanks, built in 2006 at Kitanihon Shipbuilding CO LTD in Japan. The change of ownership will take place early May this year. Bow Engineer has been on time charter for O ...

APRIL 23, 2013 — IMO's Legal Committee has approved draft guidelines on the preservation and collection of evidence after an allegation of a serious crime on board a ship, or after a report of a missing person from a ship. The draft guidelines, which focus on what can practically be carried out on board a ship to preserve and/or collect ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Angeliki Frangou led Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM) and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) have executed a binding letter of intent to acquire ten vessels, composed of five product tankers and five container vessels with an average age of 5.5 years, from debtors of HSH Nordbank AG ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Kiel, Germany, based navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz reports a number of contract awards for the delivery of integrated bridge systems to newbuild vessels for offshore operations. Raytheon Anschütz Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Anschütz, will d ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — MTU parent Tognum AG says that Executive Board Chairman and CEO Joachim Coers will, at his own request, hand over his position to his deputy Dr. Ulrich Dohle as of July 1st, 2013. Dr. Ulrich Dohle (left) will succeed Joachim Coers (right) as Tognum chief in July ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Island Offshore, in which the Chouest and Ulstein families are partners, has been awarded a major contract extension by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The two-year contract extension is valued at approximately NOK 0.5 billion ($86.5 million) and includes options for NOK 0.75 billion ($129. ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Keppel Corporation Limited (Keppel Corporation) has today announced the formation of Ocean Mineral Singapore Pte. Ltd. (OMS), which intends to explore for polymetallic nodules several kilometers beneath the ocean's surface. Polymetallic nodules contain copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese, as well ...

APRIL 22, 2013 — Petrobras last week signed contracts for 23 offshore support vessels, as part of its third Fleet Renewal Plan for Offshore Support Vessels. The units, type PSV 4500 and OSRV 750, meet 60 percent local content requirements and will be built in Brazil. Petrobras says "prices presented were competitive, given expecte ...

APRIL 19, 2013 — Quebec's Groupe Desgagnés and its Relais Nordik subsidiary held a christening today at the Port of Sept-Îles for the latest newbuild to join the group's fleet M/V Bella Desgagnés. And if there were some sighs of relief all around, that would be understandable. Bella Desgagnés is the ship that the group had to tow stil ...

APRIL 19, 2013 — The Government of the Bahamas has signed a letter of intent with Damen Shipyards Group, headquartered in Gorinchem, the Netherlands. It covers the acquisition of nine vessels for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and construction work for their naval bases plus additional dredging works to accomodate new ...