Bore trials Rotor Sail on a RO/RO

NOVEMBER 30, 2014 — Finland’s Bore Shipping has started sea trials of a rotor sail auxiliary wind propulsion system on its 9,700 dwt RO/RO cargo vessel M/V Estraden. Developed by Finnish marine

Shipping set to reduce carbon footprint further

NOVEMBER 30, 2014—The global shipping industry is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. Ocean shipping is one of the

Cvitanovic Towing adds Lugger style tug

NOVEMBER 30, 2014—Cvitanovic Towing, Belle Chasse, LA, recently took delivery of its fourth Lugger-style tug. Built at the Rodriguez Shipyard in Bayou LaBatre, AL, the 65 ft by 26 ft Andrew C

OSI to provide ECPINS-W for Ship-to-Shore Connector

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — OSI Maritime Systems (OSI), Burnaby, BC, Canada, says it has received a contract to provide its flagship ECPINS-W software to the U.S. Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connector Landing Craft (SSC)

Interpol issues Red Notice for former shipyard owner

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Interpol has issued a Red Notice on Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev, a former Russian oligarch and Putin crony, who once controlled the Severnaya Verf and Baltiisky Zavod shipyards in

Royal IHC launches a Subsea 7 pipelayer

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Royal IHC’s Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands, shipyard today successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550 t pipelaying vessel, Seven Rio. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs Anelise Lara,

Billionaire orders a second mega yacht at Kleven

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, who already has one mega yacht on order at Kleven, has awarded the Norwegian shipbuilder an order for a second, even bigger, one.

Former OW Bunker traders staff new Dan-Bunkering office

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 — Five former OW Bunker traders have found a new home. On Monday, December 1, Dan-Bunkering will open a new Aalborg, Denmark, office. Staffing it will be a team

ExxonMobil helps operators meet lubrication challenges

NOVEMBER 28, 2014—In the years ahead, tug, towboat, ferry and workboat operators in North America face a number of challenges because of the stricter emissions regulations imposed by the U.S. EPA Tier

Apple shape tanks give new MHI LNG ship more capacity

NOVEMBER 27, 2014 —Shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new design LNG carrier with apple shaped LNG tanks. Evolved from Moss type spherical tanks, their upper half

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