
ICS protests French CO2 red tape
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Article L. 1431-3 of the French Transport Code came into effect for foreign shipping companies in October. It requires shipowners to provide information to their French customers about
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Article L. 1431-3 of the French Transport Code came into effect for foreign shipping companies in October. It requires shipowners to provide information to their French customers about
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Singapore based Viking Offshore & Marine Limited is to get into the mainstream offshore rig-building and rig charter market. It is partnering with Singaporean rig building veteran Chan
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — On board armed security teams have proven to be a very effective deterrent to pirate attacks. Now it’s getting somewhat easier for shipowners to distinguish the acceptable private
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) says that Nordic American Offshore is adding a newbuilding option to the six PSX121 platform supply vessels that it intends to buy from Ulstein
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it provided $22.5 million in equipment financing to Laborde Marine. The funds refinance existing debt used to purchase five new crew boats.
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — Hapag-Lloyd cruises Europa 2, delivered earlier this year by STX France, is the first cruise ship to gain EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) certification. “The Europa 2’s independent
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — The ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team looking for the causes of the mid-June incident that saw the containership MOL Comfort break in two has released preliminary findings and safety
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — Dutch marine safety specialist Westmark will promote its P-trap piracy anti-boarding system at this year’s Europort event in Rotterdam. The P-Trap is a passive non-lethal self-protection measure and
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — A company being established by Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) is to buy all six of the Blue Ship PX121 platform supply vessels that the Ulstein Group built for
OCTOBER 31 — Seattle based Harley Marine Services has taken delivery of the 250 ft x 70 ft x 15 ft 8 in deck barge Iliuliuk Bay from Vigor Fab. The vessel