MODEC, Mitsui, MOL And Marubeni To Proceed With Brazialian Deepwater FPSO Charter Project

MODEC, Mitsui, MOL And Marubeni To Proceed With Brazialian Deepwater FPSO Charter Project

Two Massive Shipwrecks As Big As The Vasa Ship Discovered Outside Vaxholm An agreement has been decided on by MODEC, Inc. (MODEC), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni). According to it, investment will be made by Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni in a long-term charter business (“the Project”)…

Study Demonstrates Improved Vessel Power Efficiency With PPG Marine Hull Coatings

Study Demonstrates Improved Vessel Power Efficiency With PPG Marine Hull Coatings

Study Demonstrates Improved Vessel Power Efficiency With PPG Marine Hull Coatings According to the study, PPG has announced that the ships that use their fouling release and antifouling coatings show better speed and power performance. The study was conducted by PPG in collaboration with DNV GL that is a risk management and assurance service provider…

SHI Receives First AIP For DNV GL’s Cyber Secure (Advanced+) Notation

SHI Receives First AIP For DNV GL’s Cyber Secure (Advanced+) Notation

SHI Receives First AIP For DNV GL’s Cyber Secure (Advanced+) Notation Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (SHI) was awarded the Approval in Principle (AIP) by DNV GL for the Cyber Secure (Advanced+) notation. This was the first AIP of the world that is for the Advanced+ addition of DNV GL to the Cyber Secure notation….

MSC Delivers 200 Containers Of Vital Supplies For Bahamas Hurricane Relief

MSC Delivers 200 Containers Of Vital Supplies For Bahamas Hurricane Relief

MSC Delivers 200 Containers Of Vital Supplies For Bahamas Hurricane Relief After the Hurricane Dorian that devastated the Bahamas in September is being rebuilt with help from MSC. MSC that is the leader in the shipping and logistics industry has been using its equipment and expertise to provide with 200 vessels that are filled with…

USCG Responds To Oil Discharge In Honolulu

USCG Responds To Oil Discharge In Honolulu

The Coast Guard is responding to an oil discharge near Pier 19 in Honolulu, Thursday. On Wednesday, a report about heavy oil discharge while bunkering operations with a barge was received by the watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Honolulu from the Kamokuiki vessel’s master. The discharge was secured immediately and the Vessel Response Plan was…

IMO Launches Online Tool To Smooth Reporting Formalities

IMO Launches Online Tool To Smooth Reporting Formalities

The Organization has made the tool that is used by software developers for the creation of systema for the exchange of data electronically, available online and free of charge. Bringing together the various administrative procedures thata are required when the ships enter or leave the port is a key part of the work of IMO….

Urgent Regional Cooperation Needed To Tackle Rising Piracy Attacks In Gulf Of Guinea

Urgent Regional Cooperation Needed To Tackle Rising Piracy Attacks In Gulf Of Guinea

Nine crew of the Norwegian flagged MV Bonita were kidnapped by pirates on the 2nd of November when the ship was at the anchor off the coast of Benin in West Africa. Two days after that i.e. on the 4th of November, four crew members of the Greek flagged Elka Aristotle were taken hostage off…

MSC Isabella – The 23656 TEU Giant Becomes Largest Container Ship To Call Port Of Singapore

MSC Isabella – The 23656 TEU Giant Becomes Largest Container Ship To Call Port Of Singapore

MSC Isabella – The 23656 TEU Giant Becomes Largest Container Ship To Call Port Of Singapore MSC Isabella has become the largest container ship ever to call on the PSA Singapore. The dimension of MSC Isabella is 400m length and 61m width and it has the capacity to carry about 23,656 standard twenty-foot containers. Mr….

Wärtsilä Simulators Provide Advanced Training To Bulgarian Maritime Students

Wärtsilä Simulators Provide Advanced Training To Bulgarian Maritime Students

Two more mini-bridge stimulators will be supplied by Wärtsilä to the Varna, Bulgaria located Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (NVNA). Various Wärtsilä stimulators are already being operated in the academy which are developed and supplied by Transas. The order was placed in Q2 2019. The hardware and software are included in the state-of-the-art solution of the…

IMO 2020 Compliant Fuels Require Increased Microbial Influenced Corrosion Care

IMO 2020 Compliant Fuels Require Increased Microbial Influenced Corrosion Care

Some necessary requirements have been brought into light by LuminUltra that is the microbial monitoring specialist about the quality of some compliant fuels as the maritime sector is getting ready to meet the sulphur cap that has been set by IMO which gets into force form January. Talking about the blend of biodiesel along with…