Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in cruise travel, today announced the addition of free and reduced airfare to its long-standing Free at Sea program, providing guests with even more freedom, flexibility and value to design their ideal cruise vacation. With over 200 airports across the U.S., Canada and Europe included, guests can take advantage of…
End of July, TGE Marine Gas Engineering signed the contract for one of the world’s first floating storage and regasification units (FSRU) for the design and supply of the cargo handling system and tank material package with Jiangnan Shipyard group. The 28,000 m3 capacity barge type FRU was ordered by TEMA LNG which is backed…
Carisbrooke Shipping can confirm the arrest of a crew member of our cargo vessel, Jacqueline C during her stay in Valleyfield, Canada. The vessel underwent a customs search resulting in a number of bags being removed and the crew member being detained. Canadian authorities have identified the contents of the bags as cocaine, and we…
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) conducted a ferry emergency exercise to test the readiness of various agencies in responding to ferry mishaps in the Port of Singapore. More than 100 personnel from ten organisations (Annex) took part in the exercise at sea near Kukor Buoy. The exercise scenario involved the evacuation of…
APL’s Eagle Express X (EXX) service is living up to be just the solution for precise logistics planning of shippers on the Trans-Pacific. Amid capacity shortage and logistics crunch at ports on the US west coast; and extreme weather like Typhoons that hit Asia, the EXX service has been fulfilling its fast 11-day ocean transit…
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd (“Trafigura”), one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, has named the first of its 35 crude oil and product tankers being built in South Korea and China. The naming ceremony took place at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Jeolanam-do, in the southwest of South Korea in the presence…
Two of Iskes Towage’s vessels, the Damen ASD Tugs 3212 Mars and Mercurius, have been officially named at a ceremony held at IJmuiden Port, Amsterdam. The naming formed part of an event held to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Iskes Towage & Salvage, which was formed by Ben Iskes, the father of…
LR announced during a presentation at Gastech – the leading exhibition and conference for the global gas, LNG and energy industries held 17-20 September in Barcelona, Spain – an AiP to Wison with respect to their 300MW FSRP concept design. FSRPs are a relatively new design concept and the market is expected to expand in…
MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply the propulsion system for 7 × 109-metre Russian factory trawlers. Tersan shipyard will build the first vessel in Yalova, Turkey for Russian Fishery Company (RFC) with a scheduled delivery date of July 2020. The following six identical vessels will be constructed in Russia. Lex Nijsen –…
As digitalization continues to reshape the maritime industry, the first commercial autonomous vessels are due to launch in the next several years. To help build a safety culture around these new technologies, DNV GL has released a new class guideline covering autonomous and remotely operated ships. “A new set of sensor, connectivity, analysis, and control…
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