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Ship&Offshore
14.12.2010
Ship Operation

Latest transport data points to stagnating growth

According to latest data compiled by the International Transport Forum at the OECD on global freight flows since the financial crisis of 2008, recovery is uncertain and weak.

Ship&Offshore
14.12.2010
Shipbuilding

Appointments at ABS Houston

Vice President, External Affairs for ABS Jean Gould has been appointed Vice President, External Affairs for ABS within the classification society’s corporate headquarters in Houston. Jean Gould will be responsible for a wide range of activities…

Ship&Offshore
14.12.2010
Shipbuilding

Type vessel of new MPC series

The Rickmers Group has taken delivery of "Rickmers Masan", its tenth MPC (multi-purpose carrier).

Ship&Offshore
13.12.2010
Offshore

Vessel no 2 confirmed

In July this year Kleven Maritime entered into a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the delivery of one advanced Platform Service Vessel of the VS 489 LNG design, with one optional vessel to be declared before December 1st 2010. This option has now been declared.

Ship&Offshore
13.12.2010
Shipbuilding

Agreement regarding offshore co-operation in China

TTS Group has entered into a strategic co-operation agreement with the Chinese shipbuilding group, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) regarding drilling equipment to the offshore industry.

 

Ship&Offshore
13.12.2010
Ship Operation

New passenger boarding bridges for Singapore

Team, Barcelona, designer and manufacturer of sophisticated Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals, has recently been contracted by Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to design, manufacture and deliver three Passenger Boarding…

Ship&Offshore
13.12.2010
Ship Operation

Strategic stake in South Vietnam deepwater port

Thoresen Thai Agencies Plc. (“TTA”), Bangkok, invests in a strategic stake in Baria Serece, which controls Phu My Port, South Vietnam’s largest dry cargo deepwater port, capable of receiving up to 6 million metric tons of agricultural products, coal, and fertiliser.

Ship&Offshore
10.12.2010
Offshore

Improved safety and decision making in the Strait of Gibraltar

For several years the Spanish government has utilized wave buoys near the Ports of Tarifa and Algeciras in the Strait of Gibraltar to provide wave data to local maritime stakeholders. While this data is useful, the relative small size of the buoys…

Ship&Offshore
10.12.2010
Shipbuilding

Delivery of capesize new building vessel

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., a global, vertically integrated seaborne shipping and logistics company based at Piräus, announced that the Capesize vessel "Navios Luz" of 179,144 dwt was delivered from a South Korean shipyard to Navios Holdings'…

Ship&Offshore
10.12.2010
Shipbuilding

"Arlington" launched

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Shipbuilding sector successfully launched the company's newest amphibious transport dock ship "Arlington".