PORTUGAL RATIFIES HONG KONG CONVENTION FOR SAFER SHIP RECYCLING
Portugal is the latest country to accede to IMO’s Hong Kong Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships.
The convention covers the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of ships, and preparation for...
CMES FIRMS UP DEAL TO BUILD 2+4 METHANOL-POWERED ROROS
China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) has signed a deal with China Merchants Industry for the construction of two methanol-powered dual-fuel Roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships.
The company said that the contract for the two firm 9,3000 CEU...
PIRATES SEIZE MONJASA PRODUCT TANKER IN GULF OF GUINEA
A chemical tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded by pirates on Saturday, March 25, some 140 nautical miles West of Port Pointe-Noire, DR Congo.
A group of five pirates approached the tanker in a skiff before...
WORK STARTS ON LARGE, AUTONOMOUS 3D PRINTED FERRY FOR PARIS OLYMPICS
Work is started on building the largest ever 3D printed ferry as part of a new project sponsored by France to highlight innovations in sustainable and autonomous shipping. Voies Navigables de France, the country’s...
DORIAN LPG WELCOMES ITS 1ST DUAL-FUEL LPG CARRIER
Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has delivered the 84,000 cbm dual-fuel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier, Captain Markos, to US-headquartered LPG shipping company Dorian LPG.
The vessel, delivered on 31 March, is Dorian’s first...
SYDNEY VESSEL CAPTAIN FINED $5,000 FOR BREACHING CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION
A Sydney commercial vessel master was convicted earlier this month for breaching a condition on a vessel’s certificate of operation and fined $5,000, after a successful prosecution by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions,...
COAST GUARD AIDS IN RESCUING FOUR FROM SINKING TUGBOAT IN TEXAS
The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting that it was called out to aid with the rescue effort for four crewmembers working on a tugboat that began taking on water in Sabine Pass, Texas, Friday....
RVO OPENS €45.5 MILLION TENDER FOR GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYS AT NEDERWIEK OFFSHORE WIND ZONE
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender for offshore geotechnical investigations at the Nederwiek Wind Farm Zone.
The contracts to be awarded under the tender, which is divided into two lots, are valued...
SYSTEM TO PREVENT BOXSHIP PARAMETRIC ROLLING RECEIVES AIP FROM LR
A new software system, developed as part of a joint project between shipbuilding Hyundai Heavy Industries, Eastern Pacific Shipping, and Lloyd’s Register, has received critical approval in the effort to prevent excessive rolls for...
HYEKOTANK PROJECT MOVES FORWARD AS PARTNERS DISCUSS PROCEDURES
HyEkoTank project partners have discussed the procedures that the consortium will follow during the project’s implementation period as well as the work to be carried out in the upcoming period.
The consortium includes TECO 2030...