Fastnet Shipping Limited announced the recent introduction of MV Fastnet Rock to their growing fleet of support vessels. Fastnet Rock is the 3rd Addition to enter Fastnet Shipping’s fleet inside the past 12 months coming in after Fastnet Puffin, which was launched in February 2013 and Fastnet Skua, launched in April 2012. The addition of [...]
Mr. Li Zhengjian, Deputy General Manager of China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. (CIC), organized, on December 20th, an evening banquet for Mr. Demetrios Koukoulas who is the General Manager of TMS Bulkers Ltd. TMS Bulkers Ltd. is the dry cargo branch of Cardiff Marine Inc. In terms of gross tonnage, Cardiff takes the second biggest [...]
Ships and offshore units are specialist structures with high requirements for efficiency and availability throughout their entire life cycle. Many of the processes, from draft via production all the way to operation, can be supported by 3D models and computer graphics. How can the actual dimensions of a compartment be measured efficiently in case of [...]
Okskaya Shipyard, on Nov. 22nd, launched the sixth tanker of Project RST27, the V.F. Tanker-16. Project RST27 vessels are constructed for the shipping company V.F.Tanker (part of VBTH, majority owned by Universal Cargo Logistics Holding). All Project RST27 vessels are designed by Marine Engineering Bureau. New project tanker has increased river function comparing to other [...]
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to launch its latest technical paper in collaboration with the Cayman Island Shipping Registry (CISR). Developed to provide insight for a wide range of industry stakeholders, the paper examines aspects of the 2010 Passenger Yacht Code (PYC) which aims to provide a Safety of Life [...]
The shipping industry is on the verge of experiencing dramatic change with rising fuel costs and new regulations as outlined in the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) driving the industry to make drastic changes in the way it operates. Hundreds of thousands of dollars could potentially be saved by companies annually across the various [...]
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a Panamax Bulk carrier, m.v. Vishva Vijay on 25th October, 2012. The vessel is the third of the series of the four Panamax bulk carriers ordered by SCI with STX (Dalian) Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China. Orders for these vessels were placed in August 2008. These [...]
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s solutions and services provider, is to supply its recently introduced Wärtsilä X72 licensed engines to power six new vessels for two Singapore based shipping companies. Wärtsilä equipment will be installed on four container vessels that Pacific International Lines (PIL) has ordered from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), in China, and on [...]
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Bodewes Binnenvaart B.V., Damen Shipyards Group’s inland waterway shipyard, and inland shipping company QaGroup are set to launch an entirely new inland shipping concept, which they believe will set a new industry standard in inland shipping. Both companies have combined their knowledge as to designing and operating the vessel. Together they now offer a full [...]
Precious Shipping dry cargo ship-owner from Thailand has sold its four newbuild bulk carrier orders, placed with ABG Shipyard to Global Carriers Pte Ltd from Singapore amid the shipyard’s failure to deliver the vessels in time. “Due to indefinite delays in delivery dates and passing of the contractual cancellation dates of Hull 336 and 316 [...]
