Our Maritime Business Magazines

Bureau Veritas has emphasised its global strength and the diversity of services it delivers in its annual group global Activity Report and its separate Marine and Offshore Business Review. The Bureau Veritas 2012 Activity Report provides a global picture of the Group’s performance and key achievements in 2012 and highlights the diversity of services...

Harris Pye marked another milestone in their bid for further global expansion last week with the opening of their brand new company in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This company was established to centralize engineering teams to support global business dealings with regard to offshore. Mark Prendergast Group Managing Director commented, “This...

Alnmaritec recently delivered a new 50 passenger ferry to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors JV who are currently building the Forth Replacement Crossing over the Firth of Forth for the client, the Scottish Government. The £790M new bridge will sit alongside the famous Forth Road and Rail bridges and will be 1.7 miles long,...

Marine electronics specialist MARIS AS has completed an ECDIS (electronic chart data information systems) technical training programme to enhance support services covering North America and the Caribbean. The initiative is part of its commitment to the Global Distribution & Service Agreement with IMTECH MARINE. Engineers in IMTECH MARINE’s service network covering US and Caribbean...

ITI GmbH, one of the global leaders in CAE and system simulation for marine und offshore applications, today announced that for the first time a marine application of the interdisciplinary simulation software SimulationX has passed Germanischer Lloyd’s (GL) type approval certification. The SimulationX software module “Marine Propeller” for the calculation of ice impact induced...

The Ministry of Defence in Oman has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract for the construction of a Sail Training Vessel (STV). The 87-metre square rigged, three-masted steel clipper and will take up her role as flagship. In addition to its key role of training young Omani navy cadets and officers, the new clipper...

A 400-tonne keel section was laid today in dry dock at the Monfalcone shipyard at a ceremony to mark the start of actual ship build of a new passenger ship for P&O Cruises, a brand of the Carnival Group, the world’s leading cruise operator. The 3,611 passenger vessel, due to be launched in March...

Rotterdam is set for a new bridge, crossing the ‘Oude Maas’. The Botlek bridge construction, which began in 2011, recently relied upon the services of Van der Vlist at their recently AEO accredited Moerdijk terminal. Having taken a delivery of 8 large parts, Van der Vlist were charged with storing and assisting with the...

Equipped with Liebherr’s Pactronic hybrid power booster, the LHM 550 of Galigrain S.A. demonstrates the capability of this innovative system. In 2011, Liebherr has delivered a LHM 550 to Galigrain S.A., Marín, located on the west coast of Spain. Galigrain’s first state-of-the-art mobile harbour crane is mainly used for bulk operation. This includes various...

For the Dutch shipbuilding industry 2012 was a challenging year. In general the industry was able to achieve relatively good results. The various shipbuilding categories however showed a mixed picture. Holland Shipbuilding Association hereby presents you a statistical overview of the Dutch shipbuilding cluster in 2012. New constructions of seagoing vessels Although Dutch shipbuilders...

The maritime industry is cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition “Chittagong Blues & The Shipbreakers” on Wednesday 29th May. The exhibition features – for the first time in Belgium – the artistic creations of German sculptress Nele Ströbel, who travelled to one of the world’s biggest graveyards of ships in Chittagong,...

STX Offshore & Shipbuilding recently announced that it has signed a contract to build four 113,000-dwt Long Range 2 (LR2) product tankers for Teekay Tankers Ltd. (Teekay Tankers), with an option for up to an additional 12 vessels. Each newbuilding will be powered by an MAN B&W G60ME-C engine and will satisfy IMO environmental...

Safebridge, the Internet-based simulation training specialist, has now released its E-learning courseware for training and certification on the new ECDISPILOT Basic and Platinum models. Courseware development for Chartpilot and Multipilot models is also well advanced. “The introduction of training for a further ECDIS manufacturer means that we are now able to offer the industry...

The offshore market remains buoyant, with exploration and production driving new fleet investment, design innovation in vessel efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Operations in more challenging offshore environments are also demanding enhanced vessel manoeuvrability, station-keeping and overall safety, in line with tightening regulations. The sector’s opportunities and its cutting edge technology will be on...

Classification society ClassNK received the Safety at Sea Award at the Seatrade Awards 2013 held at Guildhall, City of London on 10 May for its efforts to improve the safety of nickel ore carriage. This marks the first time that ClassNK has received an award at the Seatrade Awards, which are held every year...

The Port of Felixstowe has received the prestigious ‘Best Container Terminal in Europe’ Award at the 27th Annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (the AFSCAs). The award was presented to the Port at a glittering ceremony held in Beijing. The prestigious AFSCA awards honour the respective winning organizations for demonstrating leadership as well...

Since the integration of Ned-Deck Marine into the PALFINGER GROUP in 2010, the Business Area PALFINGER MARINE has strengthened its position as a deck equipment supplier in the maritime, offshore and wind industries worldwide. Based on these positive developments and to enable the communication of a single strong brand name to the market, the...

Jotun has launched Jotachar JF750, the next-generation passive fire protection (PFP) coating system that significantly reduces installation time and cuts material costs. Following an extensive development and testing programme, the launch of Jotun’s new mesh free PFP helps owners, fabricators and applicators save time, lower costs and reduce risks compared to systems that require...

CAPSA (Compañía Auxiliar del Puerto, SA), the container logistics company at the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company, part of Grup Maritim TCB since 1999, has gradually improved its operational capacity thanks to experience and innovation. In 2012 it handled 268,000 TEUs, up by more than 70% compared...

NUTEP, one of the leading container terminal operators in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, has completed the latest phase of its ambitious development programme with the upgrade of its railway facilities there. The company has removed the original rail lines, constructed a new yard at the rear of the terminal and increased overall...

Van Oord has been awarded two pipe lay projects for its new shallow water pipe lay vessel Stingray. The total value of these contracts is approximately USD 80 million (more than EUR 60 million). In Ulsan, Korea, Van Oord has been awarded the new SPM (Single Point Mooring) construction project for the S-Oil refinery....

Singapore, France’s largest trading partner in Southeast Asia and the third largest in Asia, is the fourth largest recipient of French investments in Asia, behind China, Japan and Hong Kong. The country’s strong growth in recent years was supported by an increase of large projects and major French companies were able to win a...

Tests undertaken by Parat Halvorsen on oil spill response equipment (OSR) for offshore supply vessels reveal significant deficiencies with systems using hot water coils. Norway’s leading supplier of steam-based solutions undertook a series of trials after a number of lower cost hot water coil alternatives entered the market. Kim Kristensen, Marine and Offshore, Parat...

Caterpillar Global Petroleum is pleased to announce Cat® C280-16 generator sets with an increased power rating have been selected by Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, to power the Moss Maritime designed CS60 West Rigel. The West Rigel is a semisubmersible drilling rig newbuild under construction for North Atlantic Drilling Limited, a subsidiary...

A leading technology specialist who has a track record in Formula 1 and aircraft industry is successfully applying his expertise to the oil and gas industry after being appointed by global energy services company Senergy. Lesmana Djayapertapa specialises in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) which is used to study the dynamics of elements that flow...