The classification society, ClassNK has announced its official registration figures for 2012, revealing that the Tokyo based society registered nearly 1000 vessels totaling more than 25m gross tons in 2012.
Japan: ClassNK Sets New Records For Newbuildings And Class Transfers
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Egypt: Shipping through Suez Canal Safe
January 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is advising that most port operations are currently continuing in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez, and canal convoys have not been interrupted despite ongoing disturbances in Egypt and a state of emergency being declared in the three Suez canal cities.
Approval of LNG Tanker Technical Documentation for Gazprom Marketing and Trading Has Been Completed by RS
January 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has completed Approval in Principal of technical documentation for the LNG tanker that will form the basis of the LNG carrier fleet to meet the future needs of Gazprom Group.
Next Generation Vessel The Seven Viking To Set New Standard In The North Sea
January 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The cutting edge Seven Viking vessel, designed for operations in the harshest environments is being unveiled and named at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway, by Subsea 7, Eidesvik Offshore and Ulstein today, 30 January 2013.
Fairmount Tugs Deliver Tamar Jacket in Mediterranean Sea
January 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tugs Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Alpine have delivered the new build Noble Tamar jacket at location in the Tamar gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean. Both tugs towed the barge on which the jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus.
Conversion Of Ships To Gas Driven By Tidal Wave Of Interest
January 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
FC Business Intelligence says: With the high price of low sulphur diesel and increasingly aggressive Emissions control areas (ECAs) in US waters, shipping firms and gas giants are looking to LNG as the next step in the evolution of marine fuel.
General Dynamics NASSCO and Totem Ocean Trailer Express Finalize Design Contract for LNG Conversion of Orca Class
January 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it has finalized a contract with Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) to design the conversion of the company’s two existing Orca Class, diesel-electric trailerships to liquefied natural gas (LNG) propulsion.
ABS Grants Energy Management Certifications to Leading Maritime Organizations
January 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
ABS, a leading provider of global classification services, today announced the certification of several maritime industry leaders for adopting energy management systems.
ExxonMobil Supports LNG Free Trade
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Major oil company ExxonMobil supports export of US Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) which it considers will benefit the whole economy.
USS New York ‘Best of Class’
January 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sales Division aboard amphibious landing dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) received the “Best Ship of Class Ship Store Sales and Service Award” for fiscal year 2011, Jan. 22.
