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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >> >>| News Headlines ABS consulting completes design review for new approach to LNG storage tank construction 14 hours 57 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 10:39 ABS Consulting recently completed design review services for an approval in principle of the design of Hyundai Heavy Industries' (HHI) Modular Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Storage Tanks. Read more Source: Maritime Connector 20 more companies sign the Maritime Singapore Green Pledge 15 hours 28 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 10:08 Twenty more maritime companies came together today to sign the Maritime Singapore Green Pledge to signify their commitment towards promoting clean and green shipping in Singapore. They join the 40 companies that have already signed the Green Pledge so far. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Fire onboard ro-ro ship between Jutland and Copenhagen extinguished 16 hours 9 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 09:27 At around 02.30 on 4th December 2013, a fire broke out on the ro-ro vessel Corona Seaways, while the vessel was en route from Frederica to Copenhagen. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Shipbuilders Council of America Announces “SAVE OUR SHIPS� Campaign 16 hours 24 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 09:12 The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) announced the launch of SOS: SAVE OUR SHIPS, a national campaign focused on bringing attention to the devastating and unintended effects sequestration and budget uncertainty continue to have on the United States Navy and naval services, as well as thousands of American shipbuilding and repair workers. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Smuggling cartels, militants hinder revival of Somali port 16 hours 43 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 08:53 Al Qaeda-linked militants, drug smugglers and shadowy criminal networks stand in the way of the Somali federal government's hopes of hiring a foreign firm to manage the lucrative but run-down southern port of Kismayo. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Chemical experts eye port to load Syria toxins onto U.S. ship 16 hours 52 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 08:44 The United Nations and the global chemical weapons watchdog are awaiting approval from a country to use its port to load Syria's most deadly chemicals onto a U.S. ship for destruction offshore, the head of the mission said on Wednesday. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Rijeka traži investitore: Marina u Porto Barošu odmah, Delta etapno 17 hours 42 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 07:54 Uređenje Delte i Porto Baroša projekt je koji će promijeniti sliku Rijeke u ovom stoljeću i nakon kojega grad više neće biti isti, rekao je rije�ki gradona�elnik Vojko Obersnel na službenom predstavljanju rezultata natje�aja za izradu idejnog urbanisti�ko-arhitektonskog rješenja za uređenje budućeg waterfronta. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Smanjuje se 35 tisuća mirovina za 10 posto, ovaj put i mirovine pomoraca 17 hours 46 minutes ago Added: Dec 05, 2013 07:50 Vlada će u danas donijeti zakon kojim se smanjuju mirovine odobrene po posebnim uvjetima za oko 35 tisuća korisnika koji imaju bruto mirovinu iznad pet tisuća kuna. Mirovine, branitelj i pripadnika HVO-a, bivših saborskih zastupnika i �lanova Vlade, pripadnika NOR-a i JNA, odnosno mirovine koje su zbog krize i 2010. godine smanjene deset posto, od 1. sije�nja 2014. godine ponovno će biti srezane za isti postotak. Read more Source: Maritime Connector DHT holdings, Inc. announces agreements for two newbuilding VLCCs 1 day 11 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 13:57 DHT Holdings, Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the construction of two very large crude carriers with a contract price of $92.7 million each, including certain additions and upgrades to the standard specification. Read more Source: Maritime Connector France to allow armed security guards on its ships 1 day 15 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 09:48 France is to allow private armed guards to protect its shipping fleet against pirates, the government said on Tuesday. Read more Source: Maritime Connector DNV GL and SDARI introduce new green dolphin bulk carrier concept 1 day 16 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 09:29 DNV GL and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have introduced the Green Dolphin 575 concept design for a handymax bulk carrier. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Bureau Veritas Classes World’s Largest Bilobe LNG Tanks 1 day 16 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 08:48 International classification society Bureau Veritas is classing the world’s largest bilobe gas tanks. They are nearing completion at China’s Sinopacific yard and will be installed in a series of four 27,500 cu m semi-refrigerated LNG/Ethylene carriers building for Denmark’s Evergas. Read more Source: Maritime Connector G6 Alliance plans expansion to Trans-Pacific West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trades 1 day 16 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 08:45 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., a Member of the G6 Alliance today announced plans to expand their cooperation to the Asia-North America West Coast and Trans-Atlantic trade lanes. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Container firms order new ships to gain economies of scale 1 day 17 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 08:29 Global container shipping companies have a strong appetite for new vessels, despite existing overcapacity, because they want to trade up to larger ships to benefit from economies of scale, according to shipping analysts. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Shell floats hull for world’s largest floating facility 1 day 17 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 08:27 The 488-metre-long hull of Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has been floated out of the dry dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) yard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is currently under construction. Read more Source: Maritime Connector BP wins U.S. appeals court reprieve over some Gulf spill payments 1 day 17 hours ago Added: Dec 04, 2013 08:20 BP Plc won a legal reprieve in its effort to avoid payments to those whose losses were not traceable to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, potentially sparing the oil company of extra costs. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Russia's Putin approves LNG exports for Gazprom's rivals 2 days 14 hours ago Added: Dec 03, 2013 10:47 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law amendments that will allow rivals of state-owned Gazprom to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), bolstering hopes for Russia to boost its share of the global LNG market. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Over 3,000 Oil Tankers, Cargo Ships Escorted by Iranian Navy in 3 Years 2 days 14 hours ago Added: Dec 03, 2013 10:43 A senior Iranian commander praised the exceptionally good performance of the country's naval forces for maintaining security to the international waters by escorting thousands of vessels in the high seas. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Trial delayed in Alabama lawsuit over US cargo ship taken by pirates off Somalia in 2009 2 days 15 hours ago Added: Dec 03, 2013 10:32 An Alabama judge has delayed the trial over a lawsuit filed after Somali pirates took over a U.S. cargo ship in 2009. Read more Source: Maritime Connector Becker Marine Awarded Building Contract for First LNG Hybrid Barge 2 days 15 hours ago Added: Dec 03, 2013 10:16 Hamburg-based Hybrid Port Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co. KG, has awarded a building contract to Shipbuilding and Machinery of Komárno, Slovakia to build the world’s first LNG Hybrid Barge. Read more Source: Maritime Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 >> >>|