Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading
maritime services provider, advises that thickening sea ice, resulting
from particularly low temperatures across Eastern Europe, is causing
disruption to shipping across the Black Sea.
Port Tracker: 2012 European imports to flatten after 3.9pc rise in 2011 THE 2011 total import growth in Europe was forecast at 3.9 per cent with
North European exports expected to grow five per cent and the
Mediterranean and Black Sea regions 1.8 per cent, said the recent Global
Port Tracker Report by Hackett Associates and the Bremen Institute of
Shipping Economics and Logistics. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 22:33
Samsung designs tailor-made 13,200 TEU ship to transit Panama Canal KOREA's Samsung Heavy Industries is designing a 13,200-TEU ship that
will exactly fit the expanded Panama, which would will tilt the scales
to the advantage of US east and Gulf ports at the expense of the west
coast, according to the Maritime Professional journal.
Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 22:23
Drewry: Carriers hit on-time high with Maersk, Hanjin and Cosco leading CONTAINER service reliability reached a new high in the final quarter of
2011 with an on-time average of 69 per cent across all the trades
covered by the latest Drewry's Schedule Reliability Insight report. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 22:17
Crude shipments from Turkey’s Ceyhan total 1.36 brlAccording to statistics unveiled by Botas International Limited (BIL), the operator of the Turkish section of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (BTC), from June 2, 2006 through February 1, 2012 the volume of crude oil exports through Ceyhan terminal has totaled 1.36 billion barrels, or 1769 oil tankers, 1news.az reported. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 12:56
Chinese yard delivers fuel efficient bulk carrier AQUILAThe 57,000 dwt Aquila, delivered to its owner Delphin, is incorporated with the Mewis Duct, a propulsion improvement device for ships. The duct is able to reduce power requirement by improving water inflow toward the propeller to achieve higher overall propulsion efficiency. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 12:49
Seafarer fatigue research results revealedMajor advances in the scientific understanding of the way in which watchkeeping patterns can affect the sleepiness levels of ships’ officers have been claimed in a new report, following a major research project. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 12:46
IMO Secretary-General expresses deep sympathy for Rabaul Queen victimsIMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu has extended his sincere condolences to friends and families of all those who have been caught up in the MV Rabaul Queen sinking in Papua New Guinea. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 12:43
Two bodies found inside wreck of sunken VeraOn Feb 4 divers have recovered the bodies of two of the eight missing crew members from the "Vera". The bodies were found inside the ship. The ship's second and third officers and its cook were rescued but the other eight crew members, including the captain, were reported missing. Sunday, 05.Feb.2012, 11:56
TAMROTOR Marine Compressors (TMC) of Norway has received orders for 40
TMC SA 30 'Smart Air' compressors to be fitted on 20 Triple-E ships that
are being built for Maersk Line by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering.
JAPAN's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has appointed Ocean Maritime Services
Shipping Agency Tourism and Trading (OMS) as its new shipping agent in
Istanbul, which will manage activities in Turkey from February 1.
A Maltese-flagged cargo ship with 14 crewmembers on board caught fire off Crimea in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Sunday.
MOODY'S, one of the big three credit ratings agencies, has downgraded
Japan's two biggest carriers, MOL and NYK, saying oversupply of vessel
in the industry will reduce cashflow and make debts difficult to pay,
reported Bunkerworld.
The saga of a ship that has been docked in St. John’s harbour for almost 16 months should soon reach its end, as news spread Thursday of the MV Lyubov Orlova’s sale to a buyer based in the Caribbeans.
Ayşe Çaman (65) from Espiye, Giresun province, has been a miller for 50 years. She is the only miller left in her village and wants to continue with her job for as long as she can.
The European Union agreed this week to introduce a ban on Iranian oil imports to the EU. Iran’s response was unequivocal. The strait “would definitely be closed if the sale of Iranian oil is violated in any way,” a member of Iran’s influential national security committee in parliament, Mohammad Ismail Kowsari, said on Monday.
As the USS Oak Hill docked in Virginia Beach, Citlalic Snell stood on terra firma, anxiously awaiting her girlfriend Marissa Gaeta’s arrival. The couple was set to share the traditional first kiss as the sailors disembarked, marking the first time a gay or lesbian couple has taken such an honor. Of course, this might sound like a well-timed publicity stunt, considering DADT’s repeal just three months ago. But alas, it was not: the couple won the opportunity in a raffle. The “first kiss” is often given out in a raffle or competition to a fleet of sailors arriving home. It’s a Navy tradition, that Gaeta could now compete for.
Costa Concordia: A major navigational error, or what?
Ayşe Çaman (65) from Espiye, Giresun province, has been a miller for 50 years. She is the only miller left in her village and wants to continue with her job for as long as she can.
