Piriou moves into offshore wind
French shipbuilding and repair group Piriou has announced a move into the offshore wind farm support market.
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Australian ferry builder Incat Tasmania’s “world-first” high speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry has achieved a lightship speed of 58.1 knots (107.6 ki...
STX Pan Ocean in receivership
STX Pan Ocean, one of South Korea's largest shipping companies, has filed for receivership.
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STX Pan Ocean in receivership
STX Pan Ocean, one of South Korea's largest shipping companies, has filed for receivership.
Hamburg Süd announces new South Africa – South America service
From July, 2013, Hamburg Süd will be offering a new service from South Africa to Argentina and Brazil (SABR Service) in co-operation with Nile Dutch....
Shipowners’ Club shows growth and long-term stability
Marine insurer Shipowners’ Club has achieved a very good result for the year ended February 2013, despite still-difficult economic conditions...
Oil production starts at FPSO unit in the Lula Field
Oil production has started on the 'Cidade de Paraty', a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit chartered by Petrobras and deployed...
Breakthrough for LNG container ships
China makes use of German expertise In April 2013 the Hamburg company TECHNOLOG sold licences to the SUMEC Marine Company of Nanjing, China, for...
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"The fastest ship in the world"
Australian ferry builder Incat Tasmania’s “world-first” high speed dual-fuel vehicle and passenger ferry has achieved a lightship speed of 58.1...
Piriou moves into offshore wind
French shipbuilding and repair group Piriou has announced a move into the offshore wind farm support market.
Kotug holds naming ceremony for RT 'Ambition'
International maritime service provider KOTUG recently celebrated the christening ceremony of the RT 'Ambition', one of the latest-generation RotorTugs,...
Safehaven pilot boats battle big storm [VIDEO]
Irish boat builder Safehaven Marine has released a dramatic video documenting two 11.7 metre 'Interceptor' new buildings braving a big storm with 10...
'Kongsborg' named in Stavanger
Faroe Islands-based marine services provider Skansi Offshore has recently named the company's fifth new building, the 'Kongsborg', at a ceremony in...
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Crocodiles scare away African fishermen
The Nile crocodile can be found all throughout the African continent Fishermen in Lupembe in the Karonga district of northern Malawi have...
Culprit behind massive shrimp die-offs in Asia unmasked
Bacterium responsible for Early Mortality Syndrome of shrimp – crucial first step in finding effective ways to combat the disease In what has been...
NOAA reports six more stocks rebuilt in 2012
The United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reported that six more fish stocks were declared rebuilt in 2012, bringing...
Rolls-Royce wins repeat order for live fish carrying ship
Rolls-Royce has signed a repeat order for a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish. This will be the second vessel of this type...
Bangladesh's largest fisher completes trials
Western Fishers completes trials of Bangladesh's largest fishing vessel Western Fishers Shipyard (WFSL), a joint venture between Western Marine...
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Sold-out WOC global ocean business forum tackles ocean sustainability challenges
More than 200 representatives of the ocean business...
WOC makes summit presentations available online
The Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013 was held from...
What's the price of Australia's marine parks propaganda?
Queensland Senator Ron Boswell has called on Environment...
IMarEST unveils key marine science career pathway outcomes
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science...
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