Maritime security leader AdvanFort this month added a new ocean platform, the SG ARIZONA, to complete its unique pre-deployed offshore support vessel (OSV) network in the piracy High Risk Area (HRA) in and around the Gulf of Aden.  “Named after...

Cargo Care has made an important contribution in the battle to minimise operating costs. In a difficult year for the shipping industry, with bunker costs rising and shipowners and ship managers finding they can no longer postpone essential...

International oilfield service company, Expro, has been awarded a $4.5 (£2.9) million one year contract for the supply of 7 3/8" completion landing string services in China. This contract will enable Expro to capitalise on an emerging and highly...

Second order for new Stavanger office Just a few months after opening an office in Stavanger, Damen Shipyards is set to deliver a second Stan Tug to a Norwegian owner - EB Marine A/S - a family-owned diving company, which is one of the oldest...

Hamburg: Optimising the human element in shipping, requires a holistic approach with owners, operators, regulators, crewing agencies and managers and class all working together. In recognition of the vital role of crew members, GL Maritime...

Rosetti Marino, a turnkey builder of oil platforms and service vessels for the offshore sector, has chosen a Lankhorst LankoForce rope for bollard pull testing for its new platform supply vessels (PSV) and anchor handling tugs. The rope was used...

Technology to automatically counter the threat of GPS jamming has been successfully demonstrated for the first time, it was announced today.  On several excursions aboard the THV Galatea out of Harwich, UK, ACCSEAS (Accessibility for Shipping...

Palm Bay, Florida, USA (7th March 2013): - Globe Wireless, a leading provider of communications, operational and IT solutions to the maritime industry, today announced that NSB will standardize 85 vessels of their fleet with the Globe iFusion...

On 21 February in Busan, Korea, the Korean Register of Shipping formally opened a newly built education and training center dedicated to international shipping and shipbuilding professionals. The four storey, 5,500 square meter facility houses 13...

  Hamburg/Germany, 7 March 2013 - A comprehensive programme awaited the attendees at Germanischer Lloyd's (GL) latest forum in Hamburg. The Forum looked at a broad spectrum of topics concerning container shipping including: stowage and lashing...