Maersk Supply Services has turned to Chilean shipyard Asenav with an order for up to six offshore support vessels. AP Moller-Maersk’s offshore shipowning arm will pay $200m for the first two firm vessels and is sitting on options for four more. Asenav will wheel out the firm 150-tbp ships, which are designed for harsh-environment operations …
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Native group nears LNG deal Developers LNG projects proposed for the Canadian town of Kitimat are nearing a settlement on a native group’s complaint over shipping traffic. A deal would pave help pave the way for National Energy Board approval of the country’s first LNG export schemes. The Gitxaala Nation has raised concerns that LNG …
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A Scorpio Ship Management tanker has turned up the heat on the Northern Sea Route. The STI Heritage passed through the NSR in double-quick time. Its 73,956-dwt STI Heritage (built 2008) has raced through the passage in just eight days to set a new benchmark for international vessels. The ice-breaker assisted marker smashes the 15 …
SCF sets Arctic record Sovcomflot suezmax Vladimir Tikhonov will follow the Arctic sea route from Murmansk to its destination in Southeast Asia. But what makes this voyage unique is that it is the first time a tanker of this size has taking this route to Asia. The 160,000-dwt enhanced ice class 1A (Arc 4) ship …
Yards get more timeCanada has extended the deadline for four shipyards to submit bids for a massive $35bn newbuilding programme. Irving Shipbuilding, Seaway Marine, Victoria Shipyards and Davie Yards now have until 21 July – an extra two weeks – to file their papers. Davie Yards But the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) secretariat rejected …
A friend of mine described obtaining publicity as about as certain as throwing great gobs of over cooked spaghetti against a greased wall and foolishly hoping a few strands will stick. In our endeavours to get the name of TMS on everyones lips I have advertised in shipping magazines, paid for literature distribution at conferences, …
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I quote from this mornings Tradewinds, "Canada’s Nautisol is studying the feasibility of a new fast ferry service from Victoria to Vancouver, with the backing of foreign investors. The marine technology company’s boss Don Stein told local media that three overseas groups are ready with $150m in funding for the 90-minute run….. …If all goes …
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I've attached an article on the bottom of this post from a recent issue of Lloyd's LIst DCN from Australia.(LLDCN Is part of the Informa group who also publish Lloyd's List, the newspaper in the UK but are more of a semi-independent paper focused on multi-modal transport in Australia.) The Pacific Adventurer was a general …
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