Just two years after its formation, the Milestone Chemical Tankers pool has been dissolved. The pool was started on 9 September 2013 by Mitsui OSK Lines subsidiary Tokyo Marine Asia and Norwegian ...
Milestone Chemical Tankers pool disbanded
SBI Offshore bags first solar power job
Singapore-listed SBI Offshore has won a contract for the sale of solar power in the Maldives. The contract marks SBI Offshore's first solar power contract after shareholders in September approved the ...
Major milestone for project ¡VAMOS!
The Viable Alternative Mining Operating System (¡VAMOS!) project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, now has conceptual design plans for a submerged mining vehicle ...
Indian Register of Shipping forms advisory committee in Singapore
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has established an advisory committee in Singapore in a bid to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia. The committee, comprising members from leading maritime ...
Hyundai’s GAIL tender under threat after L&T exit
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has been landed in a crisis to win orders from global fleet owners after its Indian partner, engineering and construction firm Larsen & ...
Deficient SMS blamed for enclosed space deaths
A casualty report into the enclosed space multiple deaths on board the bulk carrier Sally Ann C in March this year has been released. It points to an incomplete safety management system (SMS), absence ...
Tauranga dredging finally under way
After court battles lasting more than four years, the New Zealand port of Tauranga is widening and deepening its shipping channels from 12.9 m to 14.5 m inside the harbour, and 15.8 m outside. The ...
US sees LNG bunkering failures
American regulators recommend vessel operators review safety procedures based on recent 'near misses' that have occurred during bunkering operations. The US Coast Guard's Liquefied Gas Carrier ...
TSHD Hondarra delivered to Bayonne
Dutch-Spanish co-operation between Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) and Bilbao-based Astilleros de Murueta shipyard has seen the first dredger for the Chambre de Commerce d'Industrie de Bayonne Pays ...
MES buys German liquefied gas tank maker
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) has acquired German liquefied gas tank maker TGE Marine AG. MES said it will pay EUR164 million (USD200 billion) to acquire TGE Marine ...


