Posted on: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 By: Szymanski Seacurus Daily: Top Ten Maritime News Stories 02/10/2015 1. Nigeria Seizes Tanker The Nigerian military has seized the M/T Askja which is ...
Top Ten Maritime News Stories 02/10/2015
Crew Costs are Down
By MarEx 2015-10-01 20:48:22 International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says total annual operating costs in the shipping industry fell by an average of 0.8 percent in 2014. ...
Crowley Maritime Leads its Own LNG Revolution
By Wendy Laursen 2015-10-01 20:12:56 Crowley Maritime took delivery of Ohio, the first of four new, Jones Act, 50,000 dwt product tankers this week from Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. The delivery is ...
China Asks U.S. For Respect and Trust
By Reuters 2015-10-01 18:48:17 China hopes the United States can scale back activities that run the risk of misunderstandings, and respect China's core interests, the Defense Ministry on Thursday ...
Golar FLNG Project Cleared
By MarEx 2015-10-01 15:47:40 The final investment decision has been made on Cameroon’s floating LNG (FLNG) project that will use Golar LNG’s Hilli carrier. The agreement between Cameroon’s ...
Arctic Ice Still Too Thick for Shipping
By MarEx 2015-10-01 15:01:11 Though the recession of the ice caps is a foreboding global issue, its one anticipated benefit has been the creation of new shipping lanes in previously unnavigable ...
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 ...
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