In January 2017, ALMACO was contracted by MEYER WERFT to provide catering solutions for British Saga Cruises’ vessel The Spirit of Adventure. ALMACO’s scope of work included the engineering, supply installation and commissioning of galleys, pantries and bar equipment. The Spirit of Adventure was handed over to the owner on the 29th of September in […]
Satcom Global has added a new satellite to the Ku-band Aura VSAT network, expanding coverage and capacity across the North Pacific. The addition of NSS-6 will augment the existing satellite footprint in place over the Pacific Ocean, providing enhanced coverage and improved connectivity for Satcom Global customers sailing trans-Pacific trade routes, as well as providing […]
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment is driving more investment into its marine fire service business. The inauguration of VIKING’s Foam Lab Odense, which specializes in the testing of a vessel’s reserves of firefighting foam, intensifies the company’s focus on marine fire service, a segment earmarked for significant growth in the coming years. “Our ambition is to […]
Today, towage operator Svitzer Europe has announced that Mattias Hellström has taken up the role of Chief Commercial Officer from 1st December 2020, reporting to Svitzer Europe’s Managing Director, Lise Demant. Mattias has more than 25 years of experience in shipping and towage, and joined Svitzer Europe in 2014 as Managing Director for Scandinavia. His […]
Hafnia is the world’s number one oil product tanker owner and operator. Affiliated with the BW Group, it provides transportation of oil and oil products to leading national and international oil companies, major chemical companies, as well as trading and utility companies. Hafnia operates a fleet of 182 vessels in pools including newbuilds, of which […]
After an all-out search effort in the far-flung waters of the Western Pacific, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two fishermen off the coast of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands. The fishermen and their 20-foot boat had been missing since Thanksgiving morning. On November 26, the Sector Guam Command Center received a report from a […]
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts recently detonated a large WWII-era mine trawled up by fishermen in the Firth of Clyde. The team from Northern Diving Group, based at Faslane, went into action after the wartime device – laid by a German submarine off the island of Ailsa Craig – was recovered. The trawler’s seven crew […]
Waterfront Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Methanex Corporation, ordered eight additional methanol dual-fuel vessels to its fleet. These vessels are part of the company’s fleet renewal program expanding the number of methanol vessels that it operates. The new vessels, which will be built in partnership with Marinvest/Skagerack Invest, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), Meiji Shipping Co., […]
A group of environmentalists and politicians is calling for accelerated efforts to develop a Mediterranean Emission Control Area similar to the ones that have been in place for the past few years in other parts of Europe. At a conference staged to highlight the issues of air quality in the Mediterranean, they contended that the […]
Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Rolls-Royce purchased the company from the Indian engineering, procurement and construction projects, manufacturing, defense and services group Larsen & Toubro. Servowatch, based in Heybridge, Essex, will expand the ship automation division of Rolls-Royce’s Power […]
A US GSA has teamed up with an European all-cargo carrier to introduce new capacity on the US – UK lane. JFK-based Aviacargo, a leading airline cargo management company specialising in the broadest spectrum of cargo sales and service for international airlines, has teamed up European Cargo in both Western Europe and North America to […]
The UK has become the first country in the world to give approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. The UK’s medical regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has announced the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against COVID-19 illness, is safe and will be rolled out next week from its manufacturing […]
