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Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) is investing MYR 1.4 billion (US$442 million) over the next three years in a modernization plan designed to meet the docking requirements of mega-container vessels.

Sempra US Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy will jointly develop the 21MW Auwahi wind farm in southeastern Maui, Hawaii.

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, has launched a marketing campaign to promote the strategic advantages of developing a container shipping port terminal in Sydney harbor.

Veripos has been awarded a two-year extension on its GNSS positioning contract with E R Offshore GmbH, the subsidiary of the Hamburg-based shipping organisation

ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has released the world’s first software package for use with the new IACS

Trelleborg Marine Systems, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, has been awarded the contract to supply the largest marine fender solution project in history for the state-of-the-art New Port Project (NPP) in Qatar.

The engineering company NavConsult AWSS GmbH & Co. KG from Brunsbüttel/Germany, completed a comprehensive transport project for offshore wind turbines.

On Wednesday 4 July 2012 Vroon took delivery of MV Peruvian Express, a 79,000-dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier, built at Cosco Dalian Shipyard, China.

The brand new Amels 212 has become the first superyacht in the world to be awarded a ̀̀̀̀̀̀̀̀Green Passport’ from Lloyds Register.

Croatian-based shipbuilder BRODOSPLIT on July 10 delivered the bulk carrier MV Solin. On behalf of the owner the delivery documentation

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has put in place a completely new IT-based certification and ship status system

ESL Shipping Ltd, part of Aspo Group, has sold its oldest ship, m/s Hesperia, for approx. EUR 3.3 million.

A report highlighting latest details of the plight of seafarers at the hands of Somali pirates was launched on Friday 22nd June

FRISIA-Offshore, located in Germany, and Offshore Wind Services BV from the Netherlands announced a cooperation agreement

Statoil ASA has exercised its option to extend their present contract with Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF), for hire of the large AHTS “Normand Ferking

On June 22 Simon Møkster has signed a contract with Astilleros Gondan in Spain for the building of the advanced Platform Supply Vessel of UT776 WP design.

A greater responsibility is to be bestowed on ship owners in relation to providing medical care to the crew members onboard their vessels

Sustainability legend Gro Harlem Brundtland, EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri

On 25 June 2012, the international Day of the Seafarer, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is asking people around the world

Equipment orders, software programming and initial construction have forged ahead at APM Terminals’ new 2.7 million TEU