Press Releases

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry increased in the three months ended May 2012, to reach their highest level since February 2011, according to

Middletown, RI – June 28, 2012 – Following extensive onboard tests of maritime communications systems, Tokyo-based Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line)

Clay Maitland, managing partner of International Registries LLC (which administers the Marshall Islands ship registry, the world’s third largest),

India’s Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd. has signed a contract to sell “Jag Viraj”, a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier. The 1991-built

The latest innovation in ORBIT’s expanding line of next‐generation VSAT portfolio, OrSat™300 is an inherently flexible maritime stabilized

International container shipping company, Box Ships Inc., (NYSE: TEU), announced today it has taken delivery of its eighth vessel, the OOCL Hong Kong, a

Rolls-Royce announced today that their MT30 gas turbine engine has been selected by the South Korean Navy to power a new FFX frigate. This is the first order

Think your satellite internet antenna can handle the harshest offshore environments? This short video shot at the Sea Tel headquarters in Concord, California

BIMCO announced today that the organisation’s new US Liaison Officer is to be Vice Admiral Brian Salerno, who has retired from the United States Coast

SkyWave Mobile Communications today announced the first deployment of IsatData Pro by Kemilinks International (Kemilinks), a developer of web-based and client

O3b Networks today announced a milestone multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to provide high-speed satellite-delivered

Independent Australian grain-handling company, Newcastle Agri Terminal, has signed a contract for a new flexibly-designed Siwertell ship loading system from

Technip was awarded by EnQuest Britain Limited a contract for the development of the Alma and Galia fields, located 310 kilometers Southeast of Aberdeen,

The Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has placed an order for a total of 160 separators of the new eagleclass generation with

The National Hurricane Center reports today that Tropical Storm Chris has become a post-tropical cyclone, centered at midday Friday about 335 miles

Flagship Management, LLC of Pompano Beach, FL announced today the appointment of Doug Ward, former Director of HR at ABS Americas, to their team of maritime

A new guide from Lloyd’s Register provides owners and operators with the technical information to reduce emissions in a cost-effective manner.  

Effective from January 2013, Mr. Craig Jasienski has been appointed new president and CEO for EUKOR Car Carriers Inc., succeeding Mr. Sjur Galtung who will be

Tokyo – ClassNK has announced the release of new amendments to the ClassNK Rules on 15 June 2012. ClassNK constantly reevaluates its Technical Rules and

Tokyo – ClassNK announced today that it signed an agreement with the Lithuanian Maritime Safety Administration on 14 June 2012 granting ClassNK the