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Shipping News and information / Ocean Creatures struggle with light pollution - Harbour lights

« on: July 23, 2015, 05:02:45 AM »

Scientists believe that the night-time illumination is altering the behavior of some animals that attach to vessels' hulls. Keel worms, for example, are lured in by the lights.It's very sad that artificial lighting in harbours is attracting sea creatures that damage ships and boats, a study suggests.

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Shipping News and information / Laregest vessel CMA CGM Georg Forster Christened, France

« on: July 16, 2015, 06:26:11 AM »

Good to hear that latest of the CMA CGM

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Shipping News and information / Custom-built dual purpose ship - Aranui 5, French Polynesia

« on: July 09, 2015, 04:50:33 AM »

One of the major Shipbuilding firm Huanghai constructing Aranui 5 Dual-purpose passenger/cargo ship and it is going to transport food supplies between the remote islands of the South Pacific Ocean.It was launched in Feb'2015 and it is scheduled to sail on mid of 2016.It will be operated in the island of French Polynesia in France.

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Shipping News and information / Kleven books order for two Rolls-Royce design stern trawlers

« on: June 25, 2015, 04:33:42 AM »

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract worth more than

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Shipping News and information / Giant Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker, Project 22220 LK-60-Russia

« on: June 19, 2015, 04:36:38 AM »

Arctic is the first vessel in the series of three Project 22220 LK-60 Nuclear Icebreakers being built for Atomflot by Baltic Shipyard Shipbuilding.The keel of the new icebreaker, known as Siberia, was laid down during a ceremony on Tuesday that coincided with Baltic Shipyard

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Shipping News and information / Maersk Voyager Drilling Ship, Denmark

« on: June 12, 2015, 04:23:11 AM »

One of the major firm Maersk Drilling received a 3.5-year charter contract from Eni Ghana Exploration and Production for Maersk Voyager in March 2015. The vessel designed to allow effective construction and site development activities through parallel and offline processes.It's overall length of 228m, width of 42m and a depth of 19m. It features a 25.6m x 12.5m moonpool, can operate at a water depth of 3,600m (12,000ft.
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Shipping News and information / Programme on improving seafarers

« on: June 05, 2015, 05:51:18 AM »

New programme geared towards preventing mental health issues among seafarers has recently set sail.Smith's Wellness at Sea programme tackled this issue head-on.We know that many seafarers live under the constant threat of piracy attacks.In December 2014, the society co-opted him and today's scheme was born. On 22 April 2015, it was launched during the Singapore Maritime Week at the Sea Asia 2015 conference.

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Shipping News and information / MS Koningsdam Cruise Ship, United States of America

« on: May 29, 2015, 04:39:35 AM »

MS Koningsdam is the first HAL ship to have cabins designed specifically for families, although Lynn Narroway

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Shipping News and information / First Ocean Eagle patrol vessel from Mozambican government

« on: May 22, 2015, 06:01:30 AM »

Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran ocean patrol vessel  intended for sea policing, surveillance of exclusive economic and fishing zones, search and rescue (SAR), safety and State action at sea.It has an overall length of 43.6m, an overall beam of 15.7m, and a maximum draught of 1.6m.

It runs on four 500hp diesel engines driving two controllable pitch propellers. It also incorporates three generating sets. Its carries up to 21m

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Shipping News and information / First electrical car or passenger ferry in the world - Norled

« on: May 22, 2015, 04:21:40 AM »

One of the famous firm Norwegian shipping firm Norled introducing world's first electrical car and passenger ferry powered by batteries.It uses just 150kWh per route and which equals to 3 days use of electricity in Norwegian household.Addition of this ferry will be the boost for Norway's coastline.
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Shipping News and information / Expansion of biggest port in Oman - Salalah

« on: May 07, 2015, 05:04:07 AM »

We know that Port of Salalah is the biggest port in Oman. It can able to handle 7.2 million tonnes of general cargo traffic and 3.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container traffic in 2012.Recently it is undergoing a major expansion to double its general cargo handling capacity and it is going to completed by end of 2015.
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Shipping News and information / Third vessel from Oasis - Harmony of the Seas Cruise ship

« on: April 30, 2015, 05:03:27 AM »

One of the biggest cruise Oasis class delivering it's third vessel "Harmony of the Seas".It is scheduled to be launched in April 2016.Addition of this cruise will be the boost for Oasis class cruise.It is the third cruise ship in Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class.Hope to see more cruises....
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Shipping News and information / Nicaragua Canal - This project really be completed by 2019?

« on: April 24, 2015, 04:36:53 AM »

Nicaragua Canal is the one of the major canal in the world.It was opened in 1914.Right now the canal would require extensive dredging in Lake Nicaragua, potentially affecting water quality. Government going to spend $50bn to get huge economic benefits.The Panama Canal's expansion is expected to add 15-20% to its capacity.As per the information the project is going to completed by 2019.Hope this project will get completed as soon.
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Shipping News and information / New explores of the oceans,MS Magellan Cruise ship

« on: April 17, 2015, 05:02:46 AM »

It's great to hear that Magellan will become the proud new flagship of the CMV fleet in 2015.It's going to accommodate 1250 passengers.It is with nine passenger decks and 726 cabins, including 14 balcony suites.Cruising speed of MS Magellan is 15kt to 16kt.In this cruise, specially designed ocean view cabin feature windows allowing natural light whereas the inner cabins have artificial light only.
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Shipping News and information / Third of five Voyager-Class cruise ship - SS Maria Theresa, Netherlands

« on: April 10, 2015, 04:33:45 AM »

Woww...Another Voyager-class cruise ships that have been built for the Royal Caribbean Cruise line.It is named as SS Maria Theresa Cruise Ship,Netherlands.It's length of 443ft and width of 37.5ft and can accommodate 150 guests and 57 staff.Special attraction in this cruise is,grand lobby having a 10ft painting of Maria Theresa.SS Maria Theresa will commence the first revenue cruise operations in March 2015 with nine-day Tulips & Windmills voyage from Amsterdam in Netherlands to Antwerp in Belgium.
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