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New seismic vessel coming up for PVEPDec 25, 2008

PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp. (PVEP) is expected to add a 2-D seismic vessel to its operating fleet in Vietnam next January. The vessel will be handed to Nordic Maritime for final fitting at a Singapore shipyard before setting sail for Vietnam. The 2-D seismic vessel was converted from a fishing trawler named Pavlovsk at Cochin Shipyard i...

EMGS launches world's first purpose-built EM survey vessel Dec 25, 2008

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has launched the world's first purpose-built EM survey vessel, the BOA Thalassa. The new vessel was built by Bergen Group Fosen and is leased from the owner BOA Offshore on a long-term charter. The BOA Thalassa carries 100 receivers and can double this figure. Surveying efficiency and flexibility is increase...

RF State Duma passes the draft law on biometric ID for seafarersDec 25, 2008

RF State Duma has passed the draft law on biometric ID for seafarers on a second and third (final) readings. According to data published at website of Russia's lower chamber of Parliament, 412 votes supported the draft law which had been developed by the RF Government in order to bring RF legislation to conformity with the ILO Convention envisioning intro...

Antitrust regulator fines Rosneft $53 mln, LUKoil $51 mlnDec 25, 2008

Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) imposed on Wednesday a $53 million fine on state-run oil giant Rosneft and a $51 million fine on Russia's largest independent crude producer LUKoil, RIA Novosti reports. FAS Spokeswoman Irina Kashunina said the two oil companies had fixed monopoly prices for gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel and fuel oil ...

Climate change opens northeast route to foreign ships - IvanovDec 25, 2008

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday that he is concerned that global warming is opening up the Northern Sea Route for the uncontrolled movement of foreign ships, RIA Novosti reports. Many Arctic specialists agree that global warming is causing ice to retreat around the outer edges of sea ice drifting on the Arctic Ocean which is...

Hamburg Sud will serve La Guarira, Venezuela with feeder Dec 25, 2008

 Hamburg Sud said it has altered its port rotation on a liner service between U.S. Gulf/Central America/Caribbean and South America East Coast (UCLA), in order to improve service and overcome operational challenges at ports in Venezuela. The company will drop a direct call to LaGuaira on string 1.The new rotation will include Houston, Cartagena, Suap...

McCown resigns as CEO of Trailer Bridge Dec 25, 2008

 Puerto Rico container carrier Trailer Bridge said John D. McCown has resigned from his position as chief executive officer, but will continue as a director of the company.    The Jacksonville, Fla.-based company said President and Chief Operating Officer Ralph W. Heim will serve as interim CEO, and that the board will conduct a search of bot...

Chemical cargo misdescription causes fireDec 24, 2008

THE London P&I Club says one of its members recently suffered an onboard fire as a result of the wilful misdescription by shippers of a chemical cargo. And it warns that there is a danger of further such incidents occurring, given the nature of modern transport logistics. The cargo involved was calcium hypochlorite, a chemical in widespread use t...

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