VapCor Inc. introduced HydraFlow NS Hydraulic & Gear Fluids designed to create a safer workplace in environmentally sensitive areas. HydraFlow NS fluids typically have a pour point of -60°F (-51°C) and an upper operating range of approximately 150°F (65°C). This range of usability
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced plans to move the MOL Technology Research Center from its current site in Nishikojiya, Ota Ward, Tokyo, to Aso Ward in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. The company held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Kawasaki on May 20. MOL executives on hand for the
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. ANW announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. First Quarter and Year-to-Date Highlights• Increased sales volumes by 23.6% to 1,310,037 metric tons in Q1 2009, compared to 1,060,134 metric tons for Q1 2008.
American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) (Nasdaq: ACLI) announced that it has entered into a long-term industrial development lease agreement with O'Rourke Marine Services, LP of Houston, Texas. Under the lease agreement, O'Rourke will provide full-service towboat fueling and lubricant services to the inland
International marine lubricants supplier Total Lubmarine has developed a range of biodegradable products which will enable companies in the shipping industry to improve their environmental footprint without compromising performance or safety.Total Lubmarine is now offers: Carter Bio, a high-gear performance lubricant; Biohydran TMP,
CMA CGM Group announced the delivery, on March 18, in South Korea, of the CMA CGM Andromeda (11,400 Teu), the world’s first containership to be equipped with the state-of-the-art Fast Oil Recovery System designed to prevent marine pollution.Due to the interplay of judiciously placed pipes,
On Feb. 10, Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW) and Gulf Oil Marine Ltd., a member of Gulf Oil Group, announced that they entered into a strategic partnership for the global distribution of marine lubricants. This partnership will allow for Aegean to join the Sealub Alliance Network, a group
MOL President, Mr. Akimitsu Ashida, released a New Year Message to the MOL Group companies and their customers. MOL is a multi-modal transport company, operating more than 800 vessels and a network of liner and logistics services, including weekly Transpacific, Transatlantic, Americas and Asia-Europe services.
A new performance standard for critical offshore operations will help North Sea oil and gas drilling operators comply with new environmental requirements.Under rules set by the North-East Atlantic regulator, OSPAR, the range of the UK Offshore Chemical Notification scheme is being extended from
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE:ANW) announced that it has named George J. Konomos to its Board of Directors. With the appointment of Mr. Konomos, who will serve as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee, Aegean will have a total of seven Directors, of which the majority remain independent.
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. announced that the company's President, E. Nikolas Tavlarios, is scheduled to present at the Stephens Fall Investment Conference in New York on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. ET.The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://www.
Danaos Corporation (“Danaos”) (NYSE: DAC), a leading international owner of containerships, reported unaudited results for the period ended September 30, 2008. Highlights for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008:• Net earnings from continuing operations of $28.
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine) has completed Asia’s first two icebreakers, built for one of the harshest marine frontiers on Earth, the Arctic sea for client, LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft (LUKOIL).Mr Charles Foo, Chairman of Keppel Singmarine, said “This is the first
Biofuels are increasingly in the news – a biofuelled airline has been flown; UK fuel suppliers are to ensure that a percentage of their sales must include biofuels and there is a lively debate about ‘feeding or fuelling the nation’. Now, in the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science
According to an AP report, Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., a Greek supplier of fuel and lubricants to ships, said it has acquired Bunkers at Sea, a Belgium-based supplier of marine fuel to vessels in port and at sea.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Bunkers at Sea serves about 45 ports located throughout Northern Europe.
In most North American ports the bunkering of ships is often done with tank barges. In at least one port lube oils are delivered to deep sea ships at anchor by a tank truck that drives right onto a flat bed truck. But Norfolk, Va.-based Marine Oil Services has taken the lead with the construction
Aegean Marine
Petroleum Network Inc. an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, today announced that it plans to launch a new service center located on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa during the fourth quarter of 2007,
According to reports, Sharjah closed Port Khalid after a fire broke out at a lubricants warehouse.
The reason for the fire is unknown. It was said that three firefighters were taken to Sharjah's Kuwaiti Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. No casualties were reported.
Firefighters, armed forces and civil defense personnel from Sharjah,
Lockheed Martin, Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $23,119,281 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the operation and maintenance of a limited in-service support program for the Royal Norwegian Navy new frigate (NNF) F310 CL program.These efforts include software baseline development/maintenance,
Marine lubricants supplier Total Lubmarine has extended its delivery network to include Cyprus.
Lubmarine has signed an agreement with Navilub Limited whereby Navilub will blend and deliver throughout Cyprus the main products in Lubmarine's range of marine lubricants, including its industry-leading Talusia HR 70 cylinder oil,
The owners, operator and captain of a cruise ship that hit the rocks off the island Santorini and sank were fined a total of $1.57m Monday for polluting the Aegean Sea, the AP reported.
The Sea Diamond leaked an estimated 300 tons of fuel into the sea since sinking off the island two months ago.
Nearly 1,
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. an international marine fuel logistics
company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and
lubricants to ships in port and at sea, announced today that the Company
has entered into an agreement to purchase the M/T Nautilus, a 1991-built
and 2002-upgraded 7,
The Jankovich Company, a San Pedro, Calif. based fuel and lubricant distributor, assumed financial responsibility of the estimated 210-gallon Los Angeles Harbor fuel spill clean up.
The Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response will continue
The Huron Explorer, a 41-ft. former Coast Guard vessel now serving on the Great Lakes is the first modern U.S. research vessel to operate free of petroleum products. Photo credit: NOAA
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) small research vessel is now powered by soybeans.
As debate runs high around how best to prepare for impending environmental legislation, industry thought-leaders and shipping engineers are preparing to gather in Asia to share experiences and debate the way forward.
Following the success of last year’s Winds of Change event in Copenhagen, BP
Despite unfavorable weather and sea swells which at times have been more than four metres, all IMO- classified hazardous cargo has now been removed from CP Valour following its grounding in the Azores on December 9.
None of the crew of 21 suffered injury as a result of the grounding. Salvage efforts
Morse Rubber LLC completed a purchase of assets, which include various product ranges and the Keokuk, Iowa manufacturing facility, from Metso Minerals Industries.
The acquired products include Morse Marine Bearings, marine bumpers and engineered
components. The manufacturing facility comprises 120,000 square ft.
Marine lubricants supplier TOTAL Lubmarine has outlined its position concerning increasing raw material costs and growing shortages of marine lubricants.
Andrew Knox, Head of Marketing at TOTAL Lubmarine, says, "Recent events have shown how tight the worldwide situation is. This is due to a
TOTAL Lubmarine has developed a new
lubricant specially designed for use with low-sulphur fuels. The lubricant,
TALUSIA LS 40, has successfully completed in-service tests and is now
approved by MAN B&W and WARTSILA Sulzer designs. TALUSIA LS 40 is now
available in the major European ports and will
(Honolulu) Operations to remove portions of the cement cargo from the Cape Flattery, which is aground near the entrance of Barbers Point Harbor, were suspended Sunday afternoon because of unsafe sea conditions.
The Unified Command continues to monitor the efforts to safely remove the Cape Flattery.
HONOLULU - The Coast Guard continues to monitor a grounded ship at the entrance to Barbers Point Harbor. The Cape Flattery and crew were inbound to Barbers Point Harbor at about 7 a.m. to offload cement when it ran aground about 400 yards from the entrance.
The current plan is for the ship's
(The tug Kesarin 10 at sea trials on the Chao Phrya River near the ancient Thai capital of Ayuthya.
C.S. Inter Marine’s shipyard manager Khun Patum Sardsiri is a practical man. He works with management to balance costs and benefits through out the company’s sizable fleet of tugs, barges and bulk cargo handling stations.
Shell Marine Products (SMP), the global supplier of marine fuels, lubricants and services, announced the start-up of its bunker fuels operations in Mobile, Ala. The company already has a strong business base in the USA Gulf Coast region, supplying bunker fuels and lubricants, and has expanded its geographic coverage to offer fuel oil,
Shell Marine Products (US) Company (SMP) has been awarded a Department of Defense contract to support more than 150 government-owned ships in the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet worldwide. The company competed for the right to supply marine lubricants and provide waste oil disposal services and related engineering support services.
David Post has been appointed as Sales Manager, Kittiwake Developments Ltd. Formerly with marine fuels and lubricants supplier, FAMM, Post takes on the responsibility for Kittiwake’s sales planning, coordination and development, including the management of the company’s global distributor and dealer network.
BP Shipping has ordered two Very Large Inland Tankers (VLIT’s) with a capacity of some 10,300 cu. m. each. The Breko shipyard from the city of Papendrecht (close and southeast to Rotterdam) is also going to build two smaller, 1,500 cu. m., tankers for lubricants. All four vessels will have double hulls.
GAC Logistics, part of the world's largest independent shipping and logistics services provider, GAC Group, has signed a contract with ExxonMobil, to provide the petrochemical company with total logistics solution across the Middle East.
With the signing of the contract, GAC's scope of services
For more than 50 years BollFilter has sought to design, manufacture and deliver advanced filtration technology, specializing in filtration technology for shipbuilding and engine-building. Founded in 1950 by Messrs. Boll and Kirch in Cologne in the wake of World War II, the company has grown from
EXXONMOBIL Marine Fuels (EMMF), a world leading supplier of marine fuels,
has undertaken a strategic reorganisation and strengthening of its
bunkering team worldwide with effect from January 1, 2004.
Dan Bryce is to leave his post as EMMF Americas General Manager to become
Adviser, LNG/PGS Business Planning and Support,
11.4 million tons was bunkered in Rotterdam in 2003, as compared to 10.6 million tons in the previous year. The 7.4 percent increase meant a record for the port in terms of the amount of ship's fuels and lubricants supplied to the seagoing shipping sector. With a turnover of roughly $2 billion and direct