In an exclusive interview with AllAboutShipping’s John Faraclas, Ioannis Chiotopoulos Senior Vice President & Regional Manager South East Europe, Middle East and Africa at DNV for nearly ten years, responds…
Agreement expands access to retrofit installations of Silverstream’s air lubrication technology LONDON, 12 November 2024: Silverstream Technologies, a maritime clean technology company specialising in air lubrication systems, has signed a memorandum…
As a member of CirclesOfLife, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform is pleased to share the consortium’s latest press release and eager to invite you to join us in building a more sustainable maritime sector.…
LR is the first classification society to offer this service, which provides a new standard for antifouling coatings and their performance in keeping hulls clean and sustainable. Lloyd’s Register (LR)…
Due to decarbonization measures being undertaken in the industry, DNV has recently experienced an increase in the number of fixed-pitch propeller retrofits. The end-to-end retrofit process has a short timeframe…
DNV’s Maritime Academy Hellas is offering on 30 and 31 October 2024, a course on how to plan and manage drydocking & retrofitting activities, so that these will be done effectively /…
Wärtsilä Corporation, 26 August 2024 at 13:00 EEST Wärtsilä partners with Norwegian ship owner, Eidesvik, on world’s first ammonia-fuelled platform supply vessel conversion Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a contract…
Damen Shipyards Group publishes annual report for 2023 2023 was a positive year for the largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group. It had the highest revenue ever…
10th of July – BHP, together with Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) and Norsepower, completed the retrofit installation of a Norsepower Rotor Sailâ„¢ (NPRSâ„¢) onboard the M/V Koryu, a combination carrier operated by…
At the beginning of this Acheloos program, which was aired yesterday, we also have Theodoros Pantoulias, the general manager of the Mediterranee Hotel, a seafront four star hotel in Cephalonia,…
Dry dock upgrade planned to better accommodate Navy vessels Mammoet is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with DHO (Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV) to perform transportation and lifting…
Our friends at PGLegal have put together a fantastic piece that we are excited to share with you. This article is part of a series about the role of the Captain in…
Non-weather working days declared30 May 2024, Dhamra, IndiaDhamra Port Company Ltd has declared that 0200 hours on 26 May to 1525 hours on 27 May as non-weather working days at…
by John Faraclas I must admit that I have participated in numerous technical committee gatherings hosted by various maritime institutions and classification societies over time. However, I must acknowledge that…
Vergina TV’s Christina Tsorba interviews John Faraclas on Maritime Education & Training as well as on the total development and fruitful transformation of the entire Northern Greece. Once again we…
Stena Superfast VII and Stena Superfast VIII will be transferred to LR Class and converted to methanol propulsion. Building upon the success of the Stena Germanica in 2015, Lloyd’s Register…
On behalf of Stena Line, Stena RoRo has signed a conversion contract with China Merchants Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard for the installation of an additional cargo deck, increased thruster capacity and…
Engine overhaul operations now become global – focus on Indian Ocean, and Africa’s eastern and southern coastal areas South African Nouum Engineering, a leading provider of diesel engine services for…
The new partnership will see W&O support VARD’s order book over a three-year period, providing valves and technical support to shipyards in Norway, Romania and Vietnam Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands…
Chios Marine Club and Piraeus Marine Services S.A. jointly organized on the 17th of April a presentation on ΄΄ENERGY SAVING DEVICES΄΄ with special emphasis on propellers. The presentation was held at the pleasant,…
Over 85 shipyards from 26 countries already confirmed to showcase vessel design and production innovations from June 3-7 Greece’s revitalised shipbuilding industry will be prominently represented during Posidonia 2024, signalling…
The final consumer will be burdened by the increase in the cost of shipments due to the crisis in Ukraine and the Middle East 7th Slide2Open Shipping Finance 2024 Conference Wednesday…
Damen Shipyards Group and leading shipping group CMA CGM are beginning a cooperation that will ultimately result in around 100 of the latter’s vessels receiving significant modifications. These will deliver…
John Faraclas’ guest lecture on 23 February 2024 09:00 at QMUL on “Contract Management/Performance – the Shipping Perspective“ Good MORNING and Thank you Prof. Markopoulos as well as your esteem…
OSLO, NORWAY; [11th March 2024]: More and more shipping companies are purchasing the BASSnet dry-docking software as a valuable complement to the solution’s Maintenance, Materials management and Procurement modules. The growing…