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More than 1.800 Exhibitors from 93 countries and 19.000 visitors meet in Athens Posidonia 2014, the world's most prestigious shipping exhibition, which opens next week at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, will be the biggest in the event's long history with organisers confirming new records in terms of participant countries and exhibition size, and the conferences and seminars programme marking a significant growth compared to the 2012 event.More than 1.800 exhibitors and some 19,000 visitors from a record 93 countries and territories will attend Posidonia 2014, a tangible testament to the trademark event's ever growing global appeal."We are happy to announce that this year's Posidonia will be the greatest ever and we will try our best to optimise the experience for our exhibitors and visitors and make it as rewarding and as pleasant as possible", said Theodore Vokos, Executive Director, Posidonia Exhibitions S.A, the organisers of the biennial event.He also added that shipping accounts for seven percent of Greece's GDP while providing employment to 192,000 people and that Posidonia is a significant precursor to the reputation of Greece, as well as a dynamic contributor to the local tourism industry generating some 50 million for the community every other year.George Gratsos, President ...

Posidonia 2014 welcomes shipping world to Greece

The "Mid-term Review of the EU's Maritime Transport Policy until 2018 and Outlook to 2020" constituted the theme of the Informal Maritime Ministerial Meeting of the EU Member States and EEA Countries

Ship operator fined after oil pollution

According to the Liberian Registry, the entry of private equity funding into the ship finance market is helping to sustain its continued growth.

KVH Industries, Inc, introduced the TracPhone V3-IP terminal for its mini-VSAT Broadband service. The maritime VSAT antenna now comes with the smallest and most integrated belowdecks equipment - KVH's new Integrated CommBox Modem (ICM), a streamlined unit that includes an IP-enabled antenna control unit, built-in CommBox Ship/Shore Network Manager, and ArcLight spread spectrum modem with IP voice capability, Ethernet switch, and Wi-Fi connectivity. All of the TracPhone V3-IP's belowdecks equipment is built in to a single 2U enclosure. The system is on display and available to order at the Sea Asia conference and exhibition in Singapore this week. KVH's new TracPhone V3-IP costs less, is easier to install, and provides reliability. The system's completely integrated design offers a simple alternative to the complexity inherent in competing maritime VSAT systems, which typically require a local technician to configure a full rack of hardware from different third-party manufacturers of modems, antennas, controllers, switches, adapters, and servers. It also makes the advanced features of KVH's best-of-breed network management solution, the CommBox Ship/Shore Network Manager, available to every TracPhone V3-IP customer without an additional hardware investment. With a compact antenna dish that is just 37 cm (14.5") in diameter, the TracPhone V3-IP brings sophisticated ...

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from Dutch shipbuilding group, Damen Shipyards, for the design and delivery of key components for RoRo access equipment for two 80m ice-class RoPax ferries destined to operate in Canada. Each of the new ice-class ferries will be equipped with MacGregor bow doors, a bow ramp/door, a stern ramp, shell doors and a hoistable car deck system The investment in these new vessels is part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Government's vessel renewal programme. The first ferry is scheduled for delivery in 2015 and will operate on the Fogo Island and Change Islands service. The second is scheduled for delivery in 2016 and will operate on the Bell Island service. The ferries will each be equipped with MacGregor bow doors, a bow ramp/door, a stern ramp, shell doors and a hoistable car deck system. They are designed for operation in heavy ice conditions and will be able to carry up to 200 passengers and 60 vehicles. MacGregor's RoRo experts have supported naval architects Fleetway and Knud E Hansen with design input for the cargo access equipment throughout the project's development phase. "We are using our extensive experience of designing and supplying equipment ...

The Korean Register (KR) - an IACS member classification society - announces the release of SeaTrust-HullScan, its ground-breaking software solution to analyze and appraise a vessel's hull structure in accordance with the new harmonized common structural rules (CSR-H). SeaTrust-HullScan is a brand new ship design support program that enables ship designers and ship builders to accurately apply IACS CSR-H and all subsequent amendments when designing and constructing a vessel. The software optimizes a ship's design structure by implementing an accurate calculation according to the new rules and generating results that are as close as possible to the target standards set by the user. Automatic modeling in fine mesh analysis and fatigue strength assessment offers enhanced modeling speeds and improved design. Rule loading, corrosion additions and boundary conditions are three basic elements for carrying out direct strength assessments and these are automatically generated. Automation of the entire process leads to a faster integration of the buckling assessment which dramatically saves time and resources. SeaTrust-HullScan was developed in-house and has been rigorously verified with the major Korean shipyards from joint industry projects. It has already won support from the industry for its outstanding user friendliness. The new software is offered in basic ...

ASPIDA Maritime Security (Aspida), a global Private Maritime Security Company (PMSC), has successfully completed the STAGE II Audit which will lead to ISO/PAS 28007 certification by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) u

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform and its 18 member organisations around the world applaud the Forest Department and the District Administration for removing two shipbreaking yards that had been operating illegally on protected forest land for several years in Chittagong, one of the worlds' biggest toxic ship graveyards located in Southeast Bangladesh. SK Steel and SK Ship Breaking and Recycling were able to lease the land illegally in 2009, chopped down thousands of mangrove trees and started importing end-of-life ships for breaking on the beach. On 6 October 2013, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the yards illegal, ordered them to be evicted and the trees to be replanted. "Finally the Government is facing up to its responsibilities and enforces our environmental law and the Court's decisions," says Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Chief Executive of Platform member organisation BELA (Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association). "Shipbreakers break the law every day by importing ships containing hazardous waste into Bangladesh and having them beached, and we need to stop all illegal operations." The state of the coastal forest following the illegal tree-cutting in 2009 - Image Credit: NGO Shipbreaking Platform In July 2009, more than 14000 mangrove trees that had been planted with the support of ...