Denmark and its maritime industry are lobbying to get the top position at the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body that wields great influence over global shipping through its regulations, industry sources said.The current secretary general of the IMO…
Siemens Wind Power said on Wednesday two senior executives will leave the company, one to a firm in Denmark, a leading producer of wind turbines and a major consumer of renewable energy.A spokesman from Siemens Wind Power, a Denmark-based unit of Siemens AG…
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) considers it important that no shipowner should gain a competitive advantage by cheating on bunker fuel content when new stricter requirements for ship exhaust gas sulphur emissions take effect in the ECA on 1…
Thome Ship Management has reached a new milestone by taking over the full management of its first vessel to be flagged under the Danish International Ship Register.The technical and crew management deal, signed with Danish ship owner Evergas…
Sweden, South Korea and Denmark have initiated a global partnership on the development of e-navigation solutions. Modern technology will lead to higher safety and more efficient transports at sea.The Swedish Maritime Administration is leading the largest European e-navigation project…
As part of the implementation of the Danish government’s Plan for Growth in the Blue Denmark, 21 initiatives are now being launched in order to target education and training in the offshore sector, further qualify the labor force and create growth and jobs…
Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. announced that as of July 1, 2013, Stefanie Tay and Mads Holm have both been appointed Trading Manager and Team Leader.Stefanie Tay has been with Dan-Bunkering’s Singapore office as Bunker Trader for three years…
Thome Group, Singapore’s first independent ship manager, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year & continues to expand its global footprint. As part of this expansion, Thome is opening a new ship management office in Copenhagen, Denmark…
The Swedish Register of Shipping is not competitive, and it will probably never be, according to a new report.The report from the governmental Trafikanalys recommends that there should be less focus on rebuilding a fleet under the Swedish flag in future…
Furuno has established training facilities in India and the Philippines through close cooperation with the newly established Moloobhoy Training Center in Mumbai and COMPASS Training Center in the Philippines. The two training centers have…
Lindy Ghercke Wegener Friis has been appointed a trader in the company's head office.Lindy has previously been working in the sales department. He has now been appointed a member of the trading department in the company’s head office in Middelfart…
Each shipowner is connected with a permanent team of ship surveyors with in-depth knowledge of that company & its special needs.The arrangement was established on the basis of a request from the industry and has since May 2012 been running as an experiment…
Aker Solutions contracted by Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company's assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Well intervention services are carried out in an oil or gas well, with the objective of maximising production and increasing the recovery rate of oil and gas…
The International Convention on Training and Certification for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F 1995) enters into force.The STCW-F Convention sets the certification and minimum training requirements for crews of seagoing fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and above…
The first CO2-free power is now being fed into the Danish power grid from Anholt offshore wind farm. On its completion next year, the farm, with its total capacity of 400 MW, will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm and will deliver power equivalent to the consumption of 400…