Editorial

Positive reactions and good suggestions

As we go into our second month of operation we would like to thank visitors who have been very positive in their contacts with us and we look forward to developing the site and its content further and more frequently. As we have confirmed to those who have called, the offer of free advertising is without obligation. This initial period enbales us to develop the standards of the site content and to ensure that advertising does provide contacts for companies, which is why all advertisements are linked to the site of the companies concerned.

News item publication and advertising design services

What may be of even more use to companies in the maritime sector is the facility to place news items with us as soon as they are released for publication. In some cases, a feature article on the company may be of value in making the company's activity well known and understood. We can help with this and welcome the opportunity to feature company activities. Some visitors have asked us if we can design advertising for them. We can provide this service and at prices which are very much under those of conventional advertising agency rates. We have over 25 years experience in the industrial communications business and design has always been a part of the services provided.

Open communication to answer questions and provide information

We will be in contact with companies who have been in touch and those we feature on the site to ensure they are fully aware of what can be offered here, both free and at prices which are low enough to be no risk and no strain on the communications budget. Feel free to ask by calling +358 40 414 2300 or email editorial@maritimenorth.com

Around the region

Disney Cruise Line takes the helm and prepares for the journey home to Florida

Disney Cruise Line took possession of Disney Fantasy, its newest ship, on Friday 9 February  from the Meyer Werft shipyard in a traditional maritime ceremony aboard the ship. The Meyer Werft flag was lowered, while the Disney Cruise Line flag was raised, transferring ownership from the shipbuilder to Disney. Read the story/...

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Canadian Procurement Agency PWGSC Sign Joint Support Ship Design Study Contract
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) a leading European systems house providing submarines and naval surface ships and Canada’s procurement agency PWGSC have signed a contract in Hamburg for a multiphase design study for the Canadian Navy’s next generation Joint Support Ship (JSS). Read more/...

Ferry passengers stimulate retail business and the tourist industry

The approximately two million passengers recorded every year on the four ferry lines operating to and from Rostock spend more than Euro 41 million at the seaport, in the Hanseatic City of Rostock and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Read more/...

Norden receives Information Prize for 2011 from The Danish Society of Financial Analysts (DDF).

On 12 January, Norden received the Information Prize for 2011 from the Danish Society of Financial Analysts. Read more/...

Hamworthy Krystallon signs contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries for full scrubber system on VLGC

Hamworthy Krystallon, the leading marine scrubbing technology manufacturer, signed a significant contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the worldʼs biggest shipyard. The contract will see Hamworthy Krystallon deliver a scrubber system on a Liquified Petroleum Gas tanker being constructed for Solvang ASA. The 84.000 cubic meter (cbm) VLGC will have the worldʼs first full vessel scrubber system. Read more/...

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard to build an Innovative Multipurpose Emergency and Rescue Vessel for Russian Ministry of Transport

Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build a multipurpose emergency and rescue vessel for Russian Ministry of Transport. The contract has been awarded together with Shipyard Yantar JSC. The value of the order is about EUR 76 million.  Read more/...

BLRT Grupp delivers world’s largest gas-powered ferry

On 14 December 2011 in Ålesund, Norway, a naming ceremony for MF Boknafjord, the world’s largest gas ferry,took place. Read more/...

Maersk Line Leads Fuel Switch at the Port of Virginia

Norfolk, VA, 26 January, 2012

Maersk Line will switch to low-sulfur fuel while at berth for all of its containerships calling the Port of Virginia starting in February. This fuel switch program will help improve air quality in the greater Hampton Roads area by significantly reducing emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Read more/..

Finnlines looks forward to meeting challenges   We interview Finnlines President and CEO, Uwe Bakosch, who spells out his vision and actions to make Finnlines a success in these challenging times.   In 2009 one might have questioned if there was a safe future for Finnlines in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Now with third quarter 2011 results showing positive numbers, Uwe Bakosch explains his strategy for turning round the company with a real sense of optimism for the future, no matter what the challenges. Read the feature/...

Small, impressive and very fast - Dockstavarvet - a good example of the smaller specialist boat builders important to the maritime economy

While so many of the large scale maritime projects and operations occupy the headlines in the industry news, it is worth looking at how the smaller specialist boat builders provide a sizeable contribution to the maritime economy in the region.   Dockstavarvet are just about completing delivery of an order for six pilot boats ordered by the German Government through Fachstelle Maschinenwesen Nord. These are impressive working boats which add to their portfolio of small, fast and well equipped specialist boats. Read the feature/...

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