Global coatings manufacturer Hempel has enhanced its established and proven Olympic+ and Oceanic+ antifouling range and is, today, launching five new antifouling solutions: Oceanic Protect+, Oceanic Flex+, Olympic Protect+, Olympic Flex+ and Olympic Protect. Building on their proven effectiveness, reliability and impressive value-for-money, these five new products deliver additional benefits and choice within the existing product range. Hempel’s Olympic+ and… Read more →
Category: Latest News
Moscord management join forces in new Singapore HQ
Ship supplier Moscord has announced it will gather its management team under one roof in Singapore, home to the world’s largest and busiest port. “Management is currently located various places around the world. The company wants to bundle our executives in Singapore in order to create a more streamlined business environment and maintain closer contact with our customers,” says Moscord… Read more →
LALIZAS launches its Hydrostatic Release Unit for Life rafts
Lalizas holds a leading position in the marine industry having manufactured and distributed globally millions of lifejackets, life rafts and other premium lifesaving equipment to the commercial sector. As an outcome of a long-term experience in life rafts’ manufacturing, the company proceeded with the design and production of its HRU (Hydrostatic Release Unit), suitable for life rafts of all shapes… Read more →
ISSA mourns former President Wim van Noortwijk
ISSA is very sad to announce the death of its former President Wim van Noortwijk who passed peacefully away on 29th November. A towering figure in ISSA, Wim was President from 2000 to 2008. His many initiatives included changing ISSA’s name to reflect the Services element of ship supply and the move of ISSA to its long-time HQ Office at… Read more →
AMI Marine are proud to announce our official partnership with Coltraco
AMI Marine products are about vessel safety within Bridge and Navigation systems. Coltraco is the perfect accompanying brand, with world-leading ultrasonic testing tools – protecting vessel fire control systems and most importantly, the crew! Sinking and Fire are the 2 main reasons ships are lost at sea. Sinking Coltraco’s Portascanner™ Watertight is the portable Ultrasonic Watertight Integrity indicator. You use… Read more →
Obituary – John Blom, NeKo Ship Supply Group
After a long illness, John Blom the owner and founder of NeKo Ship Supply, passed away on 21st October at the age 72. John left his mark in the Ship Chandler Industry with a career of more than 50 years. He started at Aug. Kopcke & Co in the 1970s and in 2002 he crafted the NeKo Ship Supply Group… Read more →
Rising from the ashes…
Today, the 23d of October, is a special day for #thelalizasforce, as we proudly celebrate 20 years from a very unpleasant, but milestone, event. In 2000, LALIZAS had 50 employees, 1 factory and 4 branches all over the world, when a disastrous fire broke out at our premises and destroyed everything. That event was the trigger for the rebirth of… Read more →
Tanki rolls out sustainable paper to solve pollution problem
In support of global initiatives to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to the marine environment, a UK start-up has developed a revolutionary sanitary paper that uses no adhesives or other nano-plastics in its manufacture. Taking a more environmentally-friendly approach to the emergent toilet tissue issue, Shrewsbury-based Tanki is able to supply a sustainably sourced and produced paper that does… Read more →
Protecting oceans with reusable masks
Waste fishing nets are being turned into eco-friendly facemasks in a bid to end mask trash and help protect the oceans. The nets, which pose a severe threat to marine life if abandoned or lost at sea, are collected and ultimately regenerated by Aquafil, together with other nylon waste, to produce ECONYL yarn, used in a variety of sustainable products,… Read more →
Provisions and ship stores at your fingertips with ISSA’s new hard copy and digital catalogues
ISSA has published its first ever Provisions & Bonded Stores Catalogue, enabling smoother ordering of a wide range of international food and drink. Vessel operators, ships’ officers and catering teams will be now be able to identify the universal ISSA ordering code for thousands of food stores and fresh produce, thereby streamlining their ordering process – crucial at a time… Read more →
RINA and Shipparts.com partner on digital equipment procurement
RINA, the ship classification multinational company, and ShipParts.com, a leading e-commerce platform for sourcing marine equipment, spare parts and services, have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to enhance the procurement efficiency of the shipping industry. Thanks to this agreement, the marine supply industry and the ship operators will benefit from the added value and smooth procedures given by the partnership.… Read more →
Babcock’s Rosyth facility completes work package for new customers, Northern Lighthouse Board
Babcock International, the Aerospace and Defence Company has successfully completed a package of work for the Northern Lighthouse Board following a competitive tender process. NLV Pole Star, a vessel designed to deploy and maintain buoys and respond to wrecks and new dangers to navigation, arrived at Babcock’s Rosyth facility last month for repair, maintenance and safety checks. This follows a similar… Read more →
V.Group announces new Managing Director of V.Ships Germany
Global ship management company V.Group is strengthening its leadership team with the appointment of Ulla Eithz Nielsen as Managing Director for V.Ships Germany. Based in Hamburg, Ulla joined V.Group in 2019 and previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer of Operational Excellence. Ulla began her maritime career as a deck officer with A.P Møller and has experience in operational… Read more →
DuroWipers wins RNLI Severn class supply first
The RNLI has announced its life extension programme for the Severn class lifeboat and DuroWiper Class 60 pantographs are being tested on the prototype vessel. “If the wipers perform well during trials, we will extend the order to the first batch of six boats in the programme,” said Nick Fenwick Severn Life Extension Project Manager. This is the first time… Read more →
2020 marks A-SPE’s 15th anniversary
A-SPE Europe is your global supply partner with years of experience in providing safety marking products to marine, offshore and oil & gas industries. This year we are celebrating our 15th anniversary. Our company is another year older and another year wiser. Throughout these years we have acquired knowledge and experience to deliver the highest standards, making strong and professional… Read more →
Alexander/Ryan Marine & Safety LLC announces appointment of new CEO
Mr. Mark Demmink joined the company on September 21. A highly respected and performance driven Senior Commercial Executive, spanning a successful career of over 30+ years, is now a dynamic part of the company’s team. Much of Mark’s experience has been in the Maritime industry, most notably with Wilhelmsen Maritime Service and Shell Marine where he has held numerous senior… Read more →
Keeping biofouling at bay in times of crisis
Dr Markus Hoffmann, Technical Director, I-Tech AB discusses the importance of biofouling prevention as vessels lay idle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Few could have predicted the seismic effect COVID-19 would have on the shipping industry throughout 2020. Travel restrictions and a period of decreased demand for goods plunged thousands of ships into idle mode. As most people will know,… Read more →
LALIZAS Montenegro expands its activities through the new Service Station
Almost two years after its opening in Tivat, LALIZAS Montenegro is pleased to announce that is now authorized for servicing LSA and FFE. This means that from now on LALIZAS Montenegro will act as a Service Station for all major brands, like LALIZAS and ARIMAR. Service will be offered for products such as lifejackets, life rafts, breathing devices and fire extinguishers. It is significant to note that through this action, a complete… Read more →
Survitec introduces new turn-key service to support ship owner lay-up requirements
A new service aimed at ensuring CO2 low pressure (LP) firefighting systems are correctly deactivated when ships enter lay-up has been introduced by Survitec. The turn-key CO2 LP lay-up service, developed in collaboration with a leading European-based ship owner, was introduced two months ago following market demand for a solution capable of simplifying decommissioning and recommissioning procedures. Survitec has already… Read more →
New refrigerated room at the facilities of Colombian Ship Supplier
August 8, 2020, the new refrigerated room at the facilities of Colombian Ship Supplier S.A.S. COSS, located on the road to Mamonal Km 6, industrial park Parquiamerica in Cartagena, Colombia, with storage capacity of 25 cubic meters, in which we can keep refrigerated fruits, vegetable products, vegetables, processed foods, protein foods, fats, oils, dairy products and beverages, for its correct… Read more →