The European Commission has propounded a boost in short sea shipping in Europe by encouraging EU member states to adopt unified modern electronic management systems. Speaking at a shipping conference in Bulgaria, Christos Pipitsoulis of the Commission’s transport and energy…

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• Transneft worried Bulgaria of May from the Bosporus pipeline

    OAO Transneft, Russia’s state-run pipeline operator, is concerned that Bulgaria’s new government will back out of a proposed oil pipeline designed to relieve tanker congestion in the Turkish Bosporus Straits. “This government has made an unambigious announcement that this project is not profitable to Bulgaria,” Chief Executive Officer Nikolai Tokarev

• Transneft oil pipeline pressures Sofia On

    Bulgaria stands to make significant economic gains if it decides to make formal commitments to an oil pipeline to the Aegean Sea, Russian executives said. Nikolay Tokarev, the chief executive at Russian oil transit company Transneft, said expansions to regional pipelines meant there would be plenty of oil to feed

• Bulgaria

    Bulgaria will give priority to the European Union’s Nabucco gas pipeline project over Moscow’s rival plan – in order to diversify sources and reduce dependancy on Russia, Foreign Minister Rumjana Zheleva said Monday at an energy conference in Sofia.

• Tirista Ltd. bought a boat from Bulyard for $ 21M

    Tirista Ltd., Marshall Islands purchased a ship from Bulyard for $ 21 million, Investor.bg has reported.

• Arklow Shipping ECDIS is in line with industry change

    Arklow Shipping, short-sea dry cargo specialist, is increasing its implementation of ECDIS (Electronic Chart and Display Information) systems onboard its ships as part of a major fleet expansion programme and in response to upcoming changes in legislation. With cost savings… Read at Arklow Shipping deploys ECDIS in line with industry

• Short sea shipping in Ireland at present awards

    The annual Short Sea Shipping Company awards are under way in Ireland with the winner of this year’s contest due to be revealed at a gala dinner in Dublin on November 26, writes Hugh Oram, Dublin These awards are organised by… Read at Short Sea shipping awards under way in

• Transneft, Sovcomflot, Novoship sign agreement on Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline

    Transneft, Sovcomflot, Novoship and Trans-Balkan Pipeline B.V. have signed an agreement of intent for the? Burgas-Alexandroupolis? oil pipeline project, Transneft said in a statement. ?The? agreement? covers? stable? and? safe? operations? in? shipping hydrocarbons?? across?? the?? Black? Sea? between? Novorossiisk/Yuzhnaya Ozereevka in Russia and Burgas in Bulgaria

• Raytheon Wins Contract with the Royal Navy

     (marinelink) Raytheon Systems Limited, Harlow together with Raytheon Anschütz has been awarded the contract for the In-Service Support (ISS) of the Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems for the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Daring class destroyers . Raytheon Anschütz will be responsible for total maintenance and repair of these systems

• BAE Systems, VT Group acquires stake in BAT

     BAE Systems has announced today that it has acquired VT Group’s 45% shareholding in BVT Surface Fleet Limited (BVT). BVT is now wholly owned by BAE Systems and will be renamed BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited. Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems’ Group Managing Director, Programmes & Support, said: “Bringing BVT into full ownership

• New Navy contracts

     (marinelink)  General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded an $11,309,500 Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) modification under previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00030-08-C-0041) for strategic systems programs alternations for the SSP shipboard integration program, specifically the development of the SSI Increment 2 shipboard data system and the SSI Increment 4 US Mod 8 and UK

• Hamworthy innovation extends inert gas system to 10 ships by the Chinese architect

    Hamworthy Moss AS has signed contracts to deliver 10 shipboard inert gas systems, to be installed on a series of 316,000dwt crude oil and product tankers being built by Waigaoqiao Shipyard, China. The company has won orders specifying Hamworthy Moss Flue Gas Systems for four 316,000dwt crude oil tankers due

• To build Bulyard Shipbuilding Industires four ships in 2010

    Bulyard Shipbuilding Industries, based in Varna was poised to complete four new vessels in 2010, Bulyard CEO Dimitar Zhelev was quoted as saying by Dnevnik daily on January 7 2010. This has come in spite of the global economic downturn, which had affected the industry and demand for new ships

• Bulgarian President Parvanov visits Hyundai Heavy

     Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov visited Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan on October 26, 2009. Parvanov and his party watched HHI’s company film and took a tour of the shipyard led by Mr. Min Khe-sik, vice chairman and CEO and Mr. Choi Kil-seon, president and CEO of HHI. After the shipyard tour,

• U.S. Department Signs Contract for seven new multibeam sonar systems

    The US National Ocean Service (NOS) has ordered seven new SeaBat multibeam sonar systems for hydrographic and research applications from RESON. Read at US Department signs contract for seven new multibeam sonar systems

• Bulgarian coal-fired power plants face closure on the EU standards

    Bulgaria may be forced to shut down two units at its biggest coal-fired power plant of Maritsa East next year for failing to meet European Union environment standards, the environment ministry said on Thursday. The 1,556-megawatt plant plans to finish the construction of facilities to reduce sulphur emissions and air