After handling some 250,000 passengers in the last two years, 2010 numbers at the Columbus Cruise Center in Bremerhaven are expected to be down with Managing Director Veit Huerdler citing “unfortunate circumstances.”
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) can lead the way in establishing an efficiency regime to tackle the CO2 emissions issue, according to the views of Christopher Koch, president & CEO of World Shipping Council (WSC). He said the transport industry produces roughly 28% of the world’s CO2 e
Germany, Europe’s biggest shipbuilding nation which has been hard hit by the global economic crisis, wants to help its shipping industry by bringing forward public orders, according to a report quoting government’s maritime expert. “We are checking whether we can bring forward orders,” Hans-Joachim
PT Berlian Laju Tanker, Indonesia’s biggest shipping company, withdrew a bid for Norwegian shipowner Camillo Eitzen & Co. valued at about $160 million after failing to reach agreement on terms. Camillo Eitzen dropped the most in more than three months in Oslo trading. Talks produced “no conclusive r
Everyone with a boat bigger than a tinnie reckons there’s nowhere to go, that the channels are terribly silted, and instead stay home and watch the footy with a beer in hand. But after many years of cruising the albeit not-so-broad Broadwater, we beg to differ. The points near Jumpinpin, the channel
Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) has invited companies to submit an expression of interest (EOI) for the construction of marine works at the New Port of Aqaba. The job is the first in a series that will help ensure the new port is ready by its 2013 deadline, the date by which the site of the [&he
Wärtsilä and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a cooperation agreement to develop gas-fuelled merchant vessels. The intention is to jointly develop next-generation ships with efficient and competitive propulsion machinery concepts that meet or exceed the demands of future environmental regu
Ensco International has announced that its subsidiary company has sold two jackup drilling rigs, ‘ENSCO 50’ and ‘ENSCO 51’. Both are F&G L-780 MOD II-C designs built in the early 1980s. The combined sale price for the two rigs is approximately US$95 million.
A west Dorset harbour entrance is to be dredged to improve access for boats ahead of the summer. About 2,000 cubic metres (2,600 cubic yards) of sand and stone particles will be removed from Lyme Regis harbour.
Dong Energy has signed a contract with the Spanish company Iberdrola for the annual supply of 1 billion m3 of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). It is a 10-year agreement, which will come into effect at the end of 2011. The LNG is destined for the Gate terminal in Rotterdam. Dong Energy is co-owner of thi
Sierra Gold Corporation purchased two 8” dredges last month, which have been completely refurbished and shipped this week to Sierra Leone. Experienced US dredge operators will travel to Sierra Leone at the end of March to prepare for the arrival of the equipment… [mappress] Source:sierragoldcorp,Mar
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 March) – The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has earmarked an additional P75 million for the proposed expansion and upgrading of the terminal port in Glan town in Sarangani province within the next two years.Engr. Francisco Belimac Jr., PPA district manager… [mappr
Western Visayas is again a recipient of a billion-peso project from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after the Investment Coordinating Committee (ICC) of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved the inclusion of… [mappress] Source:thenewstoday,March 22,2010;
Hamburg Port Authority jury has just awarded Royal Haskoning first place in a competition to create a concept for the potential development of the port’s Steinwerder terminal… [mappress] Source:wnews,March 21,2010;
