CHINESE company Shanghai Co has been selected by the government to develop infrastructure at Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP)… [mappress] Source: Phnom Phen Post, January 22, 2010
Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (GulfNav), one of the leading ship owning and maritime service companies in the region, has recently published an analytical study about the shipping and maritime industry, focusing on the recent challenges that the field had faced because of the economic drop, while hig
Canada’s Turbot war with the Spanish could soon have a follow-up, the shrimp war with the Danes. Fisheries Minister Gail Shea served notice on Tuesday, via news release, that unless ships from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, both controlled by Denmark, cease overfishing shrimp; Canada will block th
Technip has secured an augmentation pipeline deal at the Broom field in the UK North Sea. The company was awarded a lump sump contract, estimated at 21 million Euro, by Lundin Britain. Technip will design, fabricate and install a pipe-in-pipe production flowline, which will be trenched and backfille
Southampton’s status as one of the world’s key cruise ports has been underlined by news the last of the industry’s Big Three is to start major operations here next year. The Daily Echo can exclusively reveal MSC Cruises is to base the 60,000-ton ship MSC Opera in the city– the first time it has ever
For reasons of cost, the final scrapping of ships and the recycling of materials has gravitated to developing countries and attracts considerable criticism regarding the working conditions of the personnel involved and the disposal of possible harmful residues in the ships.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit has been chosen to supply radars for the Sydney Harbour Ferries fleet. Sydney Harbour Ferries will fit the Sperry Marine new-generation VisionMaster FT(TM) chart radars on all 28 vessels in the fleet. Electrotech Australia Pty Ltd, Sperry Ma
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that its largest and most innovative Freestyle Cruising ship to date, Norwegian Epic, debuting this July, will summer in the Mediterranean as part of her 2011/2012 deployment. The ship will sail a seven-day Western Mediterranean itinerary from Barcelona, Spain f
The first phase of a multi-billion Dollar plan to build a new port in Doha will be up and running by November 2014, a senior project official has announced. Toufic Oueida, executive director, told Gulf Times that the need for new facilities would become increasingly apparent if Qatar continues to gr
Radio Holland Connect introduces the VSAT Prepaid Calling Card. This Connector by Radio Holland VSAT Prepaid Calling Card offers users a convenient way to stay in touch with family and friends. The Calling Card enables voice calls via the Radio Holland Global VSAT network. Ship owners and captains h
AUTHORITIES have temporarily suspended three Kampot province dredging operations for sand to export, a local official confirmed on Tuesday, but confusion remains over the exact reason… [mappress] Source: Phnom Phen Post, January 27, 2010;
The UK government yesterday set out the factors it would take into consideration when deciding whether to privatise a trust port. In a written ministerial statement, the parliament under-secretary of state for transport, Paul Clark, said the factors it would consider were: whether the port would con
Work on the second largest contract of the Panama Canal Expansion Program has begun. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) issued consortium FCC-ICA-Meco the Notice to Commence the fourth and final dry excavation (PAC-4) contract… [mappress] Source: MarineLink, January 26, 2010
DUBAI – Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Co., or NMDC, said Wednesday it made a net profit of 413.2 million U.A.E. dirhams ($112.6 million) in 2009, a 55.6% increase on the previous year… [mappress] Source: Maktoob, January 26, 2010
