TUI Cruises and VISET Malta plc today signed a formal agreement confirming that in the 2011 season Valletta, Malta is to be Mein Schiff’s Mediterranean port of departure. From May to November 2011 the seven-day cruises will start and finish in Valletta. On its “butterfly cruise schedule” the “Mein S
DHAKA — A seven-member Indian team of experts is now working in Bangladesh responding to a request of Dhaka for helping restore the navigability of rivers under the dredging assistance programme… [mappress] Source: Associated Press of Pakistan, January 23, 2010;
On January 21 the Argentine President signed the decree that extends the concession contract of Jan De Nul in Argentina for another eight years. Under the emergency law all concession contracts in Argentina, including the dredging contract of Jan De Nul were scrutinized and where necessary revised.
With reference to the press release dated 12 November 2009, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Smit Internationale N.V. (Smit) announce that they have signed a merger protocol for a full merger of the two companies. The transaction will be effectuated through an all cash public offer of
Keppel Singmarine has delivered a platform supply geotechnical vessel on schedule to Greatship Global Offshore Services. The vessel has been bareboat chartered to GC Rieber Shipping Asia. Unlike standard platform supply vessels, ‘Greatship Maya’ is a multi-functional, enhanced offshore support vesse
QUIETLY but steadily, the whitish sand-water mix is churned out of giant underwater pipes as the roaring waves of the Atlantic Ocean give way to advancing machines, and the foundations of a new city literally emerge off the shores of the famous Bar Beach in Lagos… [mappress] Source: Guardian, Januar
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission estimates 2 million cubic meters of silt or about half the targeted volume dredged after seven months of work… [mappress] Source: Manila Standard Today, January 25, 2010;
No vessels and barges loaded with fertilizer, fuel and rice could reach Baghabari port for the last 18 days due to poor navigability in the Jamuna River, and thereby virtually brought the activities of the port into a halt. Sources said that a total of 32 vessels… [mappress] Source:nation.ittefaq,Ja
MUMBAI: The Shipping Ministry is planning to dilute the Government’s stake in three companies under it — Cochin Shipyard, Shipping Corp of India (SCI) and Dredging Corp of India (DCI) in the next fiscal (FY11), a top Shipping Ministry official said… [mappress] Source:economictimes.indiatimes.,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a recent report that the river expansion at the J.T. Myers Lock & Dam is needed to make room for a long-delayed extension of the dam’s auxiliary lock… [mappress] Source:chicagotribune,January 22,2010
Jamaica-flagged M/V Miltiades came under attack and successfully deterred suspected pirates Jan. 17, while transiting approximately 130 nautical miles southwest of Al Mukalla, Yemen. The pirate skiff fired on the M/V with AK-47 rifles. The Miltiades embarked security team fired red flares and the sh
Keppel FELS Limited has delivered Ensco 8502, the third of seven Ensco 8500 Series semisubmersible (semi) drilling rigs it has been contracted to build exclusively for Ensco International. Delivered seven days ahead of schedule, Ensco 8502 is on track to commence operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexic
This spring Derecktor Shipyards of Connecticut will put its’ newly expanded dry dock to work. The dock will allow the yard to fully service vessels up to 4000 long tons, 400 feet (122 meters) in length, 82 feet (25 meters) in beam and 20 feet (6 meters) draft.
The first vessel from a world-scale shipbuilding facility at Ras Laffan, being set up by Nakilat and Netherlands-based Damen Group, will be launched within two years, HE the Deputy Premier Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah has said. Shipbuilding activity at the joint venture facility – Nakilat Damen Shi
