The Liberian-flag fleet grew to a record 3,140 ships, aggregating 97.2m gross tons, in 2009. This represents a net growth during the course of the year of 215 ships and 10.5m gross tons. 2009 was a landmark year for the Liberian Registry. It was the year in which the 3,000th vessel was registered un
Appraisal of the Luno discovery offshore Norway has been completed by Lundin Petroleum and the latest well has confirmed the size of the find which is currently thought to contain around 95 m boe. Sweden’s Lundin said today that the 16/1-13 Luno well – the second appraisal well on the field was aimi
Mehr News Agency reported that the third largest container shipping company in the world started its operations in Bushehr Port of southern Iran. As per report, France’s CMA-CGM firm chose the port of Bushehr due to its reasonable infrastructure established in the past few years.
The Netherlands will continue its support to Bangladesh, especially in water management, sharing its own experience of being at the heart of a European delta, the Dutch ambassador said. The Dutch ambassador, AJAJMG (Alphons) Hennekens, told a seminar on Wednesday that his country, being a low-lying
A programme to reduce marine turtle and other bycatch among Viet Nam’s longline tuna fleet has yielded positive results, providing new optimism for the improved responsibility and future sustainability of these fisheries. With ongoing support from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati
The Belgian port of Antwerp will today learn whether the deepening of its key River Scheldt artery is going ahead, following a court ruling in the neighbouring Netherlands. [mappress] Source:lloydslist,January 12,2010
TOS -Transport & Offshore Services- is proud to deliver for HADI H AL HAMMAM EST (HHE) located in Saudi Arabia the Hadi 27 to her final destination. The vessel is an AHTS (anchor handling tug supplier) with a length of 60 meters, new build in Singapore (Republic of Singapore) and on her way to Bahra
Hong Kong-based OOCL named its newest vessel ‘OOCL Seoul’ at a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Indistry’s Geoje yard on January 11. The vessel is the 14th SX class vessel in OOCL’s line of sixteen SX class vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries.
GALVESTON, Texas — The Army Corps of Engineers says repairs to Galveston’s Hurricane Ike-damaged seawall should be finished by April 1. [mappress] Source:.chron,January 12,2010;
A third operator has entered the Flinders Island shipping market. The Furneaux Navigator arrived in Bridport yesterday to become new operator Furneaux Freight’s flagship. It came as the Government confirmed it had put in place “tougher measures” to ensure Southern Shipping co-operated with an audit
In a bid to speed up the long pending Ennore-Chennai Port Road Connectivity project, the Union Shipping Ministry would hold talks with stakeholders next week in New Delhi, a top official of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) said on Tuesday.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) “launched” the theme for this year’s World Maritime Day – “2010: Year of the Seafarer” – at an event held at its London headquarters yesterday (11 January 2010), co-hosted with the International Shipping Federation (ISF) and the International Transport W
A Swiss cargo carrier managed to beat off a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea last week, the Swiss Federal Office for National Economic Supply revealed on Monday. The Turicum was five nautical miles outside the zone covered by the Atalanta international task force set up to combat Somali pirates when
NOAA is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would allow the NOAA assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a U.S. port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by one of the world’s
