Despite reservations expressed by some of the communities and people doing business at the Niger River over the slow performance of the companies dredging the river, Transport Minister, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio has said that the dredging work is going on smoothly and according to specification. [mappr
France’s biggest container port, Le Havre, has seen shipments grind to a halt due to a 24-hour strike by dockers. According to the CGT union the strike is being participated in by all of the port’s 1,800 freight workers in protest to reforms that are being implemented to improve on the economic effi
The Philippines has ordered its seamen, comprising about a third of the world’s commercial sailors, to go through anti-piracy training. The labour ministry said the classes must be completed before any future seafarer is allowed to go to sea.
Production at the Siri-field did not start at the end of 2009 as planned, but has been delayed until the end of January 2010, Dong reports. The production at the Siri-field was stopped on 31 August 2009 when cracks in a subsea structure connected to the oil storage tank underneath the platform were
The country’s major port operators are optimistic of registering volume growth this year as volume has been picking up since the third quarter of last year, reflecting green shoots of economic recovery. This is after cargo volume at most ports dipped significantly year-on-year in the first half of l
The shipbuilding industry looks set for a rash of insolvencies as one of the sharpest-ever collapses in order levels combines with banks’ reluctance to finance ship construction to starve many yards of cash. Only 28.8m deadweight tonnes (dwt) of ships were ordered between January and November in 200
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will this week confirm the winners of the long-running auction to build the UK’s next wave of giant offshore wind farms, officially firing the starting pistol on the race to deliver over 25GW of renewable energy. The Crown Estate, which manages UK waters, is expected to a
According to a Dec. 30 report from Business Daily, the economic impact of piracy in the Gulf of Aden continue to hit East African region for the second year running, pushing up the cost of living significantly and robbing the region’s commodities’ competitiveness in the global markets. Business Dail
Starting with the 2010 cruise season, the port of Odessa is offering cruise ships a 20 percent discount on port dues. In addition, all Ukrainian ports offer a 50 percent discount on port fees from Nov. 15 to March, 15.
Danish shipper A.P. Moller Maersk has hired out soldiers and a warship from Tanzania to protect its fleet in pirate-ridden waters off the coast of Africa, and now other shippers are expected to follow suit. Maersk hired the warship through former special forces soldiers working for firm Guardian GBS
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) received four bids for the contract for the fourth dry excavation (PAC-4) as part of the waterway’s expansion programme. Following the receipt of the bids in December, the ACP will now analyse the technical and financial submissions and award the contract in the comi
Fisheries and tourism operators in Albany are concerned at a plan by iron ore miner Grange Resources and the Albany Port Authority. Source: Zibb, January 3, 2010 [mappress]
JAKARTA: Bekasi regency plans to construct a Rp 7.6 trillion (US$808 million) international seaport to spur the economy of the regency. Source: The Jakarta Post, January 4, 2009; [mappress]
Marine services company acquires Minette Bay Ship Docking Smit Internationale, the global marine services company, completed the acquisition of all shares of Minette Bay Ship Docking Ltd… [mappress] Source: The Journal of Commerce, January 3, 2010;
