The St James Park had left southern Spain and was bound for Thailand. The ship, which was built in 1993 and carried bulk chemicals, was hijacked in the International Recommended Transit Corridor, a patrol zonee through the Gulf of Aden that is patrolled by international naval forces.
Marine engineers have begun a £1m clean-up operation at a flood-hit port in Cumbria blocked by thousands of tonnes of debris. Tonnes of rocks, trees and silt were flushed into the Port of Workington in the devastating floods last month.
With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers.
Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the sixth submarine of the Virginia class, New Mexico (SSN 779), to the U.S. Navy today, four months ahead of schedule. New Mexico’s 70-month construction period represents the shortest overall construction time of any Virginia-class submarine.
The Maryland Port Administration has ceased dumping sediment dredged from Baltimore’s harbor at Hart-Miller Island… Source: Baltimore Business Journal, December 29, 2009; [mappress]
In the past dipper dredges have often been cobbled together with machinery designed to work in a terrestrial environment. When working in a marine environment their useful life is severely limited by the saltwater environs. Now the Netherlandss Yard De Donge… Source: MarineLink, December 29, 2009 [m
The Gloucester County Improvement Authority is planning another Delaware River port just three miles from the newly created Port of Paulsboro, where major construction has not yet begun… Source:nj.com,December 29,2009; [mappress]
Work is going ahead to expand the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi… Source:worldnews,December 29,2009; [mappress]
The central government seems to be in no hurry when it comes to capacity addition in the ports sector for the current five year plan even as the top offices have been pushing for more pro-active action in roads and highways and power… Source:indianexpress,December,30,2009; [mappress]
NEW ORLEANS — With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers… Source:latimes,December 29,2009 [mappress]
The Kribi Deep Sea Port construction project is getting into its final phase… Source:crtv,December 29,2009 [mappress]
Marine engineers have begun a £1 million clean-up operation at a flood-hit port blocked by thousands of tonnes of debris… Source: UKPA, December 30, 2009; [mappress]
China Shipping Container Lines Co., the nation’s second-largest cargo-box carrier, plans to raise rates for hauling goods to the US by as much as $700 per 40- foot box as it seeks to return to profit. The company will raise Asia-US rates on the containers by $300 on Jan. 1, Frank Fan, head of invest
More than 2,000 people have worked continuous shifts on Gjøa to make it ready for towing to the field in April. The mating was carried out by Aker Stord, who are constructing the platform for Statoil.
