What does the International Maritime Organization’s eNavigation strategy mean to you? Without wishing to begin on a down-note, probably not that much. That is if you have heard of it all. Amid the clang and clamour of the… Source: BIMCO, November 4, 2009
Crews on contract with the Environmental Protection Agency have pulled about 85,000 tons of heavy metal-laced sediment from Keswick Lake. A hydraulic dredge is set to keep working until Dec. 12… Source: Redding, November 22, 2009
Kandla Port Trust is busy exploring ways to expedite the setting up of a Special Economic Zone over 5,000 hectares identified for the purpose… Source: The hindu Business Line, November 23, 2009
The harbor dredging project is more than 90 percent complete and is expected to be concluded ahead of schedule, according to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who yesterday commended Boskalis International, which is carrying out the work… Source: The Nassau Guardian, November 23, 2009;
Shipping is reducing the speed of the global warming by its emissions of NOx and SOx, even so a reduction of these emissions is necessary, writes Jan Fuglestvedt, of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO) in a study published in Environmental Science and Techno
Augmenting its anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Seychelles and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, India today deployed an additional naval ship in the sea brigand-infested waters to carry out patrol and surveillance. “The Indian Navy has deployed INS Savitri, an Offshore Patrol Vessel with a Chetak
Vietnam and the United States have pledged to boost the development of sea ports and transportation services at their two ports of Can Tho and Houston to raise trade value between the two countries. A Memorandum of Understanding underscoring the pledge was signed on November 20 in Texas by General D
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and in the global maritime market) has commissioned substantial orders to upgrade and expand technical solutions on board existing naval vessels of countries including the Netherlands, South Korea, Australia and Thailand. Imtech is also going to provide
THE Philippine Ports Authority has signed with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. and its partner Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. a $308 million, 25-year contract to modernize the Manila North Harbor… Source: Manilla Standard, November 20, 2009;
Costs to deepen the Main Channel and other waterways at the Port of Los Angeles soared to $298 million Thursday night, when the harbor commission approved a plan that calls for dumping some of the dredged dirt at three new disposal sites… Source: Daily Breeze, November 20, 2009
The harbor dredging project is more than 90 percent complete and is expected to be concluded ahead of schedule, according to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who yesterday commended Boskalis International, which is carrying out the work. Ingraham made the announcement as Project Manager Frans Thomass
Ports, in general, represent the most relevant and complex link of logistic vectors. For Brazil it is there lifeline and a sector that the Brazilian government is investing heavily in… Source: The Korean Herald, November 22, 2009;
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates said today they could be killed within a week. Paul and Rachel Chandler were filmed for Channel 4 News on Wednesday and the footage was broadcast tonight. The Chandlers disappeared on October 23 as they sailed from the Seychelles in their 38ft yacht Lyn
Australian shipbuild Austal Shipyard, based in Western Australia, is nearing completion of a new US29.25 million luxury yacht. This first yacht that Austal has built in four years, following a disastrous fall out with Australian golfer, Greg Norman. According to The Australian newspaper, Austal lost
