Larger vessels will be able to berth at Fremantle Port’s inner harbour following a multi-million A$ infrastructure programme.
Serica Energy has announced it has struck the first find offshore Ireland for almost 30 years after revealing the results of its Bandon offshore exploration well.
Hamilton, Bermuda: A Dockwise subsidiary has completed a US$13 million contract for the transport and float-over installation of a 19,000-tonne offshore production platform for CPOC. The contract was awarded in August 2007 and involved the usage of Dockwise’s vessel, ‘Black Marlin’.
A fire broke out on the main diesel production line at Neste Oil’s Porvoo refinery this morning. The fire, which started most likely from a leak from a heat exchanger, lasted a little over an hour, and the unit has been shut down for inspection and repairs. The extent of the damage is being investig
The crew of an Italian tugboat held for four months by Somali pirates have been freed, Italy’s foreign minister says.
A campaign is under way to save a threatened Tyneside charity base which supports ships’ crews. The Mission to Seafarers charity said it planned to introduce a mobile ministry at South Shields as it confronts financial pressures.
Hundreds of wellwishers have welcomed the arrival in Port of Leith of Scotland’s entry in this year’s Clipper Round The World Yacht Race.
A cargo ship with a Russian crew has disappeared off the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, the Russian maritime journal Sovfracht reports.
According to the leading Hamburg daily Hamburger Abendblatt (HA) the northern German port will this year lose some one million TEU of container feeder traffic destined for of originating in the Baltic. According to a quoted, unnamed, expert already half of the amount went, in the direction of Rotter
Major developments in the first half of 2009 · The net result for the first six months of 2009 increased by 2.8% to EUR 112.4 million (first half of 2008: EUR 109.3 million). · Revenue in the first half of 2009 increased by 4.3% to EUR 1,035.3 million (first half of 2008: EUR 992.9 million). [&helli
The management of Marseilles Fos and the CGT trade union have reached an agreement on the transfer of port authority dockers based at Mourepiane container terminal, in the Marseilles harbour area, to the private stevedoring company Intramar. The transfer of cargo handling to private operators was a
Hamburg Süd, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd are to launch a new common service between the East Coast of South America and North Europe. As of August 6, the lines will provide a joint weekly service of two loops, replacing their respective SAFRAN/SAEC services. Vessels will run at eco-speed in order to red
Earlier this year, in its revised National Standard 1 Guidelines, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries published final guidance designed to help end overfishing and rebuild federally managed marine fish stocks. The guidance outlines a system of annual catch limits and
Phnom Penh launched a new ferry terminal earlier this week with four ferries servicing routes between the capital and Arey-Ksat port in Kandal province’s Lvea-Em district. The US$150,000 new terminal is operated by Phnom Penh-Arey Ksat Port which has a ten-year contract. The new terminal is expected
