The dredger Queen of the Netherlands has returned to Melbourne waters to complete the controversial A$1 billion deepening of Port Phillip Bay. The controversial project dredging 23 million cubic metres of rock, sand and toxic silt from the bay will allow super-sized container ships with a draught of
Somali pirates have seized a British-owned cargo ship and a Taiwanese ship, maritime officials say, after capturing three other vessels over the weekend. The UK-owned Malaspina Castle was boarded in the Gulf of Aden, while the Taiwanese ship was seized near the Seychelles, according to reports. A Fr
An investigation has been launched after claims that dredgers licensed to dispose of waste off the Plymouth coast have dumped the material in the wrong area. Millions of tonnes of dredged material from the River Tamar has been dumped off Whitsand Bay, South East Cornwall, over the years to ensure th
Ships travel to and from the manufacturing and trading hubs of southern China through the Lamma channel, and it is still busy. But the ships once sitting heavily in the water, loftily loaded with containers, are now visibly higher in the water. There is less cargo moving around the world, so less ne
Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners’ charity reports. They seized the ship on Saturday about 400 nautical miles (740km) off the southern Somali port of Kismayo, between the Seychelles and Kenya. A crew of 24 is believed to be abo
All 16 bodies and the black box flight recorder have been recovered from a helicopter that crashed in the North Sea, killing everyone on board. The wreckage of the Super Puma was located on the sea bed by the Bibby Topaz salvage vessel. The helicopter crashed off the Aberdeenshire coast on Wednesday
Austal has received its second large vehicle ferry order within a week after being selected by leading Maltese operator Virtu Ferries to design and build a 107 metre vehicle-passenger catamaran. The order follows last week’s announcement of a contract with Denmark’s Nordic Ferry Services to build Au
It was a great win in the ‘Light In-Port Race’ for Bouwe Bekking’s Telefónica Blue after a long postponement in Rio de Janeiro today. PUMA (Ken Read/USA) put in a solid performance to take second, but the surprise result was the outstanding performance by the rejuvenated Delta Lloyd with Spaniard, R
A co-operative hoping to restart the Swansea to Cork ferry has agreed the basis of a deal to buy a new ship. It needs to be ratified by creditors of the Finnish firm that used to own it. The service stopped three years ago. The consortium, which has raised over £2.5m from pledges by small […]
There are calls for Sark’s Chief Pleas to enforce a shipping law allowing only licensed vessels to transport cargo and passengers between Guernsey and Sark. The plea has come from Sark Shipping and Harbours & Pilotage Committees. It follows concerns that, despite being unlicensed, the Brecqhou Warri
Victims of the North Sea Super Puma helicopter crash in which 16 people died have been named by police. Eight came from north east Scotland, with the others from Angus, Dundee, Dumfries, Cumbernauld, Liverpool, Norwich, the West Midlands, and Latvia. The 15 people named by Grampian Police were aged
An offshore worker has died in an accident on a diving support vessel four miles off Aberdeen. The crewman on the Well Servicer, operated by Technip, was airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary following the accident during sea trials. He was pronounced dead at the hospital later on Wednesday evening.
LR-Fairplay reports that a joint venture (JV) involving Peru and Portugal has won a concession to develop the Peruvian port of Paita. LR-Fairplay said the JV company Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos will reportedly pump US$277 million into the project to upgrade Paita’s box terminal. The consortium
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of the Bahamas, and is worth approximately US$44 million. The project will be completed in the first six months
