Hiab, the business area providing load handling solutions within Cargotec has signed an agreement to acquire 70 percent of the operations of an Australian company O’Leary’s Material Handling Services.
The first phase of the Shahid Rajaii Port Container Terminal will be inaugurated on February 22, Ports and Shipping Organization Deputy Director Ali-Reza Sateii said on Tuesday.
Dredging Corp of India (DCI) is in talks with Belgium-based Dredging International for a joint venture, a company source said. This joint venture will be used initially to source vessels for the dredging work at Paradip port, as that has an immediate requirement, the source added.
Ten French sailors plucked to safety from their capsized yacht off the Otago coast yesterday will be back on the water tonight as they begin a mission to recover their vessel.
Nord Stream AG (Zug) and EUPEC PipeCoatings S.A. (Dunkerque) will sign a Letter of Intent by the end of February 2008 for the supply of concrete weight coating and logistics services to implement the Nord Stream pipeline project. EUPEC will undertake the concrete weight coating for both Nord Stream
SEACOR Marine LLC christened its first CrewZer Class vessel, the SEACOR CHEETAH, in Galveston, Texas on Tuesday. Joyce McCall, wife of nearly fifty years to offshore industry pioneer Norman McCall, acted as the vessel’s sponsor in recognition of her life-long contribution to the McCall legacy. The S
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (Keppel O&M), received US$40,000 from Awilco Offshore ASA (Awilco) for the early delivery of jackup drilling rig. Built to Keppel’s proprietary KFELS B Class design, the rig was delivered 10 days ahead o
Hellenic Carriers Limited, an international provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to acquire the 1997-built 74,000 dwt Panamax bulk carrier built in Tsuneishi, Japan, M/V Orchid Star, ch
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – While the crew of ‘Rambler’ celebrates their elapsed time victory and a new record for the Offshore Race Rolex Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro, nine boats remain offshore racing towards the finish in the Baía de Guanabara at Rio.
A Japanese naval vessel has collided with a fishing boat east of Tokyo, leaving two fishermen missing. The Atago destroyer hit the Seitoku Maru fishing boat early on Tuesday off Chiba prefecture’s Nojimazaki Cape, splitting the boat in two.
Norwegian round-the-world specialist Knut Frostad has been appointed as CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. Frostad, 40, will officially take up his position at race headquarters in Fareham, England on 3rd March. Frostad said he was looking forward to the challenge of taking the helm of the world’s most pr
A Japanese oil tanker has rescued all but two crewmen missing from a Chinese fishing vessel that sank off the northern Philippines, coast guard officials have said.
A Greek navy frigate towed a Russian military ship to safety after the vessel sent out a distress signal in the Aegean sea on Monday, Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said. ‘The towing process has started with the Greek navy frigate, and the ship will be towed to the port of Agios Kirikos on the is
SO IS it, basically, just caravanning for the posh? That word yacht with its romantic vision of sails in the sunset is nothing like the mega rich world of the super yacht. It’s Saturday night: I am in an Irish pub in downtown Athens watching Man United slaughter Arsenal in the FA Cup. Most of [&hell
