A new £6m fresh produce terminal, with a capacity of 5,000 tonnes, will be built in the Port of Liverpool to handle fruit and vegetable imports destined for the north of England. The 90,000 sq ft cool store, called Liverpool Produce Terminal (LPT), will employ 30 full-time staff and is expected to b
BP today announced an increase of 25 per cent in its quarterly dividend, taking it to a level 31 per cent higher than a year ago. Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the rise reflected the company’s increasingly robust view of the future and greater confidence in its ability to deliver sustained divid
Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Co. Sdn Bhd (CPOC) on Jan. 31 awarded Malaysia’s M3nergy Bhd a contract for the charter of a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) to be deployed in the joint development area (JDA) Block B-17 field development project in the Gulf of Thailand.
New research from Energy Futures finds that ports for container ships are among the biggest sources of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and that recent efforts to curb pollution are not yet making a noticeable difference.
A cargo ship damaged in a storm some 200 miles west of the Isles of Scilly is still in an estuary in Cornwall waiting to be brought to harbour. Marine surveyors and representatives of the owners of the Horncliff, which is moored in the Fal Estuary off Falmouth, have been inspecting the vessel.
An underwater cable connecting Jersey to the UK has been damaged. Jersey Telecoms (JT) said the cable was damaged on Thursday when, during stormy conditions, a ship caught the cable with its anchor.
A 550-passenger cruise ship will be based for a season at Adelaide’s Outer Harbour for the first time early next year, in what the South Australian government says is a coup for the state. The MV Funchal, owned by Classic International Cruises, will arrive in late January 2009, visiting local attrac
Reservations for the 2010 inaugural World Cruise of the new, ultra luxury cruise vessel Seabourn Odyssey opened on February 4, 2008. The 108-day voyage departs from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on January 5, 2010. A 92-day, west coast alternative version departs Los Angeles, California on January 21.
Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited announced the commissioning of the phase five expansion of its terminal, further enhancing storage facilities in this strategic hub. The completion of the project was announced at a brief ceremony held at the Vopak Horizon Fujairah terminal on February 5th. The expansi
Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company’s 140-unit offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of February 5, 2008. Drilling rig status and contract information on the company’s offshore drilling fleet has been c
Three soldiers and eight militants were killed in a gun battle at an oil pipeline hub operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria’s southern state of Bayelsa, the navy said on Sunday. Shell said the Tora manifold, which sends oil to the Bonny export terminal, was not damaged in the attack late on Satur
The resort’s seagulls enjoyed a rare feast as thousands of packets of biscuits washed up onshore. Some of the wagons shed their loads – which included peat, compost and McVities milk chocolate biscuits.
A South Korean cargo ship sank Monday after a collision with a tug boat off the country’s west coast, leaving two crew dead and one missing, the Coast Guard said.
The Environmental Protection Ministry stopped a Turkish ship at the Ashdod port Monday after a 40 meter oil stain was discovered around the ship.
