South African ships are taking drastic steps to protect crews from pirates following an increase in attacks along the African coast. The country has also been encouraged to raise the issue of piracy in bilateral relations with Nigeria and Somalia, the two African nations most plagued by boatloads of
The wreck of the French fishing boat which sank off the Cornish coast earlier this week has been located by a French warship. La P’tite Julie sank with the loss of six crew 50 miles (80km) off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall on 7 January.
Vopak has sold its disposal business located in South Carolina and its railcar cleaning facilities in Texas and Georgia on December 31, 2007. With this sale the strategic initiative to focus on tank storage activities in the USA has been concluded.
Iranian speedboats interfered in the passage of US warships in the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz on two previously undisclosed occasions, the US has said. The USS Whidbey Island and USS Carr had to issue warnings to Iranian vessels in December, said a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity
Radio Holland, a globally renowned maritime electronics solutions provider, has been awarded a significant, multi-year contract to supply communication network services to a consortium of maritime shipping companies who are members of the Canadian Ship-owners Association (CSA) and the Lake Carriers’
When the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth slips down the dock at Babcock Marine’s yard in Rosyth some time in 2014, it will mark the biggest moment for Scotland’s beleaguered shipbuilding industry, concentrated on the Forth and the Clyde, in half a century.
Plans to dredge the entrance to Scalloway harbour have been put on hold after the proposed cost of the job rose to more than £4 million. Shetland Islands Council’s harbour board had wanted to deepen the entrance to 9.5 metres to attract oil vessels into the port and priced the job at £2.2 million.
South Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries has entered into an agreement to build a $2 billion shipyard in the southern Philippines, its second yard in the country, a state agency said on Friday.
According to RIA Novosti, Japanese companies will be involved in the construction of artificial islands in the Black Sea off the coast of Sochi, the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the head of the Russian-Japanese business council said on January 11.
SBM Offshore and Modec Inc are in a head-to-head battle that could see them share the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel contracts from BP in Angola, industry website Upstream Online reported.
Five fishermen have been rescued after their boat sank in the North Sea. The Fraserburgh-registered Fisher Boys, with five people on board, began taking on water about 40 miles off the coast.
Authorities are investigation a oil barge’s collision with the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in the San Francisco Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard says a tug boat was pulling the barge under the bridge in foggy conditions
Improper training and bad steering by a Princess Cruises ship’s second officer caused the vessel to tilt suddenly in 2006, injuring almost 300 people, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Thursday.
Falmouth could soon take the biggest cruise ships in the world. Assessments of the channel have confirmed that it could take the 1,112ft (339m) Freedom of the Seas type ships.
