With increasing levels of freight using the Salerno Container Terminal, the investments in developing facilities look set to further raise the levels of sea freight in Italian waters. As the last privately owned terminal in Italy, it is looking to the support of its parent group to ensure ongoing pr
A man has gone missing from a car ferry travelling between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. He was one of three foot passengers who boarded the 0700 GMT Red Funnel ferry at Southampton this morning.
An Indian Navy Submarine called Sindhughosh collided with a merchant navy ship on Monday in the Arabian Sea. The submarine was trying to surface in Arabian sea near 300 km north of Mumbai.
The most vocal militant group in Nigeria’s oil-producing south claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack on four ships earlier this week and warned of more attacks. ‘Freelance freedom fighters sponsored by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) carried out the harassment
Reclamation at Dubai Promenade is being undertaken by Van Oord. It is due to be completed in the first quarter of 2008 with a total of some 750,000 tons of rock being placed and 650,000 cubic meters of sand reclaimed.
The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd. (G E Shipping) has signed a contract to sell its nondouble hull panamax product carrier “Jag Anjali”. The 1986 built, 66,203 dwt vessel was acquired in Apr il 2003.The ship is scheduled to be delivered during the fourth quarter of FY 2008.
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited (Esso Angola), has started production from the Kizomba C development, designed to develop 600 million barrels of oil from the Mondo, Saxi and Batuque fields in approximately 2,400 feet (800 meters
Wärtsilä signed in December a EUR 9.5 million contract with Norwegian ferry operator New Kystlink AS for an overhaul project of Kystlink’s ‘Pride of Telemark’ ferry. This contract emphasizes Wärtsilä’s strength to be the total service provider. The scope of the project includes a complete electrical
On Jan. 1st , 2008, M.V. COSCO EUROPE, the second 10,000-TEU-Class container ship of COSCO, was delivered at Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard. The ship left the shipyard for the port of Dalian on the same day.
An alleged threat to blow up US warships “may not have come” from Iranian speedboats involved in a recent stand-off, the BBC has learned. The voice on a Pentagon tape could instead have come from another ship in the area or a transmitter on land, senior US Navy sources told the BBC.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today reported in its interim update that fourth quarter net income is expected to be higher than the $3.7 billion earned in the third quarter 2007. Higher earnings are expected in the upstream business, which benefited during the fourth quarter from higher prices for
An Indian Navy submarine was damaged after it collided with a merchant ship on Monday in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Saurashtra. Navy officials said there were no casualties. The submarine, INS Sindhughosh, collided with merchant vessel MV Leeds, 140 nautical kms north west of the Mumbai coast
NAHEMA, in order to build the first 120 feet composite luxury cruising catamaran on the market, is outsourcing the best for each step of the production process. NAHEMA searched Worldwide for a partner able to master the technology of manufacturing innovative and flawless moulds. The size and the gro
An Australian patrol ship tasked with monitoring Japan’s whaling fleet has departed from the western city of Perth for waters off Antarctica. The Oceanic Viking, a customs vessel, left Stirling Naval Base on Tuesday night on a 20-day surveillance mission.
