The volume of trans-shipment cargo handled at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) dropped by nearly nine per cent during the June quarter when compared to the corresponding period last year.
Disney Cruise Line officially opened an office at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany this week, as work continues to move forward on the design and development for the company’s two new cruise liners. In a ceremonial welcome, the Disney Cruise Line team presented Meyer Werft with an offi
Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited took delivery of a 2005 built modern Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The PSV now named “Greatship Dipti” is a state of the art vessel of UT 755 LN design equipped with DP2 capabilities and was contract
The 2008-09 race will use a state-of-the-art race management tracking system to monitor the progress of the fleet on its 39,000 nautical mile voyage round the globe. The system, known as Saffire, has been developed by Bluefinger , the maritime division of Cybit , the UK’s leading online telematics s
The provisional dates for The Superyacht Cup Palma 2008 announced in the latest copy of the SYC Newsletter have now been brought forward by one week to June 11 – 14th. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, in conjunction with Boat International magazine, have announced a second regatta from June 23rd to 26
Sky Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB:SKPI), an oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce that Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited (‘Crescent’), the operator of the Mubarek Field, has informed the company that the Mubarek K2-ST4 well, the second of the two wells under the Participati
Concordia Maritime’s product tanker Stena President will be delivered from Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia today. The tanker will enter a 10-year charter with the Russian company Argo Shipping and transport refined products from the Baltic Sea and the White Sea to Europe and the US. The Stena Preside
Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) said it has been awarded a 20.6 mln usd contract to upgrade fire control systems on Australian naval ships.
Eight Guineans have been arrested by Sierra Leone for an act of piracy against locally-licensed Chinese fishermen inside Sierra Leonean waters. The Guinean authorities say the men, including several officials, were on a legitimate fisheries protection patrol.
Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (GE Shipping) has announced that the Company took delivery of 147,000 dwt, 2000 built modern double hull Suezmax Tanker. Now named ‘Jag Lakshita’, the vessel was contracted in June 2007.
Malaysian infrastructure and energy group Malaysia Mining Corp (MMC) signed a maritime and property pact worth 16 billion ringgits ($4.7 billion) with an investment unit of the Dubai government, MMC said on Monday. Under the pact, MMC and Dubai World will consider developing a maritime centre includ
Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on three men who died after an accident on a gas rig standby vessel in the North Sea. Aberdeen-based Vroon Offshore Services said the men died on the Viking Islay off the East Yorkshire coast on Sunday.
Essar Shipping & Logistics Limited (ESLL) has placed an order with ABG Shipyard Limited, India for acquisition of six modern new-building geared Supramax Bulk Carriers. The vessels will be built at an estimated cost of USD 35 million each (total cost of USD 210 million for six vessels), will be deli
Transnet National Port Authority has finally got the green light to expand the Cape Town container terminal after its initial plan to reclaim 300m from the sea was rejected last year.
