Capt. Richard Johnson knew something was wrong. A couple of weeks before Global Ship Systems in Savannah closed in late June, Johnson had heard grumblings of unmet payroll and he could feel the tension. So he went to the key people who had been overseeing his refit for the past two years and told th
Bob Salmon moved to Houston two years ago to become general manager of shipping for Shell Trading U.S., which provides various hydrocarbon products and services, including shipping. A native of Wales, he joined the Shell organization in 1971 as a deck cadet on the vessel Hindsia in the Far East.
All waterfront buildings and shacks in Nigeria’s oil capital, Port Harcourt are to be demolished, officials say. Rivers State government says the shacks have become hideouts for the armed militants who are behind the violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
The Mauritanian navy has for the first time seized a boatload of Africans trying to reach a new life in Europe. Officials say the ship was carrying 88 people, and the interception operation was carried out with Spanish help.
City officials told port managers Monday to strike or alter language in an agreement with the port of Houston that calls for moving Seawolf Park should development of a Pelican Island container terminal warrant it. Port leaders agreed to retool the language, but noted also that the city alone had th
The second container terminal at the Mundra Port received its first container vessel last week. The Container Terminal II, latest addition for Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (“MPSEZ”),is capable of handling about one and a quarter million twenty feet container per annum and it will be
Growth in cargo handling and bunkering operations have helped boost growth for Malaysia’s Sabah Ports Sdn Bhd and its parent company Suria Capital Holdings Bhd. As well as port operations and bunkering, Suria’s activities include investment holdings and property development.
Six years ago this week a Norwegian cargo ship named the Tampa sparked a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway and Indonesia as well as worldwide controversy when it came to the aid of 438 asylum seekers whose dilapidated fishing boat started to sink 85 nautical miles off the Australian terri
Navy officials are finalizing the mishap report on the May 15 daytime grounding of the destroyer Arleigh Burke near Norfolk, Va. Navy Times has requested a copy of the report under the Freedom of Information Act.
Salvage operations on the New Flame cargo vessel continued suspended this morning as Gibraltar woke up after its last day at the fair. The operations were suspended after severe sea conditions affected the area, with high swells and winds in the region, especially Europa Point.
The five-man crew of a Danish cargo ship was heading home to Denmark on Tuesday after being held in captivity by Somali pirates for more than 80 days. The Danica White had been on its way from Dubai to the Kenyan port of Mombasa when it was seized by pirates June 1.
Agents of the National Environmental Crime Task Force (NAECTF), Army soldiers and police operatives intercepted the vessel of Alpha Carrier Cargo off the seas of Tubay town in Agusan del Norte on Saturday afternoon.
Formula One met Formula Spars when Nelson Piquet, the three times Motor Racing Champion, enlisted the help of Formula Yacht Spars to design, develop and build the rig for his unique 64 metre superyacht, Pilar Rossi. Completed in Italy, the yacht started life as a luxury 33 metre yacht that offered p
Divers are preparing to record the first video footage of the wreck of RMS Carpathia, which rescued more than 700 survivors from the Titanic in 1912.
