Lloyd’s Register held its most recent Hellenic Advisory Committee on November 2, 2006 in Mikrolimano, Piraeus. Some 30 key figures from the Greek shipping community attended, representing more than 34.5 million gross tons and 650 vessels. The Lloyd’s Register Hellenic Advisory Committee is chaired b
ALDAR Properties PJSC announced today that it has extended the dredging contract for its major Al Raha Beach development from the initial 10 million cubic metres to 25 million. The dredging and reclamation contract for Al Raha Beach was awarded earlier this year, after a tender process, to Dredging
The Maryland Port Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to spend more than $1 billion to rebuild two islands in the Chesapeake Bay — the government’s latest plan to use dredge spoil from shipping channels to enhance the environment.
A doctor yesterday described how she was given a baptism of fire by being lowered from a helicopter on to a tanker in horrendous weather conditions to treat a badly injured crewman. Christine Bradshaw, 48, is a locum GP with a relatively peaceful patch on the Orkney island of Hoy. But she had no hes
The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is to undertake a $44 million joint venture project to replace the existing Single Point Mooring (SPM) facility to handle bigger oil vessels and an increased volume of crude oil at the Dar port.
Global shipping and logistics services provider, GAC has won the coveted ‘Shipping Agent’ and ‘Transport, Logistics and Freight’ awards at the Lloyd’s List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2006.
IHC Holland Merwede BV is proud to announce that its subsidiary Merwede Shipyard received the contract for the design and construction of a new Diving Support / Offshore Construction vessel for Subsea 7. Merwede Shipyard was granted this order to be built under yard No 713, because of the successful
The third Damen Stan Tug 2208 out of a series of 5 was named and delivered to Oldendorff on the 2nd of November. She is now on her delivery voyage to South-America where she will be one of the nine vessels ordered by Oldendorff for the transshipper project in Guyana. The naming was performed by [&he
Transas USA received an order from CSL International
On October 12th 2006 Transas secured a contract to supply Georgia
South Korea will not join a US-led scheme to stop and search suspicious North Korean ships, officials say. Seoul has been under increased pressure to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) since North Korea conducted a nuclear test on 9 October.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition seeking a probe into the disappearance of ship `Jupiter 6,’ its crew and other members in mysterious circumstances since September 2005. A Bench of Justice H.K. Sema and Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan has also issued notice to the Di
When Gil Romano was in the market for a yacht, he envisioned exactly how it would look — from the Corian countertops to the hue of the veneer wall coverings to the style of furniture for his guests. The only problem: His dream boat wasn’t available straight out of the factory. So Romano, a Long [&he
Looking around Shakir Guseinov’s deadly quiet fish-meal factory, it is easy to understand why he is longing for the good old days. The rusty machines in this formerly round-the-clock factory are only kicked into action once a week, and it does not even produce enough fish meal to cover the cavernous
