September, 28. Transas has announced a contract with Russian shipbuilding company
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Transas is proud to officially announce their patent application for a Liquid Cargo Handling Simulator, intended for training tanker and terminal operators. The application was lodged on the 10th of April 2006 in the Russian State Register of Inventions. The system, which is one of the leading compa
Nearly 80 percent of Panamanians plan to vote for a proposal to expand the Panama Canal, according to a poll published Wednesday, the last day surveys can legally be reported ahead of a referendum. On Oct. 22, Panamanians will decide on the US$5.25 billion proposal to add a third set of locks to the
Bangladesh has discovered a new gas field near the capital Dhaka with approximate reserves of up to 500 billion cubic feet (Bcf), a key energy official said on Wednesday. Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (BAPEX) found the gas field located in Block 9 at Gazipur, about
The Russian government will hold a regular meeting on Thursday. Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko will deliver a report on the strategy of the country
ALTHOUGH Malaysian shipyards have never had it this good before, they are somehow still far behind their Asian counterparts. Thanks to a booming global shipping industry, Malaysian shipyards are working overtime, mostly to meet backlog orders that could stretch well into 2008. The biggest player, Ma
FOLLOWING the deregulation of the Nigerian ports industry, the Federal Government has called on foreign investors to build and owned shipyards on a 100% ownership basis in Nigeria. Disclosing this recently in Lagos while receiving some American journalists in her office, the Director-General of the
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Austal USA will expand its Mobile shipbuilding operations and create an estimated 250 new jobs. John Rothwell, founder and executive chairman of parent company Austal Ltd., told shareholders on Monday that he expected employment at the Mobile plant to grow by about a third as a result of the expansi
The Coast Guard is responding to a capsized fishing vessel 60 miles south of Sand Point in the Aleutian Island Chain. The Coast Guard received a call from the car carrier Overseas Joyce at 9:49 a.m. today, relaying a mayday from the fishing vessel Ocean Challenger. Three of the four crewmembers of t
Greenpeace is calling on the Fiji authorities to investigate a pirate fishing ship docked in Suva harbour. The Wen Teng 688 was blacklisted by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission last year after carrying out pirate activities in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. A Greenpeace intern claims he saw cr
APM Terminals part of Denmark’s AP Moller-Maersk group installed large numbers of reefer stacks when it built the new terminal because Zeebrugge is an important import and export point for fruit and perishable goods. The stacks are meant to help general container shipping lines to win more of that t
Europe’s fisheries commissioner is in Scotland on a fact-finding mission ahead of EU fish quota negotiations. Joe Borg’s two-day visit to Aberdeen, Shetland and the Western Isles is likely to be dominated by opposition to a proposed ban on cod fishing.
