Norwegian minister for the environment, Helen Bj
To commemorate Sept. 11, the keel of the second U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter being built here was declared authentic or “truly and fairly laid.” “We existed before 9/11 and we will continue to be here long after today,” Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore, executive officer of the integ
The Bridgeport Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge about 1.5 million cubic yards from the harbor and are awaiting results of a federal and state project on the uses for recycled sludge. The $2 million project will use sediment from a New Jersey harbor, which has a simi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for three sets of LNG-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation systems, 1,350 MW in total, for Morata Energia S.L. of Spain. Morata Energia is a special purpose company (SPC) established by Electrabel S.A. of Belgium. The
Mazda Motor Co. says it wont sell as new any of its 4,700 cars on board a ship that severely listed on its side south of Alaskas Aleutian Islands in July. The Cougar Ace was transferring ballast in the Pacific Ocean on July 23 when it listed 60 degrees onto its port side, probably damaging […
Petron officials announced in a news forum that it has chartered a double-hull, double bottom ship for its oil cargo transport under its shipping alliance project even before the M/T Solar vessel oil spill in Guimaras happened. Petron’s VisMin industrial marketing coordinator Steve del Mar bared Pet
Dredging of the Missouri River southeast of Springfield is scheduled to begin this week according to the foreman of the contracting company. Last week the crew continued to connect 3,600 feet of pipe which will take sand from the river and relocate it to form three sandbars. The pipeline is being co
The new record was achieved during the unloading of MSC MICHELE,
On September 10 Krasnoe Sormovo Shipyard launched the lead ship of RSD17 project for the Palmali Group. The 5 dry cargo vessels are being built undet the contract signed in 2005. The lead ship of the series “Mirzaga Khalilov” is to be delivered to the customer in November 2006, other ships are sched
Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Company Ltd built a 3,500 TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent unit) container vessel in only 54 days, breaking China’s record of 60 days for a mid-sized container vessel. The shipyard’s accelerated shipbuilding technique has attracted more clients from the US and Europea
Europe has taken its fight to control the boatloads of African immigrants setting off for the Canary Islands to the coasts of western Africa. Patrol boats, planes and helicopters from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Finland are operating off the shores of Mauritania, Senegal and Cape Verde in a bid to st
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) contracted an order for eight 11,400TEU containerships with its long-time client, CMA-CGM in France. The order is valued at US$1.2 billion and is the largest newshipbuilding order as a single contract in the world. The ships will be equipped with the world
A memorial has been unveiled ahead of the 90th anniversary of a shipping disaster in Carlingford Lough which claimed the lives of 97 people. Passenger ship the Connemara crashed into a coal transporter and sank at the mouth of the lough on 3 November 1916.
The world’s largest pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) called at Port Rashid, the port operator said. The 228-metre long vessel Asian Empire has a total carrying capacity of 7,920 units. Owned and operated by Eujor Car Carriers of South Korea, the Asian Empire is under the UAE agency Diamond Shipping
