Leaders from Wisconsin’s ports say a proposed state law would end international shipping to Wisconsin. Mike Simonson reports on a meeting of port officials Thursday in Washburn. The proposed bill is still being shaped, so port directors are hoping to do an end run before it damages shipping on Lake
The board of Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (GE Shipping) today approved the scheme for demerger of its offshore services business into a separate company, Great Offshore Ltd (GOL). As a consideration of the demerger, shareholders of GE Shipping will be issued, at no cost, one fully paid share o
The Port of Astoria has resolved its disputes with state agencies over the disposal of dredge spoils on Pier 3, Port Executive Director Peter Gearin told the commission at its regular workshop meeting Tuesday.
A PROPOSAL for a Gold Coast cruise terminal is steaming ahead, leaving opponents floundering in its wake. Despite a public outcry about the potential impact of a terminal, the State Government yesterday said construction could begin in 2007. Deputy Premier and State Development Minister Anna Bligh v
Cruise ship tourism is increasingly being highlighted by Caribbean officials as evidence of larger numbers of tourist arrivals to many countries in the region. In some cases, pointing to larger numbers of cruise passengers is the plaster that covers a growing sore of decreasing airline passengers an
Susan Clark recalls the time she climbed aboard a ship outside Portland Harbor a few months ago. The Croatian captain reacted with surprise to see that the man who would pilot his ship into the harbor was not a man at all.
Some 400 workers shut down the Helsinki operations of shipbuilder Aker Finnyards on Friday to protest planned layoffs and cutbacks. The strike, scheduled to last until Monday morning, came after last month’s announcement by the company that it would outsource some operations, cut its work force in H
The New World Alliance (TNWA) partners, NOL’s container shipping arm APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines, Ltd (MOL) on Sept 9 announced a five-year extension to their Alliance Agreement, signalling a long-term focus on working together to meet customers’ needs.
Lockheed Martin Orincon was awarded a $30 million contract by the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) support to the Program Executive Office, Littoral Mine Warfare (LMW).
Coroner’s officials Sunday released the names of three cruise ship crew members who died after being exposed to toxic sewer gas as they repaired a waste pipe. The men were identified as Boris Dimitrov, 47, of Varna, Bulgaria; Willie Tirol, 41, of Pangasinan, Philippines; and Radomilja Frane, 48, of
Korean shipbuilders have been leading the global market with competitive prices and timely deliveries for the past decade, thanks to peaceful labor-management relations and sufficient domestic supply of parts and steel plates.
The Sethusamudram project to dredge a navigable channel between the country
The 2006 Access Dinghy Australian and International Championships are to be a feature of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06 Melbourne Stopover on the Australia Day weekend this coming January.
China shipping, the giant Chinese shipping company, announced last week its decision to set up its own shipping agency jointly with its present local agent
