Jacksonville based Caribbean Shipping Services has been cited as the largest locally owned shipper to the Puerto Rico market by newly released statistics from the Jacksonville Port Authority. Puerto Rico is the Port of Jacksonville
The water running into Rose Bay should get even cleaner as the City Council discusses dredging another phase of a 2-mile-long feeder canal. Engineers are suggesting the city spend $1.2 million in grants and city funds to dredge silt from the canal that runs from First Baptist Church of Harbor Oaks o
A Norfolk-based destroyer inadvertently fired a .50-caliber machine gun round into an unoccupied crew berthing barge June 6 as the warship sailed away from a local shipyard, a Navy official confirmed. No one was injured. The destroyer Ross had completed a short maintenance period at Norfolk
It is therefore not surprising that Doha was the launch venue for the 1st International Middle East LNG Shipping Forum this week. Top Qatari officials used this occasion to call on the global finance industry to get its act together on LNG finance, as there is a feeling that this great business oppo
PORT BLAIR: Jetties play an important role in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the logistics of transporting passengers and cargo to various islands. Their significance in the life of the people can be understood from the fact that there are 49 jetties at various islands for berthing ships. But se
Importing gas from Iran through a pipeline via Pakistan will work out cheaper for India, with consultants estimating that it would cost just between $2.40 to 2.49 per million British thermal unit. The piped gas would be cheaper than shipping in liquefied natural gas, which would cost $4,10 per mBtu,
With a gentle breeze blowing through this quiet Mediterranean harbor yesterday, a Boston area couple on a sailboat voyage around the world recounted the details of a harrowing brush with Yemeni pirates in the Red Sea and a shootout the couple says could easily have ended with the deaths of five Amer
Leg 5 of the Global Challenge has been an eventful leg and one that has felt longer than any of the others. It took a while to get into this leg’s racing. We had demons from Leg 4 still around, I had flu, we were straight away into down wind hot conditions and the crew […]
New Zealand supermaxi Konica Minolta has smashed the Auckland-Fiji race record by more than a day after clinching line honours in Suva early today. Owned by Wellington businessman Stewart Thwaites, the 30m vessel completed the 1100 nautical mile (2037km) journey from Waitemata Harbour in three days,
Points won in the pre-America’s Cup events will count towards the final result, it has been announced. Winners of the Louis Vuitton Acts, which begin this month, will gain bonus points towards the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007. The America’s Cup challenger to Alinghi will be decided by the Louis Vuitton
A South Korean Navy official announced that there will be a memorial service later this month for several South Korean sailors who were killed three years ago in a naval skirmish with North Korea on the Yellow Sea. The skirmish took place on June 29, 2002, after North Korean naval vessels crossed th
Thai officials on Monday assured U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that violence in their country’s Muslim-dominated south was being addressed and wasn’t tied to global terrorists, while Rumsfeld urged more cooperation against sea piracy, the Thai defence minister said. Rumsfeld appealed to Tha
Excel Maritime Carriers an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargo has announced today that it has taken physical delivery of two vessels, MV Princess I at the port of Izmit in Turkey and MV Angela Star at the port of Ta
A three-year, $1 million grant from the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security has been secured by the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. The money will be used to develop and implement statewide standards for maritime security training, including drills and exercises for vessels, port faciliti
