Starting from September 26, 2012, ocean-going vessels (OGVs) will be eligible for a 50 percent reduction in port facility and light dues if they switch to cleaner fuel while berthing in Hong Kong waters. This incentive program will last for three years. The owner, operator or his agent of OGVs joini
Black Construction/MACE International Joint Venture, Barrigada, Guam, is being awarded a $9,987,700 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging on the Small Boat Basin at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. The work to be performed provides for maintenance dredging on the Small Boat Basin wi
Four young Qataris have become the first sea cadets to sign up for Nakilat’s Marine Cadet Program, making history for Qatar’s shipping industry at the signing ceremony held on Thursday, September 13 at Nakilat’s headquarters in Doha. Qatar’s premier shipping, maritime services and marine constructio
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces that the Loligo exploration well is a gas discovery. The Loligo well has proven a working hydrocarbon system in the northern part of the East Falkland basin. The
Flexlife, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has appointed Ciaran O’Donnell as its CEO. Mr O’Donnell was co-founder and CEO of CSL, a project management and engineering company. In 2007, he successfully sold the company to DOF Subsea, remaining for 3 years
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, visited the Port of Halifax to mark progress on two significant projects. Led by Halifax Port Authority representatives, Minister Ashfield toured the site of the recently completed South End Terminal Expansion project and the construc
Scott Ward has joined Jensen Maritime Consultants as a naval architect in the company’s new office in the New Orleans business district reporting to Jensen General Manager Sergio Fifi. Ward comes to Jensen with a wide variety of experience in design review, project management and operations. Before
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 12 new hazardous waste sites that pose public health and environmental risks to the National Priorities List (NPL) for cleanup under the Superfund program. EPA is also proposing to add another eight sites to the list. Superfund is the federal
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers has been appointed as the exclusive Sales and Service distributor for Corilla Marine Products for the UAE, South Africa and India region. Corilla Plastics is a leading UK name in rotational mo
ADPC has launched e-Services for customers using its new flagship Khalifa Port, which earlier this month saw the commencement of commercial operations at the semi-automated Container Terminal, unique in the entire MENA region. The new e-Services will cut down considerably on paperwork as the Port mo
KOTA GAYA, the first ship in the series of four 2800TEU class container carrier Ordered by Pacific International Lines (ship owner based in Singapore) sailed out from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan, S.Korea. Navgathi Marine Design & Constructions is providing the new shipbuilding project management fo
A presentation on Khalifa Port has taken centre stage at a major international conference in Brazil – Rio Oil and Gas 2012. The event, dedicated to maritime infrastructure, featured the conglomerate General Dynamics, the parent company of Page Europa, who installed the highly complex electronic secu
USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2), the second of the Navy’s new joint high-speed vessels (JHSV) designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment, was christened, Sept. 15, during a ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. Military Sealift Command (MSC) will own and operate Chocta
The state of the cruise shipping industry at a time of significant economic growth in Asia is the agenda set by the organisers of the upcoming inaugural Asia Cruise Forum 2013. “By developing a consolidated vocabulary between regional Asian governments and industry representatives, we would be able
