Fishermen are being urged not to sign a heads of agreement for leasing berths at the yet-to-be constructed Robe marina until more details about the costs are known. Robe Marina Corporation has made an offer to fishermen, which if signed would “in-principle” bind them to a number of costs, including
A day after dozens of boaters came to the City Council to warn of shifting sands creating a hazard in the Boca Raton Inlet, city officials launched into action. City Manager Leif Ahnell, who on Monday threw out the possibility of closing the waterway, told council members Tuesday that the city is co
Funding and permits are officially in place and an improvement program is underway in Big Bear Lake for completion of a dredging project at the northeast end of the seven-mile long lake. The lake’s east boat ramp will be closed until the project is complete. A temporary alternate public boat ramp is
A House subcommittee voted May 11 to add $2.3 billion and three ships to the 2006 defense budget. The projection forces subcommittee unanimously approved adding two DDG-51 destroyers and a T-AKE dry cargo ship to the $419.3 billion defense budget that President Bush requested from Congress for 2006.
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said yesterday it won orders for eight ships worth $880 million, a reflection of the recent upward trend for ship prices. The world’s second-largest shipbuilder is assigned to make four 84,000 cubic-meter very large LPG carriers – two for Exmar N.V. of Be
Gov. John Lynch signed legislation Wednesday to help fund the fight to protect the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. This comes just days before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is expected to announce a list of bases he wants to close.
Meetings of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) are important way-stations on the international maritime regulatory superhighway. The MSC is meeting in London today for its 80th session, which lasts until May 20, and, as usual, it has an extensive agenda packed with items with the potential to add
Shipping agents, referred to by some as the world’s “second oldest profession,” used the same business model for hundreds of years — until a Mobile native came up with a better idea. H. Winchester Thurber III will be inducted tonight into the International Maritime Hall of Fame for a “back office” c
MALAYSIA International Shipping Corp (MISC) is poised to become a major global oil and gas player with its move to form a joint venture with Bergesen Worldwide Ltd in the LPG Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) market. According to a research house, the aggressive expansion in the offs
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A possible merger between shipping companies Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd could have big ramifications for the movement of goods to and from New Zealand. The shipping companies collectively carry about 80 per cent of Fonterra’s ocean freight and 40 per cent of the national freight, analysts estim
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The cruise ship company Transocean Tours will resume trips to Israel late this year with the Astor to dock in the Israeli port of Ashdod in November. Passengers on board the Astor would be offered excursions to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Caesarea and the Dead Sea, the company said in presenting its progr
