European ports including Rotterdam and Hamburg say the Japanese earthquake will begin to affect volumes later this month as dockside stockpiles are depleted and ships that left Tokyo soon after the disaster arrive in harbor. A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container line, has a transit
Norwegian Car Carriers ASA has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (‘HHI’) for the construction of a large car carrier with a capacity of about 6,500 CEU for delivery in August 2012.
Senior executives from the region’s largest ports and shipping organisations, including ADPC (Abu Dhabi Ports Company) and DP World, took to the stage at the World Ports and Trade Summit here at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi. Tony Douglas, CEO, ADPC (Abu Dhabi Ports Company), joined Dirk Van Den Bosch, Chief C
Dredging of the Chincoteague Inlet federal navigation channel is complete for this year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Currituck worked for 21 days to remove potentially hazardous shoals from the inlet bottom and now is underway to its next project.
The world’s idle containership fleet has fallen to its lowest level in over two years, despite the continuing decline of freight rates. According to figures released by Paris-based analyst Alphaliner, the number of vessels currently in lay-up dropped by 25 over the past month to reach a total of 84
The fitting of fire-fighting capacity on harbour tugs is very common, but typically those installations are limited to up to the capacity of the classification society Fi-Fi 1 designations with a total pump capacity of 2,400m3/hour. Kuwait Fire Services required a major terminal support tug with sig
On the third and last day of his state visit to Brunei Darussalam, the President of Ukraine, this morning paid a visit to the Brunei LNG Pla… (rtbnews) [mappress] Source: rtbnews, March 31, 2011;
BLOEMSMA VAN BREEMEN Shipyard launched and successfully completed extensive sea trials of the Wind Farm Service Catamaran, Windcat 101. This special service craft is DNV classed (+1A1 HSLC EO R1 passenger), IMO HSC2000, takes 45 passengers and sails 31 knots. Loa 27 m, beam 9.30 m, propulsion 4 MTU
A British specialist is questioning whether the Crest Energy turbines planned for installation in the Kaipara Harbour are the best design or… By Mike Barrington (northernadvocate) [mappress] Source: northernadvocate, March 31, 2011
As previously announced, Golar LNG Partners LP (GMLP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Golar LNG Limited, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of the GMLP’s common units. The Offering currently is scheduled to include the sale by
Shri R P N Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas today launched Asia’s First Integrated Gas Management System, implemented on SAP Platform, at the corporate office of GAIL (India) Limited in New Delhi. This Gas Management System is the third of its kind in the world after Pe
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation have signed a partnership agreement to participate in the de… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247, March 31, 2011;
It could still be a long wait for India’s largest container terminal, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), to implement dredging plans. BYNIKITA UPADHYAY (financialexpress) [mappress] Source: financialexpress, March 31, 2011
Its 6 a.m. at Point Hudson, a sandy spit that stretches from Port Townsend into Admiralty Inlet. Brian Polagye, a University of Washington… By Erik Neumann (crosscut) [mappress] Source: crosscut, March 31, 2011
