The uneasy truce established between the Port of Los Angeles and Gambol Industries – which has a plan for a shipyard that the company says will bring up to 1,000 family-wage jobs to the port – is about to run out.
The Norwegian Ministry for Trade and Industry Ministry is granting NTNU a professorship to strengthen research on climate friendly shipping. The professorship is part of the Maritime Knowledge Hub, initiated by the Oslo Maritime Network and the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association.
A consortium of companies have won licenses to build offshore wind turbines in nine separate UK seabed zones, in a massive expansion of an industry which could eventually provide a quarter of the UK’s electricity requirements. The net result of this expansion will be the creation of one of the bigge
Emirates Ship Investment (Eships) will be beefing up its fleet with a major investment programme to double its fleet in three years. By the end of the programme, Eships will have over 25 chemical and product tankers and dry bulk carriers.
Imtech (technical services provider in Europe) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Exactly 150 years ago, Jan Jacob van Rietschoten put behind him his career as sea captain in the long-haul shipping trade and in 1860 started working as an independent stevedore in Rotterdam. He was one of
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, has received the first order for its new Wärtsilä RT-flex35 two-stroke engine. The Wärtsilä licensee, Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Co. (YMD), manufacturing low-speed marine engines in China, has signed a contract with Ningbo Dongh
Amsterdam received its first cruise call for 2010 on January 3 following six calls in December 2009. The first and last calls of the season have never been so close together, according to the port. In 2010, Amsterdam will host 94 calls, two more than in 2009.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Guyana over the years has been capitalising on its natural resources to maximize its growth and development. As such the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Government of India has undertaken a feasibility study to determine a possible location for the construc
GAC, the Kuwait based shipping, logistics and marine service company, have announced a joint venture with the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) to provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors.
The overfishing of shrimp has pushed the Canadian government to decide it will close its ports to ships from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, authorities say. The North Atlantic Fisheries Organization sets catch limits for each member, and Greenland and the Faroes allegedly refuse to abide by the qu
The launch of the world’s largest cruise ship has been voted the most exciting cruise ship innovation in a new survey of cruise trends released February 11. The annual Cruise Holidays Cruise Trends Survey voted the Royal Caribbean’s 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas as the best thing to hit the high
Mariners are advised that a maintenance dredge of Sparkes Marina in Chichester Harbour on the south coast of the UK will commence Monday 15 February 2010. Dredging will be undertaken by the 22m backhoe dredger Witton Two, which will be towed to site by the 19m tug Wilgard.
Stena Line is building a new harbour in Loch Ryan in Scotland. The investment is on SEK 1 billion, approximately EUR 100 million, and the construction is estimated to take around 20 months. “The harbour we are now trafficking in the Stranraer is situated very far into the Loch and it is very shallow
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLE) announced that it has taken delivery of two additional vessels, Thrasher and Avocet, from its newbuild program. The addition of these two vessels brings Eagle Bulk’s total on-the-water fleet to 32 vessels.
