Amawaterways, USA, has announced the construction of a second ship on the Mekong River as part of its “Vietnam, Cambodia & the Riches of the Mekong” programme. The as-yet-unnamed new build is expected to be delivered in the first half of 2011. When completed, the ship will join the ‘La Marguerite’ i
Her Majesty the Queen named and launched the trailing suction hopper dredger WILLEM VAN ORANJE on 10 February 2010. The ship is being built for Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. Boskalis is celebrating its centennial in 2010, and this was the
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, is supporting the Baltic Sea Action Group in its rescue mission to save the Baltic Sea. As a business with operations in the Baltic Sea, and being strongly engaged in developing a range of environmental solutions, Wärtsilä is comm
The move comes as the terminal operator confirmed it would trim export allocations over the next few months after having loaded just 82 per cent of the coal it had been scheduled to export in January. [mappress] Source: Lloyd’s List Daily Commercial News, February 11, 2010;
The first international forum on eco-sustainable technologies and solutions for ports ended on Friday February 5. Held at Venice’s Passenger Terminal Conference Centre, the conference was entitled “Energy for Green Ports”.
Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Ltd. is looking to develop and operate new ports in India and other countries as it expects the segment to contribute the largest share to its revenue by 2014, a senior company executive said. “We are looking at various places, including the U.S. and Canada,” Directo
A Clyde shipyard is to recruit more workers after winning a multi-million pound contract. Ferguson Shipbuilders has landed a £3.2million deal to convert a barge into a support ship. The yard, which has survived by diversifying into other markets and still employs 120 to 130 staff at Port Glasgow, ha
Tianjin Port in north China will open to international cruise ships for refueling and maintenance in June this year, Xinhua reported, citing the port operator as saying here on Wednesday. China currently has three homeports namely Shanghai, Xiamen in Fujian Province and Sanya in Hainan Province, whi
Heavy oil specialist Xcite Energy has brought on board UK energy services contractor Amec to work on the North Sea Bentley field development and work towards bringing the field onstream.
A major announcement is expected about the future of Stena Line’s Irish Sea ferry operations in Stranraer. It is believed it will confirm the company’s relocation to nearby Cairnryan in order to make the crossing to Belfast quicker and save fuel.
HMS Illustrious arrived at Rosyth today in preparation for a 13 month docking period to start next month, in a £40 million contract awarded under the Surface Ship Support Alliance (the alliance between the MoD, Babcock and BAE Systems). This is the fifth refit to be undertaken by Babcock on the Invi
Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a contract for the reclamation of the ‘Lido Boulevard’ in Malaysia. The works consist of the reclamation of 50 ha of land in Johor Bahru for residential purposes.
Fishery Wealth deputy minister Ghazi al-Ahmar said in a statement to al-Wahda newspaper that the amount of Yemeni Fish and Sea creatures exportation to international markets reached 100.000 tons at a cost of $ 222 million in 2009. The quantities were exported to more than 85 countries around the wor
AIDA Cruises’s latest newbuilding AIDAblu uses GL Maritime Software for ship management. The comprehensive software suite GL ShipManager supports planned maintenance, purchasing, stock control, voyage management, port clearance, incident management, and quality and safety management. The software in
