The arrival of more than 4500 cruise passengers in Dunedin today will herald the start of a veritable cruise ship armada arriving during February. Sixteen cruise ships with an estimated combined capacity of more than 25,000 passengers are expected to arrive during February in what is believed to be
Vietnam’s first ship engine plant, a joint venture between the Bach Dang Shipbuilding Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (TSE:7011), was put into operation on February 3. The plant in the northern port city of Hai Phong will enable the country to build its first ships using domestically mad
The port sector in Gujarat (excluding the Kandla port), which handles more than one-fifth of India’s total cargo, will attract an investment of Rs50,000 crore by 2015, according to the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB). “Gujarat ports have drawn an investment of Rs20,000 crore over the past decade or so,
President Obama has included $12.5 million for the Port of West Sacramento’s ship-channel project in his proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, the port has learned. [mappress] Source: Sacramento Business Journal, February 4, 2010;
Scottish Enterprise has identified 11 sites which could be potential bases for the offshore wind industry. They include locations in Fife, Dundee, Aberdeen, Ayrshire and the Highlands. The sites will receive investment over the next five years in an effort to create manufacturing and assembly sites
Dredging of the lakes in Bolton’s Queens Park is due to start in the next few days as part of a multi-million pound restoration scheme. Hundreds of fish in the lower fishing lake will have to be moved temporarily while their home is cleaned up.
Two days after the Dredging Corporation of India threatened to withdraw their dredgers from Haldia due to non-payment of dues, the Finance Ministry has agreed to release the payment to the Shipping Ministry. [mappress] Source: Indian Express, February 5, 2010;
Dredging for scallops is to be banned in several areas off the Welsh coast in a move aimed at protecting stocks, marine species and habitats. The new regulations will come into force on 1 March, Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has announced.
Electronic navigational charts (ENCs) from Primar can now be downloaded directly to an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) after type-approval of the first such unit able to communicate with the internet. Certified by Det Norske Veritas, the new ECDIS-4000 from Sweden’s Adveto Ad
On Thursday 7 October 2010 Navingo BV will organize the third edition of Offshore Energy at the Old Navy Yard Willemsoord in Den Helder, The Netherlands. The exhibition, which focuses on the international offshore energy industry, is the only event in The Netherlands which combines an extensive exhi
While the UK government was backing support for a change in the UK energy market another agency has said marine energy devices are ready for full deployment with £22 million of new funding. After the DECC supported Ofgem’s statement on the need for up to £200 Bn of investment to secure Britain’s fut
It’s a work of modern art and an engineering marvel — a 60-foot catamaran kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles. It only takes 12,000 bottles to do the job. Each is filled filled with carbon dioxide, making the bottles so rigid that a truck could drive over one and it wouldn’t break.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is talking to large cruise companies to make the freeport one of its major destinations in the region for next tour season. Ronnie Yambao, manager for investment processing department at SBMA, said Subic is ready to cater to cruise ships with their facilit
Singapore shipbuilder SembCorp Marine said today its Jurong Shipyard would build a new shipyard in Brazil to serve the region’s burgeoning offshore oil and gas industry. SembCorp said in a statement Jurong had bought a 825,000-square-metre site with 1.6 kilometres of coastline about 80 kilometres no
