Global marine terminal operator DP World today announces that it handled 25.6 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container units) across its portfolio of 28 consolidated1 terminals in 2009, reflecting 8% fewer containers handled than last year. Excluding the contribution from new terminals which jo
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract from Aramco Overseas Company B.V., a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest producer and exporter of crude oil and natural gas liquids, to build a customised KFELS Super B Class jackup rig. The contract is subject to a notice from the
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that its Brazilian subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Papa Terra project as the company’s second deepwater development offshore Brazil. “This decision confirms our commitment to developing new opportunities in an important basin and add
KISWIRE is building a new plant for the production of very large wire ropes for Offshore and Mining applications. This NEPTUNE 2 plant is located in Tanjung Langsat, on the sea coast in Johor, Malaysia and will be operational autumn 2011. The equipment installed is capable of manufacturing wire rope
The US Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of two additional Austal Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) – as part of an existing 10-vessel, AUD$1.8 billion program. Austal previously received US Navy funding for long lead-time material, including diesel engines, water jets and r
Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract, worth approximately €21 million, by Lundin Britain Limited for an augmentation pipeline at the Broom field in the UK North Sea. This field, which is located 320 kilometres North-East of Aberdeen, Scotland, is tied back to the Heather Alpha platform. The
ISLAMABAD — Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Thursday informed the National Assembly that Rs.3.29 billion were spent on dredging of Ports since February, 2009 till date. Replying to questions on behalf of Minister for Ports and Shipping… [mappress] Source: Associated Pr
NORFOLK – Details on the possible move of an aircraft carrier from Norfolk to Florida aren’t specifically laid out in the draft copy of the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review 2010… [mappress] Source: WVEC, January 28, 2010
Somali gunmen hijacked a Cambodian cargo ship, the MV Layla-S, off Berbera after it unloaded at the port in the breakaway northern enclave of Somaliland, a regional maritime official said Thursday. “Crew members on board the ill-fated vessel are … Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan, Somali and Syrian nat
Peter Insull’s Yacht Marketing is pleased to announce their appointment as Central Agents of Motor Yacht Dionea for charter. Dionea is a 51.50 metres which was launched in 1962 by Felszegi shipyard of Muggia as a high standard ferry-boat and operated until 1991.
Though 100 percent screening of maritime cargo would be prohibitively costly and cause huge delays, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday a security measure intended to improve knowledge about ship cargo headed for U.S. ports, such as Philadelphia. Homeland Security Secretary Janet
The World Bank is disbursing a total of US$20 million in loans to start a series of river dredging projects under the Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI) this year. “If we are able to begin work by June, we may disburse a maximum of $20 million for Jakarta, $10 million for the city [adminis
The Camillus Town Board (NY) is not interested in a plan to bury toxin-laden sediments from Onondaga Lake in town… [mappress] Source:,January 27,2010;
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) are jointly embarking on a research and development project aimed at combating fouling on a ship’s hull. The drag of seawater over a vessel’s wetted surface accounts for 50 to 80 percent of all resistance incl
