Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned oil tanker, a day after one of the largest ransoms ever paid was delivered to the ship, pirates and officials say. The Maran Centaurus, one of the largest oil tankers ever seized, was captured on 29 November with 28 crew members. A ransom of between $5.5m (£3.
Freezing conditions contributed to the success of a £1m clean up operation at a flood-hit port in Cumbria, council officials have revealed. Workington Port was blocked by tonnes of debris after the November floods which devastated the county. A round-the-clock dredging operation began on Christmas D
On 16 December, eighteen government agencies signed the covenant ‘Inspections on board ocean-going vessels’ in order to achieve better coordination of the work. It is a matter of reforming the supervision, leading to efficiency advantages and less hassle for the business community. Firstly, the cove
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has deployed three more dredgers on the Brahmaputra National Waterway 2 to improve the least available depth for safe movement of over-dimensional cargo to Neamati, Dibrugarh and Sadiya by next year. [mappress] Source:telegraphindia,January 16,2010;
Beirut, January 15 — Hassib Sabbagh, who established the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), died on Tuesday after a long illness. Source: Naharnet, January 15, 2010
The Brazilian government hopes the projects it is developing for improvement of Brazil’s main ports over the next five years should attract private sector investment of up to US$ 20 billion over the next 5 years, according to the special secretary for Ports (SEP) of the Presidency of the Republic, m
According to Lloyd’s Maritime Academy (LMA), the recession has caused a nine per cent increase in applications to distance learning courses over the last 12 months, as employers seek cost efficient new ways to improve the skills of their staff, and industry executives try to ‘recession proof’ their
The special maritime police units on Bornholm have detained the Maltese bulk carrier Timberland anchored off Bornholm. The police are awaiting better weather before boarding the vessel to conduct an interview of the captain and some of his crew members. The bulk carrier is suspected of having damage
Ship calls to the Philippines increased by 4% in the third quarter of 2009, according to data from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). Overall ship calls to Philippine ports from July to September in 2009 amounted to 77,964, a 4% increase from the 74,913 ship calls made to Philippine ports in the
The oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf in the fourth quarter of 2009 was stable and increased somewhat from the third quarter. Six new small discoveries were made in the fourth quarter, and nineteen exploration and appraisal wells were completed on the Norwegian continental shelf in t
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into a Baltic shipping agreement that pools the cost of taking specialized cargo ships out of service, it said Friday. The agreement, the Baltic Max Feeder scheme, concerns “feeder vessels” that collect cargo containers from ports and t
Industry giant Royal Caribbean says the 3,654-passenger Independence of the Seas will call in Haiti Friday as scheduled — the first cruise ship to visit the Caribbean nation since Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.
Freezing conditions contributed to the success of a £1m clean up operation at a flood-hit port in Cumbria, council officials have revealed. Workington Port was blocked by tonnes of debris after the November floods which devastated the county.
The ‘Rawasi’ and ‘Morooj’, a pair of RAstar 3800 Class high performance terminal/escort tugs, have just entered service with their owner, Bakri Navigation, Saudi Arabia. Both tugs were built by NGV Tech, Malaysia. The ‘Rawasi’ was delivered to the Gulf region in late October 2009, and the ‘Morooj’ w
