China will finance the building of a second port in Kenya as well as a transport corridor and upgrade of a railroad linking Kenya’s Mombasa port and the Ugandan capital. The second port is to be built in the coastal town of Lamu. The port project was supposed to be financed by Qatar under a [&hellip
Dhaka, Jan 13 – The Netherlands will continue its support to Bangladesh, especially in water management, sharing its own experience of being at the heart of a European delta, the Dutch ambassador said. [mappress] Source: BD24News, January 13, 2010
The cold weather in Denmark and the fact that the fleet of icebreakers have a five-day readiness period has fuelled the debate on the governmental icebreaker service, which is paid by the Danish ports and their costumers. The Association of Danish Ports has again raised their voice, claiming that it
Crystal Cruises reports record bookings for its week ending January 11. For same year bookings, the multi award-winning line enjoyed its highest January sales in more than five years. While the record bookings were primarily for Baltic and Mediterranean cruises, Crystal enjoyed a surge of reservatio
The Liberian-flag fleet grew to a record 3,140 ships, aggregating 97.2m gross tons, in 2009. This represents a net growth during the course of the year of 215 ships and 10.5m gross tons. 2009 was a landmark year for the Liberian Registry. It was the year in which the 3,000th vessel was registered un
Appraisal of the Luno discovery offshore Norway has been completed by Lundin Petroleum and the latest well has confirmed the size of the find which is currently thought to contain around 95 m boe. Sweden’s Lundin said today that the 16/1-13 Luno well – the second appraisal well on the field was aimi
Mehr News Agency reported that the third largest container shipping company in the world started its operations in Bushehr Port of southern Iran. As per report, France’s CMA-CGM firm chose the port of Bushehr due to its reasonable infrastructure established in the past few years.
The Netherlands will continue its support to Bangladesh, especially in water management, sharing its own experience of being at the heart of a European delta, the Dutch ambassador said. The Dutch ambassador, AJAJMG (Alphons) Hennekens, told a seminar on Wednesday that his country, being a low-lying
A programme to reduce marine turtle and other bycatch among Viet Nam’s longline tuna fleet has yielded positive results, providing new optimism for the improved responsibility and future sustainability of these fisheries. With ongoing support from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati
The Belgian port of Antwerp will today learn whether the deepening of its key River Scheldt artery is going ahead, following a court ruling in the neighbouring Netherlands. [mappress] Source:lloydslist,January 12,2010
TOS -Transport & Offshore Services- is proud to deliver for HADI H AL HAMMAM EST (HHE) located in Saudi Arabia the Hadi 27 to her final destination. The vessel is an AHTS (anchor handling tug supplier) with a length of 60 meters, new build in Singapore (Republic of Singapore) and on her way to Bahra
Hong Kong-based OOCL named its newest vessel ‘OOCL Seoul’ at a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Indistry’s Geoje yard on January 11. The vessel is the 14th SX class vessel in OOCL’s line of sixteen SX class vessels ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries.
A third operator has entered the Flinders Island shipping market. The Furneaux Navigator arrived in Bridport yesterday to become new operator Furneaux Freight’s flagship. It came as the Government confirmed it had put in place “tougher measures” to ensure Southern Shipping co-operated with an audit
In a bid to speed up the long pending Ennore-Chennai Port Road Connectivity project, the Union Shipping Ministry would hold talks with stakeholders next week in New Delhi, a top official of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) said on Tuesday.
