The International Maritime Organization (IMO) “launched” the theme for this year’s World Maritime Day – “2010: Year of the Seafarer” – at an event held at its London headquarters yesterday (11 January 2010), co-hosted with the International Shipping Federation (ISF) and the International Transport W
A Swiss cargo carrier managed to beat off a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea last week, the Swiss Federal Office for National Economic Supply revealed on Monday. The Turicum was five nautical miles outside the zone covered by the Atalanta international task force set up to combat Somali pirates when
NOAA is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would allow the NOAA assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a U.S. port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by one of the world’s
Various sources report that Harvey Gulf International Marine in New Orleans has awarded Eastern Shipbuilding Group a contract for the construction of six 292ft x 64ft x 24ft 6in OSVs. Delivery of the first vessel is planned in 19, with the other vessels following at five month intervals.
Viking Line records growth of its total volumes during 2009. The number of passengers grew by more than three per cent to 6.4 million, private cars by 15 per cent to 612,000 and freight units by seven per cent to 104,000. The strongest growth was recorded on the routes Mariehamn–Kapellskär and Helsi
2010 will see brighter times in shipboard communications with airtime traffic and usage expected to go up, an Inmarsat service provider has claimed. Asad Salameh, President of World‐Link Communications, said ship owners and managers are ready to be sold the real benefits that onboard broadband commu
The US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has awarded the first construction contract associated with the long anticipated construction of the La Quinta Channel Extension project. The project will serve a multi-purpose dock and terminal project to be constructed on the Port of Corpus Christi’s 1000 acr
CSL is providing project management, engineering and commercial support services to Lundin Britain Limited to deliver a new 10” production pipeline between an existing subsea tie-back and a platform located in the UK sector of the Northern North Sea. Since July 2009 CSL has brought the project from
The Port of Dover has had its own dredger for some time. Nigel Stokes, assistant harbour master, explains that the David Church, which carries out both suction and grab dredging, is in use hoovering up the silt that gets deposited in the harbour all year round, non-stop. [mappress] Source: Port Stra
The public private partnership appraisal committee has given its nod for the proposed Rs 3,686 crore mega container terminal at Chennai port. The port trust is likely to award the project by March this year. [mappress] Source:business-standard,January 12, 2010;
Mumbai: A major portion of the Arabian Sea has been reclaimed near Badhwar Park in south Mumbai’s Backbay Reclamation — the stretch which came into focus as the landing spot for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab and his aides on the night of November 26, 2008. [mappress] Source:dna, January 12,2010;
The Tanjung Manis Integrated Port is to become the primary import and export gateway for Sarawak central region when it begins full operations by next year. The port, a subsidiary of Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) and appointed by Rajang Port Authority as its port operator i
Kenyan fisherman are perhaps the only people in the world who have reason to be grateful to Somali pirates – they keep away illegal fishing boats. In past years, illegal commercial trawlers parked off Somalia’s coast and scooped up the ocean’s contents. Now, fishermen on the northern coast of neighb
Wärtsilä has signed a three-year training contract with its long-time customer Wagenborg Shipping of the Netherlands. The agreement covers the training of more than 830 of the shipping company’s crew members, and will be held at Wärtsilä Land & Sea Academy training centres. The training provided by
