The Dutch Transport Ministry has ordered an icebreaker to clear the Twente shipping canal between the cities of Zutphen and Enschede. The harbours of Almelo and Enschede, both frequently used by local industries, also need to be freed of ice. The canal is gradually freezing over as the severe winter
With soaring dredging prospects, more and more shipping companies and port operators are taking the dredging route in India to boost their revenues. Source: Maritime Professional, January 4, 2010
Figures released yesterday by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) show the extent that the global recession has had on one of world’s biggest ports in terms of tonnages handled. The MPA states that shipping container traffic at Singapore fell by 13.5 % in comparison to 2008, with 25.9
Yemen’s navy is charging commercial vessels up to USD 55,000 each to guarantee transit through the waters of the Gulf of Aden, according to The Australian. Neither the Yemeni government nor international anti-piracy forces have been informed.
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority said the cruise ship Discovery of the Voyages of Discovery cruise line called at Colombo port as part of a cruise tourism revival with the end of the island’s ethnic war. The vessel, sailing under Bermuda flag, can carry 756 passengers and touches Colombo mainly on its
Plans for two massive new wind farms off the north and south coasts of Wales will be unveiled later. The sites off Anglesey and in the Bristol Channel are among nine new offshore wind farm locations in the UK.
There are still a lot of “ifs” surrounding the plan to turn Sydney Harbour into a container terminal that could capitalize on trade coming through the Suez Canal. If the proposed dredging of the harbour takes place, the biggest of the megaships, measuring more than 8,000 20-foot equivalent units (TE
Singaporean offshore marine company, Otto Marine has found a charter for its MT6009 PSV, the ‘Otto Explorer’. The vessel will be chartered out to the group’s subsidiary, Singapore-based Reflect Geophysical, on a bare boat charter for a contract term of 7+1+1+1 years.
DP World, the container port business owned by troubled investment group Dubai World, is to seek a share listing on the London Stock Exchange. The planned listing would be the second for DP World, which has been a member of the Dubai Stock Exchange since 2007. The firm, which owns 49 ports around th
Bibby Offshore, the UK-based provider of subsea construction, IMR and offshore management services, has opened an office in Singapore. This latest move further internationalises the business following the recent relocation of the company’s dive support vessel (DSV), the Bibby Aquamarine, to the Asia
Listed Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has lodged resource consent applications to deepen its navigation channel for larger vessels, at a cost of up to $100 million; a process Port Otago hopes to follow during the next few months. [mappress] Source: Otago Daily Times, January 8, 2010;
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NAIROBI — China will finance the building of a second port in Kenya, a transport corridor and the upgrading of a railroad linking Kenya’s Mombasa port and the Ugandan capital, a statement said Wednesday. Source: AFP, January 6, 2009
SYDNEY — The marine group promoting the dredging of the harbour and construction of a container terminal has scheduled a news conference for Thursday to announce what the Sydney Ports Corp. is calling a unique development. [mappress] Source: capebretonpost,January 6,2010
