A record 1.65m UK passengers will choose a cruise holiday next year – an increase of 6.5% over this year. The bold claim from the Passenger Shipping Association comes as the world’s biggest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas (pictured), is launched in Florida. “We predict a record 1.65m UK passengers wi
The Jakarta Post reports that administratots in Jakarta are waiting for a World Bank loan channeled by the Finance Ministry before starting its project to dredge 13 main rivers. Deputy Governor Prijanto told Jakarta Post recently that he would not discuss the logistics of the Jakarta Emergency Dredg
Lundin Petroleum has spudded a new appraisal well on its near 100 m bbl Luno area discovery offshore Norway with the start of drillling in Production Licence 338. Drilling on the new 16/1-13 well is aimed at further appraisal of the Luno discovery which was first made back in 2007 and then further c
Rolls-Royce has opened a new marine service centre in Genoa, Italy. The global marine services network is dedicated to helping customers maximise the operational capability of their vessels and manage their costs most effectively. Headquartered in Singapore, the network now includes facilities in 32
Utopia Residences and Samsung Heavy Industries have signed a letter of intent to build a 105,000-ton ship combining the best features of a private residential vessel with those of a cruise ship, explained Captain Ola Harsheim, senior vice president of shipbuilding and operations. The construction co
An Iranian official has said “serious” measures will be taken against a UK yacht crew it if is proved they had “evil intentions”. The five Britons are being detained by the Iranian navy after the Volvo 60 yacht was stopped on 25 November.
HONG KONG – CHINA has approved plans by Macau to reclaim an area of land equivalent to 500 football pitches in a bid to ease a shortage of space in the Asian gambling hub, the territory’s government said on Tuesday… Source: South China Morning Post, December 1, 2009;
Shandong province in east China plans to create man-made islands at Longkou Bay, Longkou… Source: China Daily, December 1, 2009;
Stuck is an understatement. Stranded does it no justice. Marooned? Closer, but not quite… Source: Daily Press, November 29, 2009
The Norwegian government will not ask for any concrete emission targets for the shipping industry at UN’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, reports nrk.no. The Norwegians want IMO to pursue the emission targets for the shipping industry. Friends of the Earth Norway, Norges Naturvernforbund, l
Stratos Global Corporation, global provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced it is upgrading Zakher Marine International Inc. (ZMI) vessels to Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband 150 (FB150) mobile broadband satellite service. With each FB150 system ZMI is deploying the popu
Singapore-based Swire Holdings has signed a multi-million dollar contract with an oil and gas company from Burma. Under the US$77 million contract, Swire will construct 150km of gas pipelines in offshore Burme. The project will begin in the first quarter of 2010 and take six months to complete.
Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying oil to the US, officials say. The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was about 1,300km (800 miles) off Somalia when it was hijacked on Sunday, said the EU Naval task force (Navfor).
A second Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer has left the Clyde and is on its way to its home port of Portsmouth. BAE Systems employees from the Clyde yards gathered in the early morning to wave Dauntless off.
