A Russian cruise ship stuck in ice off Antarctica with more than 100 mainly UK tourists on board has started to move. The icebreaker Captain Khlebnikov became trapped in frozen waters in a bay near Snow Hill island on Friday.
The Korean Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that Korea will soon launch a plan to increase farmed tuna production. Tuna is one of Korea’s main fishery exports. In 2008, Korea exported US$332 million worth of tuna, or 290,000 tonnes. This was 42 percent of the country’s over
On Saturday 14th November, the Patriot arrived safely in Odessa (Ukraine). TOS performed turnkey management in close cooperation with Damen for the delivery from Shanghai (China) to Odessa. A ceremonial welcome took place at the passenger terminal. This event is very significant for the port of Odes
Russian shipping line Fesco is poised to receive a US$100m loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction of Development (EBRD) as it continues to restructure its balance sheet. The EBRD said it was considering the loan as part of $465m plan to restructure the company.
Imtech Marine Group (global technical services provider) has been commissioned to supply the entire ‘green’ technical infrastructure on board Greenpeace’s new flagship ‘Rainbow Warrior III’. This is not an isolated project. Together with a large number of other initiatives, it serves as proof of the
Fugro-Geoteam has entered into an agreement with Statoil USA E&P, Inc. for the acquisition and QC processing of 2400 square kilometres of 3D marine seismic programme around Statoil’s leases in the Chukchi Sea. The project is valued at approximately USD 26 million (EUR 17 million), with an estimated
The dredging of the lower River Niger, a project that has for over 40 years remained on the drawing board, finally kicks off… Source: Newswatch Magazine, November 16, 2009;
Bangladesh said Tuesday it would need 10 billion dollars from rich countries in the next four years to offset the effects of climate change — double its original estimate… Source: Voice of South, November 17, 2009;
Exports were up at the Port of Los Angeles in October for the first time this year, as Chinese consumers led a drive to buy U.S. products and factories stocked up on raw materials. The improvement over October 2008 is the first sign from the troubled Southern California port complex that global econ
For the third consecutive year, Boston’s cruise business set a new record for passengers using the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) announced today. In 2009, there were 299,736 cruise passengers traveling through the Port of Boston, an 11% increase over last
There are at most five yachts in Vietnam. However, yacht manufacturers are betting that’s only a beginning, reports Tien Phong. Considering that the number of Vietnam’s billionaires is rising fast, they may be right. Artistic circles and the celebrity magazines are buzzing these days with the news t
Somali pirates have seized a chemical tanker near the Seychelles, the latest in a spate of attacks spanning an ever-widening area between Tanzania and the Maldives, maritime sources told AFP on Tuesday. The vessel was attacked on Monday northwest of Aldabra, an island which forms part of the Seychel
The second ever drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands is set to kick off with the confirmation that Desire Petroleum has concluded a contract worth US$19.6 million with Diamond Offshore for a four well charter with six well options for the semi Ocean Guardian.
IMS Dredges, a Division of Liquid Waste Technology in the US, says it has exceeded all past sales records with a little less than two months to go in 2009. Jim Horton, IMS President said: “For the past six years we have been intensely focused on growing the IMS Dredges brand globally.
