Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported supplies and equipment for Japan’s Ministry of Defense to the Republic of Djibouti as part of multinational action to wipe out piracy off the coast of Somalia. The airline operated two Antonov AN-124 flights from Sendai, Japan to Djibouti on 20 and 26 May, delive
Germanischer Lloyd’s expanding business in Sweden yet again requires larger office areas. The new and extended office facilities in Gothenburg have opened today. They now house both the GL Station Gothenburg as well as part of the Area Scandinavia Business Development organisation serving the client
Despite the economic downturn hitting Spain and Portugal hard, Grimaldi has increased its ferry, shortsea and car carrier capacity serving the Iberian peninsula. In February, the operator launched a new service between Barcelona and Porto Torres in Sardinia, linking into its service to Civitavecchia
Halloween and carnival product manufacturer Rubie’s Masquerade is expanding its warehouse space in the port of Liverpool by more than 50% to 5,800sq metres. The New York-based firm said it was increasing its presence at Liverpool with a new 2,000sq metre storage shed to enable it to increase sales a
Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines will co-operate on Asia-Europe, Asia-Mexico-US east coast and Asia-US west coast services from the middle of June. The lines explained the partnership in a joint statement: “With the benefits of slot-sharing arrangements and joint services, we expect
At its 42nd meeting last month, the Paris MoU Committee approved the 2008 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations. These lists will take effect from 1 July 2009. The “Black List” for 2009 contains 21 flags States, two more than last year. The
Kuwait’s Al-Mal Investment Co and Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Group are bidding for Tunisia’s $1.4 billion Enfida port licence. Al-Mal is partnering the world’s largest port operator Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) in its bid to win the deep-water Enfida port licence. Al-Mal is controlled by the Kuwait
Almost 2,000 cruise ship passengers at the centre of Australia’s swine flu outbreak have disembarked in Sydney as experts said the virus was contained. Three crew members on the Pacific Dawn had tested positive for swine flu. The infections forced the Pacific Dawn to abandon a voyage to the Great Ba
Chinese fishing boats are reported to be leaving the tense inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea after North Korea’s threat of military action. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted defence sources as saying the South’s military authorities are trying to find out if Chinese ships were told to go.
More than 100 port workers on Teesside face losing their jobs. PD Ports has written to the 600 staff at its Teesport site warning of the risk of redundancy to about 120 posts. It said it followed the announcement by Corus that it was set to mothball the Redcar Teesside Cast Products site after a [&h
Scotland’s first offshore wind farm should be ready to start producing electricity by July. About half of the 60 turbines at Robin Rigg, off the Cumbrian coast in the Solway Firth, have been erected so far. Developers E.ON believe the £330m scheme will be completed by the end of the year but should
Green Dragon was unable to provide the massive crowds in Galway with the cheer they so desperately wanted today, finishing last of the seven yachts in the In Port races. In front of over 100,000 people, the Irish-Chinese boat came home a disappointing seventh. The fleet headed out into Galway Bay fo
Austal has successfully handed over the last of three 22 metre aluminium catamarans for operation in the Australian state of Queensland. Completion of the three-vessel fleet for the Queensland Police Service was achieved in just over 12 months from initial order and adds to Austal’s track record in
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today officially opened its new U.K. technical support centre to provide service, repair and maintenance for the company’s inertial navigation systems (INS) used in Royal Navy ships and submarines. The new naval gyrocompass support centre, located at Northrop
