APM Terminals North America celebrated a clean sweep of the Pacific Maritime Association Safety Awards announced last month. APM Terminals Tacoma, APM Terminals Pier 400 (Los Angeles) and APM Terminals Oakland were each recognized at the 59th Annual PMA Safety Awards celebrations in their respective
A large arms consignment bound for Zimbabwe remains on board a ship at the South African port of Durban after running into a political row. South African dockworkers are refusing to unload the Chinese vessel, which arrived off the port two days ago.
A £300m cruise ship is to leave Southampton later on its maiden voyage. Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren officially named Ventura on Wednesday with the help of two Royal Marines who made sure the traditional bottle broke.
Eitzen Chemical has reached an agreement to sell the 46,000 dwt SITEAM LEOPARD, built in 1985. The delivery is expected to take place during the second quarter of 2008. The Company expects to book a loss of approximately USD 1.0 mill. from the sale. Eitzen Chemical ASA’s fleet will after this sale c
The third in the series of the world’s largest cruise vessels for Royal Caribbean was delivered today in Aker Yards, Turku. The ‘Independence of the Seas’ has all of the signature elements of her sister ships ‘Freedom of the Seas’ and ‘Liberty of the Seas’, making the Freedom-class ships the most in
Today at about 4:15 p.m. the name giving and launch of the 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger SHOREWAY will take place at the IHC Merwede yard in Sliedrecht. The ship is being built for Royal Boskalis Westminster nv. The name giving and launch will be performed by Mrs. M. Scheurwater-van Mourik
Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw has redelivered the 47.30m (155 ft) Feadship Inevitable after a complete rebuild at the refit and repair facility at the yard in Makkum. This 18-month project involved an all-new classically styled interior with blond teak raised and fielded paneling. Other major cha
MEYER WERFT delivered the 69,200-gt cruise ship ‘AIDAbella’ to the Owner AIDA Cruises in the German port of Emden. The AIDAbella is the second ship out of a series of six the Papenburg shipyard is building for AIDA Cruises. On this ship luxury interiors are combined with state-of-the-art technical o
Rolls-Royce is continuing to invest in renewable energy sources by taking a 23.5 per cent equity stake in TGL, a privately-owned company developing free stream tidal power generation capability. Rolls-Royce is researching key technologies to provide solutions to the environmental challenges in aeros
Technip has been awarded by BP a frame agreement to provide all diving construction services for extensions to existing hydrocarbon field development projects in the North Sea. Under the terms of this contract, Technip will be the exclusive provider of these services for the next two years, with two
State-of-the-art photographic service aims to bring the 2008-09 race into sharper focus. A cutting edge media photographic service, including a state-of-the-art online archive, will ensure rapid delivery of stunning images from the 2008-09 race to every corner of the globe. To complete the picture,
APM Terminals Tangier is commemorating another important milestone in the ramp‐up of operations at the new container port and transshipment hub at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. In March, APM Terminals Tangier took delivery of its last three Super Post‐Panamax STS cranes from ZPMC, in China. Th
APM Terminals and Chinese‐based Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery (ZPMC) have concluded a Main Purchase Agreement for the future delivery of rubber‐tired gantry cranes for use at APM Terminals’ growing roster of container handling facilities around the world. The signing ceremony was held on April 16t
APM Terminals has agreed to sell its 20% share in Qasim International Container Terminal Pakistan Limited (QICT), located in Karachi, Pakistan to DP World. DP World is currently the operator and majority shareholder of the facility.
