The Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) will expand its 72-hectare container yard by 12.4 hectares to increase its storage capacity by 57 percent to 55,000 TEU. The leading container terminal at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta will also procure some capacity handling equipment, build
Global marine terminal operator DP World has confirmed that the handling of general and non-containerised cargo handling operations at Port Rashid in central Dubai will be relocated to its flagship facility at Jebel Ali in March.
South Florida is losing ground as the world’s megayacht capital, and leaders now are trying to get out the word that the area wants more of the lucrative business. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, U.S. border officials and a team of marine leaders meet today in St. Maarten in the Caribbean with meg
Second incident in two months closes river to commercial traffic. A 965-foot container ship ran aground in the shipping channel approximately two miles east of Tybee Island on Wednesday, closing the Savannah River for about four hours. The Ever Radiant, a Panamanian-flagged vessel leased to Evergree
Australia says it will send a ship to collect two activists from a Japanese whaling vessel, in a bid to end a two-day Antarctic stand-off. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said a ship monitoring the whalers would retrieve the men as soon as possible.
Ms Howman moved her 25m Azimut 85 launch Integrity to Nelson in September 2006, after discovering the benefits of the city and local boating industry by chance. She is among an influx of luxury boat owners who have shifted vessels to Nelson from around New Zealand, for reasons including cost and pro
Walpole, MA. A strategic alliance between Rolls-Royce, the market leader in marine applications, and UCT Coatings Inc. is bringing new technology to the marine market and is about to start work on a $7m U.S. Navy research contract. The contract, placed with Rolls-Royce, will evaluate UCT’s patented
Technip has been awarded by Shell a contract for the ultra-deep water Perdido oil field development, located approximately 200 miles south of Freeport (Texas), in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers engineering, fabrication and installation of one flowline(1) and one steel catenary riser(2), wit
Peru Copper Syndicate has awarded Aker Kvaerner Metals, Inc. a USD 11.5 million contract for the provision of technical services for basic engineering and additional testwork for the Toromocho Project. The duration of this work is anticipated to be 8 to 10 months. The Toromocho Project is a large co
A ship registered in Sierra Leone has been detained in a Suffolk port since September because of six major faults. The St Piran is stranded at Lowestoft until major faults are repaired.
Doyle NZ has charged into 2008 with the largest sail project to come from the New Zealand manufacturing facility of Stratis Sail Cloth. The sails were hoisted last week on the latest superyacht to come to fruition from the Dubois drawing board, Red Dragon. This super sloop, built by Alloy Yachts, sp
Swedish tanker-owner Stena Bulk is close to signing a deal, potentially worth up to $900m, for six 267,000 dwt vessels. The company has also brought in-house three smaller vessels it has been chartering for the last five years in a separate $156m deal.
A fishing boat began taking on water in what were described as “horrendous” conditions in the North Sea. A Coastguard helicopter went to the aid of the Bounteous and her four crew about 56 miles off Fraserburgh on Wednesday morning.
The crew of a Western Isles trawler will decide in the next few weeks whether to return to the northwest coast of Africa to fish. They spent a trial period sailing out of the port of Dhakla in southern Morocco late last year because their EU fishing quota was too small.
