Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. , an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007.
A crew has been winched to safety by helicopter after a ship hit rocks off the coast of Anglesey. Holyhead Coastguard said all six crew are safe after abandoning the 105-tonne vessel off Skerries Rocks.
The wreck of a World War I German submarine is to be moved because it is a danger to shipping off Dover. The U-boat, which has been in the Dover Strait since 1918, is 23.5m (77ft) below the surface, which does not leave enough clearance for modern ships.
Fans of the Hollywood film trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean are being invited to raise funds to help restore the fire-damaged Cutty Sark. The Black Pearl pirate ship from the film trilogy is a full-size replica of the original HMS Bounty – built for the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty.
A man is missing after the fishing boat he was on sank in the sea off Campbeltown, in Argyll and Bute. The 64-year-old was on a fishing trip with two other members of his family – aged 15 and 43 – when the boat went down close to Davaar Island. His companions were rescued from […]
KPMG has set a deadline of Friday to find a buyer for Peters Opal, one of Europe’s largest yacht brokers, after it was placed in administration last week. The company, based in Chichester and operating from six marinas in the UK and four in Spain, holds licences to distribute Azimut, Bavaria, Legend
In what could be the biggest joint venture in India’s ports sector, French shipping major CMA CGM is set to pick up a 26 percent stake in a subsidiary of the Ahmedabad-based Adani group. CMA CGM, which is the world’s third-largest shipping company, is close to acquiring the equity in Adani Logistics
The First Coast is a step closer to connecting with Asian trade. The city issued permits to the Jacksonville Port Authority for construction of the Dames Point Container Terminal, which will accommodate the Japanese shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL). Tokyo-based MOL is part of the MOL
Operations are currently underway in the Strait of Gibraltar to salvage the Panamanian registered cargo ship ‘New Flame’ which partially sank after colliding with the Danish tanker the ‘Tom Gertrud’ on Sunday 12th August. The ‘New Flame’ loaded with scrap metal was leaving Gibraltar when it came so
Last Friday SYT reporter Philipp Stohn went out on a grey morning to take photos of Skat. When he arrived at the location where he saw Skat the day before, she was gone and to make it even worse it started to rain. At the moment he wanted to leave, he saw Skat coming back […]
The planned Ksh4 billion ($59.7 million) dredging of the Mombasa port is officially underway with the appointment of consultants to study the area to be dredged. The consultants are expected to complete their report by November, with the work to start almost immediately thereafter. Kenya Ports Autho
As the northern breakwater of Yarmouth’s outer harbour begins to take shape, union leaders were yesterday seeking assurances over dock workers’ jobs at the new port. More than a year ahead of the earliest possible opening date for the £80m harbour, Victor Brazkiewicz, regional industrial organiser f
Nine divers have been rescued from the North Sea after their two support boats lost contact with them in deteriorating weather conditions. Support crews off the north Norfolk coast raised the alarm on Saturday.
An arrest notice will be served on a fish factory ship preventing it from leaving Ullapool Harbour following a row over crew pay. The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is investigating complaints about unpaid wages made by seven men who worked on the Enxembre. The arrestment was grant
