As part of its Horizon 2010 strategy plan, in which the lion’s share of investment is in offshore oil and gas marine services, BOURBON has announced the intention of Grupo Boluda Corporacion Maritima to purchase the harbour towage activity of Les Abeilles.
The Saigon Central Container Port Company is now speeding up the construction of a container port capable of handling 1.5 million TEU, or 30 million tonnes of cargo, each year.
The Royal Cape Yacht Club and its Team Shosholoza have lodged a challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup with the Société Nautique de Genève, the Defending yacht club. Team Shosholoza founder and managing director Captain Salvatore Sarno confirmed that he has sent a Notice of Entry and submitted the nec
Hiab, the business area providing load handling solutions within Cargotec, together with SAWO, Hiab’s importer in Denmark, have secured a significant order for 133 hooklifts and 22 loader cranes from MAN. The hooklifts and the loader cranes will be installed by SAWO onto MAN trucks and supplied to t
A St. Vincent and Grenadines- flagged cargo ship has been missing for three weeks but rescue efforts are underway to locate the vessel, a Kenyan maritime official said on Thursday.
It was announced by Mr. Atiya Salem, deputy chairman of NBE Board of Directors that National Maritime Transport Co. has placed an order with STX Shipyard of South Korea to build six vessels of 81,000 tons & 86,000 tons capacity valued USD251.6 million under finance from National Bank of Egypt (NBE).
‘We are extremely pleased with the continued strong order intake. The focus on services continues to pay off as the business is growing at a rapid rate. Many of the development investments initiated are reflected as costs in the second quarter result. However, I believe that the coming two quarters
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Total, through its subsidiary Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited, operator of the NNPC/EPNL Joint Venture with a 40% interest, announce the launch of the Phase 2 of Ofon Field Development Project. The field is located offshore east of Nigeria in OML 102,
Subic Bay Freeport — The President’s 10-point agenda has come to reality here in terms of developoing Subic Bay as a regional logistics hub. Today President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leads the inauguration of New Container Terminal 1, the first phase of the $215-million Subic Port Modernization projec
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract by ShenHua Baotou Coal Chemicals Co., Ltd for a new polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) facility at its coal chemical complex in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China. Aker Kvaerner is providing the basic engineering design, technical advis
Coastguards believe more explosives will probably have to be detonated on Friday to split a beached container ship off the Devon coast. Explosions were triggered on the MSC Napoli, off Branscombe, on Tuesday and again at 1404 BST on Wednesday.
Establishing new standards of quality and service for the marina industry, IGY has garnered an outstanding reputation throughout key global yachting and nautical tourism areas from the Caribbean to the Arabian Gulf. In just a few short years, Island Global Yachting, (IGY) has emerged as one of the w
About 50 African migrants are missing off the Canary Islands after their boat sank, survivors say. Spanish coastguards picked up 48 of the Africans after their boat capsized about 145km (89 miles) southwest of the island of Tenerife.
New London has been growing in popularity as a cruise ship port of call, and this year it will get its biggest ship yet – Royal Caribbean’s 3,114-passenger Explorer of the Seas. This thing is so big passengers need a GPS to navigate between buffets.
