State and territory fisheries officials have emerged from a meeting with the Federal Government promising to tweak their laws on illegal fishing. Federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz sat down today with fisheries ministers from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
The replica of the legendary 18th Century Swedish merchant ship “Gotheborg” is due to arrive in South China’s Guangdong Province on July 17 to coincide with the arrival of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf in China. The Gotheborg symbolized 260 years of friendly relations between Sweden and China, and w
Now that the ten Clipper yachts are racing across the Atlantic the committee backing the Jersey campaign are working hard to create a memorable stopover for the crews and any visiting friends, relatives and supporters. The tiny Channel Island may be small but the welcome that awaits is big
Good progress continues to be made with respect to the removal of cargo from the grounded container ship
The Ghana Shippers Council (GSC) has warned that it would not support people whose business activities would tarnish the image of the shipping industry. The Chief Executive of GSC, Kofi Mbiah, speaking to newsmen at Tema, called for stiffer punishment for people whose dealings would draw the image o
A Chinese oil company found a new oil and natural gas well off China’s northeast coast, the latest such find expected to expand its reserves. The Hong Kong-based China National Offshore Oil Company Ltd. announced the find Tuesday. It was drilling in the Bohai Bay when it located the well, which is e
A Consortium formed by Petrobras, BG, and by Portuguese Petrogal found light oil in the 1-BRSA-369A-RJS (1-RJS-628A) well, located in ultradeep Santos Basin waters. The well, which is still being drilled, is located in a new exploratory frontier area, where water depth reaches 2,140 meters. The well
A freight ship sank off the coast of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean due to bad weather, killing seven crew members. At least 13 crew members were rescued, but one later died in an Aden hospital, government officials said. Six sailors drowned in the sinking. The ship,
The Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) may resort to the quotation system for the purchase of two new ferries estimated to cost Ksh1 billion ($13.9 million). The ferry services provider for the Likoni channel has been in a dilemma for the last two years after a loser in the initial tender went to the procur
Along North Carolina’s coastline, a new tone is creeping into conversations about offshore drilling. Where once there was nearly universal opposition to platforms in the ocean, some speak of them in a new way — as a possibility, an inevitability, even a financial benefit to a region long fearful of
Ennore Port has chosen a Sical Logistics-led consortium to build a Rs 5.5-billion iron ore terminal at the port near Chennai. The iron ore terminal will be developed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract for 30 years including the construction period, likely to start in FY09. The terminal will
The decision by Sinopec of China to pay US$1 billion for the right to explore for oil in deep water off Angola has shocked the West, which fears it could be left behind in a global scramble for resources. The rights to prospect for oil off the coast of the impoverished African country were selling [
ABG Shipyard (Q, N,C,F)* has delivered and transferred the vessel 61M Anchor Handling Tug / Supply Vessel to Egypt based Maridive & Oil Services SAE. The vessel is worth Rs 410 million. Following the delivery of this vessel, the order book position of ABG Shipyard stands around Rs 23,100 million. Th
The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin Group) will exert an all-out effort to make the country the world’s fourth largest shipbuilder by 2015. President and CEO of Vinashin Group Pham Thanh Binh spoke about the plan at a ceremony in Ha Noi on July 8 to announce the Prime Minister’s decis
