Calcutta/Haldia, April 2: A ship carrying around 1,000 passengers caught fire at Sandheads, around 230 km from Calcutta, on its way back from Port Blair to the city.
Australia, the world’s second- biggest uranium exporter, will ship the nuclear fuel to China within four years after the two nations sign an agreement today, Australian Resource Minister Ian Macfarlane said.
SPANISH maritime authorities were last night searching for a ship believed to be carrying hundreds of would-be illegal immigrants from Africa to the southern Canary Island of El Hierro.
China Shipping Development, a unit of state-owned China Shipping (Group) Co., said it would buy four oil tankers for HK$3.17 billion from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Ltd. It said the four vessels would enter operations between June and December 2009.
Kongsberg has sold its 3000th Motion Reference Unit (MRU), to an Italian shipowner. Developed by Kongsberg Seatex, the MRU range is ideal for multiple applications
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (042660.KS: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, said on Monday it won ship orders worth a combined 750.5 billion won ($772.6 million).
WASHINGTON: Some members of Congress are questioning the U.S. Navy
The Commission is launching consultations for an all-encompassing approach to maritime and coastland policy aimed at developing sustainable economic activity. Sectors concerned include fisheries, tourism, energy and transport.
GSE Rentals (Geophysical Survey Equipment) a leading rental specialist of high quality Geophysical, Hydrographic and Oceanographic equipment has recently purchased and taken delivery of an EM3002D dual head multibeam echo sounder system.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has announced that it has won a number of large orders worth US$2.6 billion for 24 vessels in March.
The Carpenter government wants the federal government to build two 25,000-tonne amphibious naval vessels worth $2 billion in Australia and launch them at the Australian Marine Complex.
THE Mersey estuary has been pinpointed as an ideal site for a new money-spinning industry to dismantle toxic “ghost ships” from across Europe, the Daily Post can reveal.
We are enhancing our current range of multibeam echo sounders for improved precision of seabed mapping at greater depths, with the latest hydroacoustic technology.
Tours and excursion operators here said reservations for dhow cruises in Dubai have not been affected by the recent cruise ship tragedy in Bahrain but admitted that it is still too early to note if an effect would indeed be felt by the industry.
