Pirates hijacked a tin-laden Indonesian ship traveling to Singapore and held the crew captive for two days while unloading the cargo in a Malaysian port, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday. The pirates, believed to be Indonesians, fired gunshots at the ship and boarded it Friday shortly after it had l
Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) has taken delivery of the first of four tankers it has on order from Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries
Maritime Union says the truth must come out from fishing report The Maritime Union says the suppression of a Government report into the treatment of fishing crews is starting to look like a coverup. Maritime Union General Secretary Trevor Hanson says the exploitation of overseas fishing crews is lea
After months of negotiation, port leaders Monday approved a deal that promises more than 80 jobs, revenues for the cash-poor public docks and the awakening of an idle shipyard on Pelican Island. The Wharves Board of Trustees approved a lease agreement with Port Arthur-based Gulf Copper & Manufacturi
The transport company of the B.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Koninklijke Vopak N.V. (Royal Vopak) intend collaborating on the development of a receiving terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG). The companies have signed an agreement to this effect. Still to be studied are the form such an in
When Gov. Tom Ridge met Kjell Inge R
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, may report a loss in the first quarter after steel costs rose. Daewoo Shipbuilding probably had a net loss of 27 billion won ($27 million), according to the median forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financ
Bids for dredging to deepen the Columbia River shipping channel are running higher than predicted, with the lowest coming in 69 percent above government estimates. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had hoped to save money by contracting out the job of deepening the first 25 miles of the 103-mile stre
The muck builds up at a rate of more than a foot a month because silt and clay have a chance to settle out of water between tides as the rush of water through the harbor stops. The muck builds up at a rate of more than a foot a month because silt and clay […]
Rep. Hannah Pingree (D-North Haven) will present a bill Friday that aims to better align state and federal laws regulating the dumping standards and dredging requirements in Maine waters. Pingree sponsored the bill in hopes the legislation will raise awareness on the complexities of dredge dumping l
The first of four vessels destined for the Scottish port of Aberdeen, where they are to be operated by North Star Shipping, fitted with several systems for winding people in straight from the water. Balenciaga shipyard in Zumaya yesterday launched the Grampian Commander, the first of four vessels de
Northrop Grumman Newport News shipbuilding is challenging a report published Saturday that
Norwegian shipbuilding industry is recovering from last year’s slump, but Norwegian workers who were laid off are not being re-hired. Instead, the yards are employing cheaper labour from Poland, Aftenposten reports. Around 100 former shipyard workers are registered as unemployed in the main Sunnmoer
Ericsson announced today its entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005 Challenge. Ericsson, the world’s leading telecommunications supplier, will be on the starting line on November 5, 2005 taking part in the most challenging and competitive ocean sailing race.
