An Inuit-owned company in northern Quebec is getting into the cruise line business this summer. Its 66-passenger ice-class ship will set sail with its first group of tourists on July 10 from Kuujjuaq, on the Koksoak River near the south end of Ungava Bay. The 85-metre Ushuaia, a leased American-buil
Yangming Marine Transport Corp (2609.TW) said its wholly-owned unit All Ocean Transportation Inc has acquired five container vessels from state-run China Shipbuilding Corp for a total of 15 bln twd, or about 470 mln usd, today.
Within the Ministry of Education, a decision has been made to provide a greater focus on training in maritime matters. Among the initiatives taken has been the development of a course in Seafaring and Marine Engineering at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) as well as the enhancement of t
An Indian ship picking up a consignment in a foreign port and dropping it in another foreign port will now have to pay a service tax of 10.3 per cent on all services that the ship uses in foreign ports whenever it touches a home port. Not only that, the ship will have to pay […]
The first above-ground work for a massive dredging project is to begin soon. But a critic contends the work is premature. An updated environmental study of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal dredging project and its effect on public health hasn
THE Federal Government will today unveil a new headquarters in the battle to fight terrorism on the high seas. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Customs Minister Chris Ellison will open the Joint Offshore Protection Command (JOPC) in Canberra. The JOPC will link maritime counter-terror elements of th
Australia’s new Joint Offshore Protection Command (JOPC) will ensure any terrorist threat to the nation’s maritime assets and coastline can be quickly detected and defeated, the minister for defence, Senator Robert Hill, and the minister for justice and customs, Senator Ellison, said today.
Hawaii: A judge today fined German shipping company Schlussel Reederei 750-thousand dollars for violating a federal pollution act. The company admitted the crew of the Ibuki violated the law in November by failing to maintain an oil record book, which lists discharges of unprocessed oily bilge waste
Haixun-31, China’s largest marine inspection vessel equipped with helicopter berthed slowly at Gaolan Harbor, Zhuhai City, at 10:40 am Sunday. In six months, China’s largest marine inspection base will be completed here and put into operation.
MALAYSIAN Industrial Development Authority (Mida) received seven new applications for shipbuilding and ship-repairing projects in 2004. Total investments from applications amounted to RM70.8 million, of which almost 95 per cent or RM66.9 million was from domestic sources and RM3.9 million from forei
Big logistics firms also set for a positive growth path The transport and logistics sector managed to post a positive one-year total shareholder return last year of 14%, the fourth best performer among the 27 sectors, despite the contraction in the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
AFTER divesting 32 bulk carriers last year, Malaysia International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC) is cruising ahead with its plan to rationalise non-core assets and focus on its growing energy-based portfolio.
Coast guard authorities of nations in the area around the Strait of Malacca, where three crew members of the Japanese tugboat Idaten were abducted last week, are ill-equipped to fight sea piracy. In addition, shipping companies distrust naval authorities, instead seeking to resolve piracy cases thro
Shreyas Shipping has signed a contract with Singapore Technologies Marine for building a new container vessel of 1070 teus. The vessel will be built in Singapore. With a view to exploit the growth opportunities offered by the shipping industry, the company proposes to increase its fleet strength to
