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  • Highlights of the Week

    1 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 26 – April 1, 2018).   VIDEO: Ayia Napa Marina Development Project in Full Swing Ayia Napa Marina, situated on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, has just released the latest video update on their marina development project.   PHOTO: Cuban […]

  • North Korea Threatens Action Over Freighter Held by Mexico

    9 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A North Korea-flagged general cargo ship Mu Du Bong and its crew have been illegally detained in Mexico since July 2014, and North Korea will undertake ”necessary measures” to release it, the country’s Deputy UN Ambassador An Myong Hun was reported by Reuters as saying. The 6,700-ton freighter ran aground and damaged a reef 7.5 miles northeast […]

  • Newbuildings Drive NCLH’s Profit Surge

    22 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    US cruise operator Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) delivered a profit of USD 633.1 million in 2016, significantly higher than a profit of USD 427.1 million seen in 2015.  The group said that its net results increased due to the addition of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Escape, Oceania Cruises’ Sirena and Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer as well as due […]

  • Fourth ‘Sampson’ warship christened by descendant

    18 September 2006

    Bath, Maine | The great-granddaughter of the U.S. naval officer who defeated the Spanish fleet outside Cuba’s Santiago Harbor christened the latest U.S. Navy warship to bear the Sampson name on Saturday with a bottle of champagne. Clare Parsons, 68, of Wilmington, N.C., ended the ceremony with the customary crash of a bottle along the […]

  • Venezuelan Aquatic Authority Places Orders for Three Damen’s Tugboats

    18 January 2012

    Damen Shipyards will shortly deliver three tugboats to INEA (Instituto Nacional de los Espacios Acuaticos, the Venezuelan Aquatic Authority). This repeat-order follows a previous order for two Damen Stan Tugs purchased by INEA in 2009. The tugs will be used in the Venezuelan ports of Puerto Cabello and La Guaira, and are meant to give […]

  • USA: USNS Zeus Vessel to Start Survey for Underwater Cable Project

    6 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    According to The Sacramento Bee, the Pentagon is devising plans to lay about $40 million underwater fiber-optic cable from Guantanamo Bay to South Florida because of the military’s preparations for detonations and other operations at the Navy base for the long term. Navy Capt. Kirk Hibbert stated: “It only makes sense to do if we’re […]

  • Busy Week of Illegal Migration Attempts for USCG

    28 July 2014

    The United States Coast Guard repatriated 97 Cuban migrants that were rescued during a busy week of illegal migration attempts from Cuba.   The repatriation was the result of 10 separate groups attempting to illegally enter the United States aboard rustic vessels in the Florida Straits dating back to July 14, 2014. “Our main concern […]

  • Freighter Grinds to Halt off Mexico

    16 July 2014

    Efforts are underway to refloat Mu Du Bong, a North Korean freighter that ran aground 7.5 miles northeast off the Port of Tuxpan, Mexico, on Monday July 14th, while sailing from Havana, Cuba, Reuters writes. Veracruz state civil defense emergency chief Ricardo Maza stated that the ship’s captain attributed the accident to disorientation. Mexican rescue workers […]

  • Operators shutting in Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of hurricane

    27 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Safety

    Two oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have shut in production at some of their assets ahead of an impact by Hurricane Ian.

  • GasLog Glasgow LNG tanker saves 17 people in Yucatan Channel

    23 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Greek LNG shipper GasLog’s LNG tanker GasLog Glasgow has rescued 17 people from a boat in distress while transiting the Yucatan Channel, bound for Sabine Pass.

  • Rhenus Logistics Makes More Room for Seaway Heavy Lifting at Rotterdam Maasvlakte

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Rhenus Logistics has officially opened its new quay and has added a new harbour mobile crane at the Deep Sea Terminal on the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Third Client Selects AGR’s EC-Drill (Norway)

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    A third major operator will use AGR’s Managed Pressure Drilling system EC-Drill® following its success off Cuba. The move follows successful operations for Petronas and another client using EC-Drill®. Petronas has now assigned its contract for the system to the third operator. EC-Drill® is a step-change technology which solves the long-standing challenge of drilling in […]

  • TOC Americas Returns to Panama

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 15th edition of TOC Americas will take place at El Panama Hotel in Panama, from 13-15 October, 2015. Jorge Quijano, CEO, Panama Canal Authority, has been announced as a keynote speaker at this annual forum for maritime container trade, transport and port professionals doing business in North and Latin America. The combined impact of expanded […]

  • Rhenus Logistics Makes More Room for Seaway Heavy Lifting at Rotterdam Maasvlakte

    7 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Rhenus Logistics has officially opened its new quay and has added a new harbour mobile crane at the Deep Sea Terminal on the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Songa Offshore Provides Rig Fleet Status Update for April 2013

    6 May 2013

    Songa Offshore, a Cyprus-based drilling contractor, has announced its drilling rig fleet status update for April 2013. Songa Dee achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Delta achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Trym achieved an […]

  • AGR’s EC-Drill® Recognised by Offshore Operators

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      A third major operator will use AGR’s Managed Pressure Drilling system EC-Drill® following its success off Cuba. The move follows successful operations for Petronas and another client using EC-Drill®. Petronas has now assigned its contract for the system to the third operator. EC-Drill® is a step-change technology which solves the long-standing challenge of drilling […]

  • Four firms looking to take slice in MEO’s Beehive prospect

    12 September 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Australian oil and gas exploration company MEO Australia is in talks with four companies over the farmout process for its WA-488-P block offshore W. Australia, containing the giant Beehive prospect. MEO started a farmout process to secure funding partners to progress the technical assessment of, and ultimately drill, the Beehive prospect, following conclusion of the […]

  • MSC Cruises to Debut in China

    21 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Cruise shipping company MSC Cruises has revealed plans to make its first sailing to China, with the newly-renovated MSC Lirica calling in Shanghai on May 1, 2016. The 65,000-GRT ship will make the company’s maiden call in China’s biggest megalopolis after a 60-day round-the-world Grand Voyage which departs on March 3, 2016 from Rio de […]

  • Songa Offshore Reports Fleet Status Update for May 2013

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Songa Offshore, a Cyprus-based offshore drilling contractor, has announced its drilling rig fleet status update for May 2013. Songa Dee achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Delta achieved an operating efficiency of 100% during the month continuing working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Trym achieved […]

  • USCG: Containership Crew Finds Three Stowaways

    18 January 2019

    Three stowaways were found on the containership Diana J while the vessel was sailing to the US Port of Miami.

  • Seatronics do Brazil Appoints New Sales Manager

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seatronics do Brazil, an Acteon company, announces the appointment of Thiago Montanari as sales manager. Montanari is based in Rio de Janeiro and will report directly to Seatronics vice president, Fabio D’Agostino. Montanari has six years of experience in the offshore industry, working extensively in the Caspian (Kasakhstan), Mediterranean, Adriatic and Caribbean (Cuba) seas, as […]

  • Norwegian Pearl Passenger Falls Overboard, Search Underway

    13 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The United States Coast Guard is searching for an unidentified woman who fell from a Norwegian Cruise Line’s cruise ship on Thursday, 22 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba, the Coast Guard said. “Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District command center received the initial report at approximately 7 p.m. from crew of the Norwegian […]

  • MSC Introduces War Risk Surcharge on Shipments to Venezuela

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Mediterranean Shipping Company implements a war risk premium surcharge on cargo to Venezuela. 

  • Port Canaveral Evacuates Workers as Hurricane Irma Closes In

    8 September 2017

    Florida’s Port Canaveral has closed commercial operations in preparation for the arrival of the Hurricane Irma, which is packing sustained winds of 180 mph. The Canaveral Port Authority has released all non-essential employees from work at a close of business on Thursday acting upon the Brevard County evacuation order. “As of 12 Midnight tonight, all non-hurricane […]

  • Three Weeks to WEDA Eastern Chapter

    8 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    In three weeks historic Philadelphia will play host to one of the most strategic and mission-critical dredging events of the fall season, the WEDA Eastern Chapter Annual Meeting.  Just steps from City Hall and blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, dredging contractors, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and experts in the fields […]